Want to spend your summer helping deliver water to some 9 million people?

No, we’re not talking about hefting bottled water but rather getting an inside look at how NYC’s system supplies drinking water. The New York City Department of Environmental Protection is looking for 10 college students or graduating, college-bound high school seniors for internship [...]

Maybe it was wishful thinking on my part, but just the other day I was wondering why I hadn’t seen any black squirrels in what seemed like years. Lo and behold, there was one in a field off Route 22 in Southeast this morning.

A black squirrel is nothing more than your average Eastern gray squirrel [...]

Want to go up the Hudson River and back in time? Then check out this 1903 movie of a steamboat ride along the Hudson, from about Haverstraw in Rockland County up to Newburgh in Orange County.

Going to bat for bats was how Katie Couric the other night described scientists’ efforts to figure out what’s killing bats throughout the Northeast.

This is the whole “white nose syndrome” issue that came to light back on Jan. 30, with an announcement by the state Department of Environmental Conservation.

The catastrophe that the natural world and [...]

Want to know the easiest way to get a stuck starling out of a downspout? Try arguing.

That was the eventual result at my house Saturday morning, when I heard bird feet scrabbling on the metal of the gutter outside of the bathroom window. Nothing new, really. In past springs, house sparrows have made nests in [...]

This makes three in the Hudson River. I’m referring to mitten crabs, the furry-appendaged, invasive crab from Asia. The first was found in June near Nyack, the second at Cold Spring in October and the latest in December in Newburgh in Orange County. Scientists announced the latest last month, which brings the total of [...]

An Eastern gray wolf showed up in Massachusetts last fall. The wolf was shot by a farmer after attacking and killing his sheep. But the find amazed biologists, especially after DNA testing confirmed the wolf was a wolf and not some overgrown coyote.

The gray wolf wandered into Shelburne, which is in the western part of [...]

Were you hoping for the appearance of another snowy owl in Rockland County, like the one that showed up last year?

If so, look to the Rockland Aububon Society’s latest newsletter for an explanation of your disappointment. Something about “very poor site fidelity.” Might be a sequel for John Cusack . . .

Anyway, the photos by [...]

No, we’re not talking about the large machines that can heft mighty loads, but rather the endangered whooping crane. Specifically, I’m pointing you to this video and related story in the NY Times about two whooping cranes that stopped this winter on a Tennessee farm not far from Nashville. The birds touched down in an [...]

A tiny, aphid-like insect that enjoys a nice meal of Eastern hemlock sap – consequently affecting tree health by preventing new needle growth – may have an enemy in two types of flies.

Hemlock Woolly Adelgid is the invasive pest that’s been decimating hemlock forests in the state and elsewhere. It’s native to parts of Asia [...]