NYC reports more shark sightings at beaches due to increased drone surveillance, leading to temporary beach closures.

But in 2023, a swimmer at Rockaway was bitten by a shark and badly injured. New York City officials responded by expanding ...

The annual Invasion of the Pines tradition began in 1976 when Cherry Grove (one of two gay communities on Fire Island) drag ...

New York City onlookers were surprised on Monday when a whale was spotted swimming under the Williamsburg Bridge on Monday, emerging from the surface.

Whale populations in New York Harbor are booming—here's why. A few cetaceans appeared in 2011, but now they're in the hundreds, surprising scientists and tourists alike.

"They've been hanging on by their flipper-tips for tens of decades." Experts baffled by unprecedented behavior of critically ...

Whale-watching tours depart from piers in Brooklyn, Manhattan, Long Island and along the New Jersey coast almost every day, and run for about 2.5 to 4.5 hours. The most common whales are the ...

A Bitcoin whale holding billions of dollars in BTC on Friday moved 80,000 digital coins in transactions that shocked the ...

A new app from Monmouth University's Urban Coast Institute brings ocean data straight to your cell phone. Here is what it ...

Humpback whales are some of the largest creatures on Earth and live in every one of the planet’s oceans. Their seasonal ...

A 29.5-foot long humpback whale carcass drifted ashore June 27 in Long Beach Township, New Jersey, officials said. Marine ...

The month’s sharpest science shots — selected by Nature ’s photo team.