By the time the danger had passed the morning after fire ripped through 600 acres of the Central Pine Barrens in Westhampton ...

These habitats, just dimples in the landscape, are known as vernal pools, or as a key researcher from the Massachusetts-based ...

A nature lover successfully lobbied to create Long Island's first amphibian crossing, the underground Frog Hollow Tunnel.

The State Department of Environmental Conservation plans to conduct prescribed burns on certain DEC-managed lands in Suffolk County between now and early May.

Ollie Sweeney, Contributing Writer Earlier this month, a devastating wildfire ripped across Sunrise Highway on Long Island.

Hundreds of spring peeper frogs were trying to cross a two-lane road to breed in a large pond and were being run over. The ...

The Picklr’s first Long Island facility will be owned and operated by franchisee Arete Sports Group, founded by Syosset ...

Controlled or prescribed fires have been used on Long Island since the 1995 Sunrise Fire near Westhampton to improve habitats ...

If the longer days have you itching to get out in the garden, consider adding native plants to your landscape design this ...

Firefighters will continue to vigorously fight accidental wildfires, even in the region's least dense areas, a Suffolk fire ...

Gov. Kathy Hochul declared a state of emergency Saturday after four wind-driven fires spread across large swaths of Long Island’s Pine Barrens region, prompting closures to the highway and evacuations ...

In a significant victory for environmental protection, New York Attorney General Letitia James has filed a lawsuit against a developer accused of illegally clearing land in the Pine Barrens, a ...