Outdoors

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.

For the fourth consecutive week, a Barnegat Bay beach in northern Long Beach Island is under a swimming advisory due to excessive fecal bacteria, officials said.

Dredging and beachfill operations are set to begin in a portion of Cape May this fall, officials announced. 

Severe thunderstorms are possible Tuesday at the Jersey Shore, and forecasters are not ruling out the potential for a few tornadoes.

Herring gulls commonly breed in urban areas. This means they nest in roofs, rather than cliffs, and need a different kind of food from their usual marine prey.

Philadelphia needs more trees. Here is a guide to understanding why there aren’t more trees and what can be done about it.

Upside: Experts say they’re not harmful to humans.

It's been three years since the DEP scrapped its Motorized Access Plan that would have sharply reduced the number of Pinelands roads and trails that could be legally used.