During yesterday's coverage of flooded New York City streets, a WCBS 2 camera filmed an animal making a labored walk through muck. The people discussing Hurricane Irene don't comment on the creature, which looks like a rat, opossum, ferret, or a giant monitor lizard. Check out the footage: more ›

The man accused of killing his niece's ex-husband at a Queens playground last fall sat down for jailhouse interview and emphasized he's innocent. Mikahil Mallayev, a resident of Georgia but is now being held at Rikers, spoke to WCBS 2's Scott Weinberger. more ›

It may not be sweeps months, but WCBS 2 had a segment about a 12-week tiger cub who got a CT scan at a Long Island animal hospital. It's way easier on the eyes than the "woman who had a coat rack stuck in her face" story. Simba, a Siberian tiger at an Ohio zoo, was going to be put to sleep because she had a very bad sense of balance and could possibly... more ›