It’s up to the states to start reining in the growing problem of plastic pollution, and Staten Island’s state lawmakers can help.

A warming Bering Sea kept ice away from this Alaskan island — leading to the closure of a crab processing plant and fraying ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Under the cloudy skies and along the shoreline of Wolfe’s Pond Park, a handful of volunteers armed ...

Did you know that there's a garbage patch twice the size of Texas floating in the Pacific Ocean? What's more, this trash pool ...

It is estimated that 1 million tons of ghost gear enter the ocean every year. Whale watchers left stunned after unexpected catch during boat tour: 'One of the most rewarding parts of the job' first ...

On Wednesday, crews worked to return the landmark pirate ship to Playland's Castaway Cove on the Ocean City Boardwalk.

As part of The World's ongoing series The Big Fix, Host Carolyn Beeler speaks with Susanna Lidström, a researcher at the KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, Sweden, about the tension ...

A short film on how to fight ‘trash monsters’ with the help of a community is just one way kids are giving Earth Day meaning beyond April 22.