Outdoors

Earning the privilege to ride takes work. Each morning the players wake up at dawn and get to work cleaning the barn, bathing, grooming and exercising the horses.

The $1.6 million stormwater project also includes a curb extension, new sidewalks, a pedestrian crossing, and six Americans with Disabilities Act ramps.

A guarded bathing area in Ocean County's Island Beach State Park will be open for long weekends throughout September.

They said the new policies will inconvenience gun owners, while doing little to reduce gun violence.

Two thirds of Philadelphia public schools don’t have playgrounds, and until now, there were none in the 19120 zip code.

Incidence of chronic wasting disease is thought to be increasing in Pennsylvania.

The Boxers’ Trail 5k is living history that benefits a modern neighborhood.

The unofficial end to the summer tourism season at the Jersey Shore will be mainly a nice one. 

Anyone entering the ocean Monday could face potentially life-threatening conditions, forecasters warn.

The olfactory prowess of detection dogs is becoming an important tool in the fight against invasive plants and insects.

Total mortality rose 26% in Philadelphia during 10 scorching days in July 1993, with mortality from cardiovascular disease nearly doubling.

Stewards want Life Do Grow to become a ‘trampoline’ for local start-ups.

At a cost of $2,100 a day, East Coast Falcons deploys raptors over the beach and boardwalk in Ocean City from 10 a.m. until 10 p.m. in an effort to scare seagulls away.

A good Samaritan rescued a teenage girl who was struggling in the ocean off Island Beach Island Friday morning. 

The result? The gulls, on average, took 21 seconds longer to approach the food when being stared at, according to the study.