This Jamaica Bay Wildlife and Nature Tourism StoryMap provides facts about 50 species of animals that are found at Jamaica Bay, and information about interesting places to visit. From the Lenape word ...

The world needs John F. Kennedy International Airport — now set for a major overhaul, if Gov. Cuomo gets his way — but the considerable environmental costs of the airport are largely loaded on a ...

The National Park Service turns 100 years old this month. Fifty-nine U.S. National Parks cover almost 52 million acres across 27 different states. Last year, they saw a record 305 million visitors. To ...

Three species of parrots which are indigenous to Jamaica are being snatched from their natural habitat, illegally, by unscrupulous people and sold for between $8,000 and $10,000 each to bird lovers.

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) --Federal officials have rounded up about 700 geese from the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. The animals are to be euthanized in the hopes of preventing airstrikes of passenger ...

EDITOR’S NOTE: Call to Earth is a CNN editorial series committed to reporting on the environmental challenges facing our planet, together with the solutions. Rolex’s Perpetual Planet Initiative has ...

Back in May, a male Osprey nesting in the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge was outfitted with a GPS pack. He was released in June. The within will keep track of him as he moves around – within Jamaica Bay ...

Since 2009, when Captain Chesley (Sully) Sullenburger had to land in the Hudson due to a bird strike by a flock of geese, the federal Department of Agriculture has been doing its best to keep the ...

UPPER WEST SIDE, Manhattan (WABC) -- A sick swan is on the mend thanks to a good Samaritan and some extra help from fellow New Yorkers. Ariel Cordova-Rojas went for a hike and bike ride at Jamaica Bay ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica — Opposition Spokesperson on Land, Environment & Climate Change, Senator Sophia Frazer-Binns, is calling on the Government to place the environment at the centre of all planning ...