Calvin Hernandez and Alondra Santiago sit on a bench enjoying each other’s company Tuesday, May, 27, 2025, near the D&L Canal towpath trail at Sand Island in Bethlehem. (April Gamiz/The Morning ...

On a remote, crescent-shaped island surrounded by crystal clear ocean, live some of the most plastic-contaminated birds in the world. Scientist say the crisis is getting worse.

Scientists in Australia have discovered a disturbing feature of the birds around the remote Lord Howe Island in New South Wales—they crunch. The picturesque landscape, located about a two-hour ...

Some of the birds the organization discovered on Lord Howe Island — both alive and dead — had so much plastic in their bodies that it amounted to 20% of the birds' total mass.

City lawmakers are leading the push to return Sand Island’s name to its Native Hawaiian name Mauliola, which means “breath of life ” or “power of healing.” Over 641 acres in size and ...

City lawmakers are leading the push to return Sand Island’s name to its Native Hawaiian name Mauliola, which means “breath of life” or “power of healing.” ...

The Army Corps of Engineers is pumping sand onto Oak Island's western end to combat erosion near Lockwood Folly Inlet. The project, due to wrap up by the end of April, will widen the beach by 75 ...

The Galápagos rail, a small, black, ground bird, hadn’t been seen on Floreana Island in the Galápagos since 1835, when Charles Darwin first described it. That changed recently when researchers ...

A Long Island beachside community in New York's Suffolk County is worried about dozens of dead birds that have washed up on the shore and been found in backyards, especially because officials ...

Nearly 100,000 ducks will be killed at Long Island’s last major commercial duck farm after bird flu was detected at the Suffolk County facility.. Crescent Duck Farm in Aquebogue has played host ...

Bird wing shape -- a proxy for long-distance flying ability, or dispersal -- is a trait that influences biodiversity patterns on islands around the world, according to biologists.

On Saturday, that island was anything but quiet, with locals and work crews alike moving with shovels, machinery and trucks “clean” sand back to the beach and dirty sand to piles elsewhere.