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NYRP plans to hand out 3,500 trees to people located across the five boroughs in this year's giveaway.

Nonprofit to give away free trees to Brooklynites

By Ximena Del Cerro

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Park Slope

Boka’s back! ‘Slope bodega kitten returned after missing for a week

By Kevin Duggan

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SEE IT: Family of ducks wanders through Park Slope, stops by bagel shop

By Ben Verde

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Flyover county: How and where to bird watch in Brooklyn

By Kevin Duggan

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Greenpoint

See it: Family of wild dolphins visit Greenpoint waterfront

By Kevin Duggan

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Brooklyn College professor part of discovery that suggests earliest primates lived alongside dinosaurs

By Alejandra O’Connell-Domenech

R-eel-y weird: Mystery man spotted dumping eels into Prospect Park lake

By Ben Verde

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Health

Prospect Park Zoo to reopen as New York City enters Phase Four

By Robert Pozarycki & Rose Adams

Carroll Gardens

Bandits on the run: Young raccoons spotted in closed Carroll Park

By Kevin Duggan

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What the duck! West Coast waterfowl makes a rare visit to Sheepshead Bay

By Jessica Parks

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Prospect Heights

Vandal steals cherry picker to tag Grand Army Plaza arch

By Gabe Herman

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Brooklyn fowl-fanatics take part in Christmas Bird Count

By Ben Verde

Lamb hop: Baby sheep recovered from Gowanus Expressway

Not baa-d! Lamb rescued from expressway finds new home at bucolic farm

By Colin Mixson

Lamb hop: Baby sheep recovered from Gowanus Expressway

Lamb hop: Baby sheep recovered from Gowanus Expressway

By Colin Mixson

Apparently sick raccoons taking to local streets following distemper outbreak in Prospect Park

Kensington

Apparently sick raccoons taking to local streets following distemper outbreak in Prospect Park

By Colin Mixson

Raccoon evades police on hours-long chase in Ditmas Park

Park Slope

Virus ramps up among park’s racoons: More critters found with distemper in Prospect

By Colin Mixson

Raccoon evades police on hours-long chase in Ditmas Park

Park Slope

‘Rocky’ raccoons: Local critters test positive for distemper

By Colin Mixson

Immunized from the skies: Feds dropping rabies-vaccine-laced bait for raccoons over boro

Immunized from the skies: Feds dropping rabies-vaccine-laced bait for raccoons over boro

By Colin Mixson

Got his goats! Jon Stewart collects animals recovered from subway tracks, delivers them to rescue farm

Got his goats! Jon Stewart collects animals recovered from subway tracks, delivers them to rescue farm

By Ben Verde

Got his goats! Jon Stewart collects animals recovered from subway tracks, delivers them to rescue farm

Got his goats! Jon Stewart collects animals recovered from subway tracks, delivers them to rescue farm

By Ben Verde

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