Outdoors

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.

Graffiti Pier is on track for reinvention into a public park unlike any other in the United States.

Some sunscreen ingredients are absorbed into your bloodstream. It's not clear how much of a health concern this is, if any, but the FDA is calling for more research.

Delaware is the 12th state to spot the invasive Asian longhorned tick.

The little gelatinous, translucent blobs now making their annual appearance at New Jersey's beaches are known as salps.

Wind can turn the sunshades into “projectile spears,” U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez said. He wants a federal agency to issue safety guidelines.

A new analysis shows where the city has street trees, revealing a gap between well-off neighborhoods and those with higher rates of poverty.