Current Biology reports that, a couple of years ago, a fossil was found in an abandoned quarry near Cairo, NY. The discovery ...

NEW YORK (WPIX) — An 18-year-old New York forest ranger has died while fighting a 2,000-acre wildfire burning in New York and New Jersey, according to New York State Police. Dariel Vasquez was ...

Local residents are at odds with the Forest Hills Stadium concert venue over what they say is excessive noise.

New York could see more frequent and destructive blazes, but the state doesn’t have enough forest rangers and firefighters to ...

Temperatures on the mountain are expected to dip below zero, with wind gusts up to 40 miles an hour creating wind chills of ...

Deer are a devastating problem for forest regeneration. By far and away the biggest problem that the overpopulation of deer creates is the destruction of the hardwood forests of New York and the ...

Hear from Waterville native Cody Welch as he starts his career as a New York State Forest Ranger. (Video provided by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation) ...

NPR's Brian Mann went in search of wildness and solitude in the heart of New York City, trekking to watch the sunrise from a forest trail in Central Park.