The plan to build a dam in Blydenburgh Park does not need a comprehensive environmental impact study, the Suffolk County legislature voted 13-5 on Tuesday. The project has been the subject of ...

Sparks flew during the March 5 meeting of the Bristol Planning Board as dozens of people came out in opposition of a proposed Comfort Inn and Suites. “I support the hotel in a smart, good location,” ...

Known as samphire, sea beans, glasswort or pickleweed, Salicornia thrives in high-saline environments, like coastal marshes, and has a lot of nutritional and medicinal properties ...

Despite a healthy alligator population thriving in the Everglades, a guaranteed sighting doesn’t actually exist. However, when water levels drop, animal life in this diverse ecosystem is funneled into ...

While lawmakers debate the future of the Kirkpatrick Dam and Rodman Reservoir, it’s possible to get a glimpse into what a restored Ocklawaha River would look like. During a dam drawdown, ...

Shell Beach, where generations have made a living from the marshes, is battling rising waters and environmental degradation. That doesn’t stop efforts to save it.

The otherworldly Yang's plateau loach is one of hundreds freshwater fish species described in 2025, new report reveals.

Millions of invasive, marsh-destroying nutria have invaded the wetlands of Louisiana. These hunters are picking them off, one by one.

Methane emissions from wetlands are rising faster than those from industrial sources, prompting concerns about a climate feedback loop. Methane emissions from wetlands are rising faster than those ...

When we think of aquatic apex predators, our minds typically drift to massive marine hunters like the great white shark or the ancient megalodon. However, the world’s freshwater ecosystems have hosted ...

Fishing duo Cole & Jay catch water moccasins while exploring swamp waters. Enormous freshwater reservoir discovered off the East Coast may be 20,000 years old and big enough to supply NYC for 800 ...