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 ...

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 ...

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.

The Portland Bight protected area is home to the iconic Jamaican iguana and 20 other endangered species. Its fragile coastal ecosystem and wildlife faces the risk of being lost for ever as Jamaica ...

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 ...

Attention, bird-watchers! This is the place to check out feathered creatures of your dreams. With more than 330 species of birds on the premises, plus a salt marsh, woods and freshwater ponds, this ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...