Brookhaven National Lab has received some noisy guests this summer—a brood of cicadas that have been incubating for the last ...

What can be done about the infestation of the southern pine beetle in Suffolk County and elsewhere in the northeast where the ...

Gov. Kathy Hochul said New York's new cell phone ban for K-12 classrooms will improve mental health and learning as schools ...

The Eastern hognose snake is another species that has become increasingly rare here. So named because of its upturned snout like a hog, this species is an eater of toads and a dweller of sandy ...

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BARNEGAT TOWNSHIP, N.J. — A man set wooden pallets on fire and failed to properly put them out in New Jersey's Pine Barrens, sparking a quick-moving wildfire with smoke affecting the air quality ...

A Long Island construction bigwig is facing up to seven years behind bars for dumping loads of concrete into Suffolk County’s fire-ravaged pine barrens using a truck with a laundry list of ...

Long Island officials say they've found the people responsible for dumping concrete and furniture in the environmentally sensitive Pine Barrens. CBS News New York's Carolyn Gusoff tells us how the ...

After two investigations following commercial and residential dumping incidents in the pine barrens, authorities announced the arrest of two individuals. Suffolk County Sheriff Errol Toulon, Jr ...