09.20.2019 Government County: Consider sea level rise in planning A resolution adopted by Suffolk County lawmakers last Wednesday will require the Department of Public Works (DPW) to consider the impacts of sea level rise when constructing and reconstructing...
09.04.2019 Editorial Shelter Island Reporter Editorial: Here. Now. A map of warming temperatures across the United States in The Washington Post last month shows that all of Long Island has already approached a significant threshold in how...
06.10.2019 News Saving Union Chapel from above Since time immemorial, humans have known that lightning is one of nature’s more sporadic yet deadly threats.
03.20.2019 News Long Island Aquarium raising funds to transport sea lion to East end The Long Island Aquarium in Riverhead is gearing up to welcome the newest member of its family: a baby California sea lion.
02.05.2019 News Going with the flow The animal seen above, hitching a ride on an ice flow while sunbathing, is a harbor seal (Phoca vitulina), the most common marine mammal in our area, according to...