07.11.2020 Around the Island Mashomack Musings — Living Fossils on Shelter Island Did you know we have a pre-historic species on Shelter Island? Horseshoe crabs, often called “living fossils,” pre-date the dinosaurs by 200 million years. Horseshoe crabs spend summers in...
01.13.2017 News Around Shelter Island, step by step; a pair hikes the entire shoreline We all know how long it takes to drive across Shelter Island from north to south on Route 114. Some of us know there are 21.5 miles of trails...
12.04.2016 Columns Suffolk Closeup: A Long Island creature facing extinction A world expert on horseshoe crabs is worried about their extinction after 455 million years of life on Earth — largely because the crab has become a delicacy in...