Outdoors

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.

The regal fritillary, a rare butterfly that’s nearly disappeared from the eastern United States, has found refuge in a surprising place — a National Guard training center.

The National Weather Service said "a dangerous heat wave" sent temperatures into the 90s, with high humidity that made it feel considerably hotter.

Philadelphia’s 70+ indoor and outdoor public swimming pools represent our city at its best.

Farmers in Philadelphia are watching their crop yields decrease as a result of the heat. They say there’s nothing they can really do about it.

Philly is under a heat health emergency this week — a new scientific report says the region will see more dangerously warm days if there's no action to cut global emissions.

Beachgoers looking for at least some relief from searing heat and humidity Wednesday will have to deal with a high risk of rip currents.

Boating New Jersey's Intracoastal Waterway will soon become even safer once the U.S. Coast Guard completes work that is set to begin Monday.

Improvements at the popular Cape Henlopen State Park site help create what organizers call America’s “best WWII museum inside a WWII facility.”

In the summer months, heat can be a deterrent for folks who want to ride their bikes, but don’t want to smell like a teenager who just entered puberty while surrounded by thei

For the 11th consecutive year, the Cape May County municipality has once again taken top honors in a contest that lets people choose their favorite New Jersey beach. 

The specially designed Jake’s Place Delran, which opened Tuesday, could be the first of many more to come with the passage of a New Jersey state law.

A group of around 60 second graders planted seeds in May, and harvested them today. The food will be donated to Farmers Against Hunger.