Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife

A new strain of avian flu could become a major issue that takes years to recover from.

Several exotic animals — that are illegal to own as a pet in Massachusetts — were found Monday night inside “dirty” cages in the back of a U-Haul in Cambridge, officials announced. The MSPCA-Angell said in a press release Thursday that four coatis were discovered in the rental company vehicle at the corner of Pacific and Sydney streets. One of…

Arlington police says coyotes are no strangers to the area but one had developed an affinity for humans, and it had to be put down.

A coyote spotted for several weeks lurking around a school playground in Arlington, Massachusetts, has been put down by authorities after it was being fed by nearby residents. Police are now urging residents to avoid feeding the animals after the one coyote kept returning to a Crosby Street neighborhood in northeast Arlington. The concern was that it was getting too…

It was a sight more than he could bear. At least at first. Home surveillance video shows a man lounging by a pool in Greenfield, Massachusetts, being startled by a curious bear this weekend. The video, shared on Facebook Sunday by Dawn Bete, is dated Saturday. The bear can be seen wandering into the backyard and trying a sip of…

A man seemed startled by a bear that walked up to him by his pool.

Massachusetts fish and wildlife officials have started stocking the state’s ponds, lakes and rivers with more than 500,000 trout raised in five hatcheries. The Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife stocking program began earlier this week with bodies of water on Cape Cod, as well as in southeastern Massachusetts and areas west of Boston. Some of the places stocked with…

Contests that involve the hunting of predator or furbearing animals like coyotes would be banned under a proposal being considered by Massachusetts wildlife officials. Critics of the contests say they’re cruel and that randomly killing coyotes won’t prevent conflicts with people, pets or livestock.

We’re sure you’ve seen turkeys roaming the neighborhood streets lately. Sometimes it’s a turkey is alone. Other times it’s a rafter aka group of turkeys. (Impress your friends with that vocab word.) You’ve sent us your videos of turkeys sleeping on top of cars or strutting down busy thoroughfares. Well, it’s breeding season, so it’s not uncommon to see them....

When Su Ribeiro and her husband saw one of their bird feeders on their lawn Monday morning, they knew something was up “He said something took down the bird feeder,” said Su. So they checked their surveillance video. “There was the bear laying on the ground,” said Su. It was a black bear that had wandered onto their property in…

Police say they were forced to shoot and kill a rabid coyote after it attacked two people in North Attleboro, Massachusetts earlier this week.

The number of black bear sightings in the eastern part of Massachusetts is on the rise, according to wildlife officials.