NYC wildlife haven fading from landscape
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The scene from Dan Mundy's living room window is worlds away from the normal urban views of New York City.
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Population sprawl is not only affecting wildlife habitat, but also drastically reducing opportunities to fish and hunt.
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NEW YORK -- You're sitting in the center of the fabulousness. The stinky old Fulton Fish Market is gone, and cobblestone streets are lined with boutiques and $1 million condos with floor-to-ceiling windows, and the sky is that razor blue.
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After several years under the public health radar, whooping cough is making a comeback in New York. The number of New Yorkers affected by the highly contagious respiratory illness passed
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By TODD RICHMOND LAKE DELTON, Wis. - In a wooded ravine tucked away from the water parks, restaurants and mega-resorts that dominate this tourist town, a piece of history is quietly dying.
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An American institution is in danger of fading away.
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By Richard Weizel, Connecticut Post, Bridgeport  Jun. 10--STRATFORD -- The cottages on Long Beach are empty now, leaving the fate of the peninsula, which was once an island, to the natural flow of time and tides -- at least for now.
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The streets of New York have never looked so barren.
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Environmentalists are thinking ahead to the effect of tourists and investors on a landscape of crucial habitats.
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By Elizabeth Moore, Newsday, Melville, N.Y.  Sep. 14--Just when it seemed the Town of Riverhead was giving up on its plan for a regional playground on the former U.S.
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CHARLESTON, S.C. -- As autumn wanes and North Atlantic right whales again migrate to calving grounds off the Southeast coast, humans will determine the fate of the majestic creatures hunted almost to extinction in centuries past.
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By Sandra Tan, The Buffalo News, N.Y.  Jun. 20--The Henslow's sparrow prefers to stay hidden.   But the threatened species has been found in Lancaster, and its presence has stopped a developer from moving forward with its plan for a major housing development.
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Worldwide efforts to protect endangered waterbirds are falling short as industrial and urban development eat away at their habitats, and hunting and pollution take their toll, according to a book released Monday.
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The American landscape is dotted with fewer farms as a result of consolidation and a movement of land to nonagricultural uses, the government said on Friday.
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THE number of wild animals across the world has plummeted by 40 per cent in the past 30 years because of changes in the way humans are living.
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When it comes to land for development, gasoline stations clean up nicely. As a result, they are steadily disappearing from New York City.
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Beavers grace New York City's official seal. But the industrious rodents haven't been spotted here for as many as 200 years &#151; until this week.