Outdoors

We talk to science writer Jennifer Ackerman about her new book, "The Bird Way" and with an organizer of Black Birder week.

The Delaware River Waterfront Corporation brings back summertime food and drink, with COVID restrictions.

A heat health emergency will be in effect beginning Monday morning in Philadelphia. Heat indexes are forecasted at over 110 degrees.

Started by a Quaker farmer, Bartram’s Garden is now embedded in the fabric of Southwest Philadelphia.

Today we're going to talk about the smart and safe ways to get out of town this summer.

Philadelphia is expanding its Playstreets program to help cool the city’s hottest neighborhoods.

Park and trail use skyrocketed during our stay-at-home period. Social science gives us reason to believe these healthy habits will stick.

Supporters of Michael “Gagz” Gagliardi are incensed the city didn’t give him any credit.

The agency managing certain city land sales will launch new online platforms to allow formal applications to buy land for side yards or community gardens.

"The health and safety of everybody who loves Ocean City will always be our top priority," Mayor Jay Gillian said in a statement.

In 2019, blue-green algae bloomed in freshwater lakes, and toxins affected wildlife, boating and swimming. A new initiative aims for better in summer 2020.

With warmer temperatures and a recent full moon, the annual nesting season for northern diamondback terrapins is beginning at the Jersey Shore. 

A $32.5 million beach replenishment and dune building project in Cape May County that was scheduled to begin earlier this year will soon be underway, officials said.

A quick-thinking New Jersey state trooper rescued three from a sinking boat in a dangerous Jersey Shore canal, officials say. 

An initiative to reduce the spread of COVID-19 in Cape May County coastal communities has been successful and will be expanded, officials said.