Endangered sparrows are facing extinction with future sea-level rise
CHRISSY SEXTON / EARTH.COM - A new study from the Oxford University Press is warning that some species of sparrows will vanish before the end of this century [go to article]
Hudson river shows signs of rebound after decades as New York’s sewer
OLIVER MILMAN / THE GUARDIAN - New York’s Hudson river, once known as America’s Rhine in a nod to the famous European waterway, played a pivotal role [go to article]
NJ DEP doesn’t want you to know where the bears are
RICHARD COWEN / NORTHJERSEY.COM - Where are all the bears? You may want to know, but the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection [go to article]
Endangered birds may be evicted from Atlantic City airport
AVALON ZOPPO / PRESS OF ATLANTIC CITY - For 15 years, two state-protected bird species have called Atlantic City International Airport home: the endangered [go to article]
A little help for New Jersey’s kestrels
MICHELE S. BYERS / NJ CONSERVATION FOUNDATION - If you build it, they will come. That’s the hope for new nesting boxes for American kestrels, whose populations [go to article]
Zombie deer disease is spreading across the country. N.J. may not be able to...
MICHAEL SOL WARREN / NJ.COM - An infectious disease has plagued deer across the country, leaving the animals with holes in their brains and emaciated bodies [go to article]
It’s seal season! Everything to know about these blubbery beasts’ N.J. vacation
MICHAEL SOL WARREN / NJ.COM - Freezing water and colder winds keep most New Jerseyans away from the Shore during the winter months. After all, who wants [go to article]
We have a new global tally of the insect apocalypse. It’s alarming.
BRIAN RESNICK / VOX - Insects are the most abundant animals on planet Earth. If you were to put them all together into one creepy-crawly mass, they’d outweigh [go to article]
New Jersey saw record-setting number of ospreys in 2018
AVALON ZOPPO / PRESS OF ATLANTIC CITY -Â Once severely endangered, the number of ospreys in New Jersey continues to increase [go to article]
NJ’s bald eagles are making a comeback with help from conservationists
MICHELE S. BYERS / NJ CONSERVATION FOUNDATION - Bald eagles are New Jersey’s early birds. In the chill of winter, they’re the first to build nests [go to article]
