The Wildlife Conservation Society's top photos of 2020

The Wildlife Conservation Society, the organization that works to saves wildlife and manages the Bronx Zoo and other wildlife parks, is out with its top images of 2020.

EMT who tried to save man who died of COVID-19 on flight says health officials didn't contact him for 10 days

An off-duty EMT who tried to save a man who died of COVID-19 on a flight bound for LAX says health officials never spoke to him directly about the incident, even though he started feeling sick after the flight.

Frozen whale on LBI challenge to remove from beach

Authorities say the carcass of a dead humpback whale washed ashore at a New Jersey beach on Christmas after a storm.

Feral pigs flummox Puerto Rico, infiltrate communities

Thousands of Vietnamese pot-bellied pigs are snorting and squealing their way across Puerto Rico in what many fear has become an unstoppable quest to eat and reproduce on an island struggling to stop them.

How NOAA is using drones to better understand hurricanes

Meteorologists are still trying to understand how the energy from the ocean gets into the atmosphere of the hurricane. NOAA is working with the private sector on three drones with better sensors and longer endurance.

Interview: NASA astronauts on ISS

Astronauts Kate Rubins and Victor Glover of the ISS Expedition 64 spoke to FOX 5 NY from orbit.

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FOX 5 NY's Dan Bowens interviewed NASA Astronauts Kate Rubins and Victor Glover, who are on the International Space Station.

Under spending bill, Plum Island could be cleaned up, conserved

Plum Island, a mysterious piece of land in Long Island Sound, for years has housed a government animal disease research facility. 

What are President-elect Biden's plans for NASA?

NASA has big plans to send humans back to the moon and then to Mars. But President-elect Joe Biden could make big changes to the space program. He says he wants to boost NASA budget and review its priorities.

Appeals court upholds ruling over Bronx Zoo elephant

An appellate court has upheld a lower court’s ruling dismissing a petition from an animal rights group for an elephant in the Bronx Zoo to get human-like rights and be moved to a sanctuary.

Former Israeli space chief says US in contact with ‘galactic federation’ of aliens and Trump knows

Israel’s former director of space programs for the country’s ministry of defense claimed the U.S. and Israel have been in contact with extraterrestrials representing a “galactic federation,” and President Donald Trump has been on the verge of revealing the information.

Woman hears rustling in Christmas tree, finds raccoon inside

Aubrey Iacobelli had thought a cat had made its way into her Christmas tree when she was awoken by rustling early in the morning, only to find it was actually a large raccoon.

World's space achievements a bright spot in otherwise stressful 2020

Astronauts blasted into orbit from the U.S. for the first time in nearly a decade, three countries sent spacecraft hurtling toward Mars, and robotic explorers grabbed rocks from the moon and gravel from an asteroid for return to Earth.

Florida golfer snatches ball stuck on alligator's tail

Here's a problem only golfers in Florida would face: how to retrieve a ball stuck on a gator's tail on the golf course.

Jupiter and Saturn will appear to touch in closest conjunction since 1623

The aligning orbits of two gas giants like Jupiter and Saturn happens every few decades, but this great conjunction will be the closest the two planets have been in centuries.