In today's Asking Eric column, R. Eric Thomas responds to a reader's advice about feeding wild animals in their backyard.

Dear Eric: This is regarding “Also an Animal Lover”, whose neighbor was feeding wild animals in her backyard. I lived next ...

This is regarding “Also an Animal Lover”, whose neighbor was feeding wild animals in her backyard. I lived next door to a ...

Feeding native birds is a contested topic in Australia. An urban ecologist provides his advice for feeding birds safely and ...

Dear Animal Lover: This is extreme and extremely dangerous. In many states, it’s also illegal to feed wild animals, so even ...

"I called the state Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC), and their investigation uncovered that she was also ...

A study by researchers at the University of Pennsylvania found composting and feeding food waste to animals would cut carbon ...

A friend’s dog could easily damage their inground pool, but the letter writer is scared to declare no dogs in the pool.

Dear Eric: This is regarding “Also an Animal Lover,” whose neighbor was feeding wild animals in her backyard. I lived next door to a woman who would feed deer, and one day my wife counted 32 deer in ...

Yes, mosquitoes are considered animals. They belong to the class insecta, within the phylum Arthropoda. Mosquitoes are known ...