Estimates of the bird population vary, but experts say between 300 to 500 species can be found at various times of the year ...

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

Dozens of restaurants are teaming up for the launch of a new program, Long Island Wings it Forward, to raise money for ...

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

Charges included wire fraud, aiding and assisting in the preparation of false tax returns, money laundering and aggravated identity theft.

The Lower Hudson Valley and other parts of New York are under an early burn ban ahead of a statewide ban that starts Sunday, March 16.

The Pine Barrens Preserve, which sits atop a federally recognized ... but this must be a team effort — free of politics — to protect Long Island’s environment and safety. Our first responders deserve ...

Law enforcement agencies are still interviewing all 911 callers to rule out any possibilities, but they "strongly feel that it was accidental." ...

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 ...

Investigators say embers from a backyard fire spread rapidly, fueling blazes that prompted evacuations and an emergency burn ban.

The fires evoked memories of the 1995 Sunrise Fire that burned through more than 5,000 acres of the Pine Barrens nature preserve and forced hundreds from their homes, according to the Long Island Pine ...