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Long Island town is asking people to conserve water
5+ hour, 25+ min ago (21+ words) NBC New York Long Island town is asking people to conserve water...
Duck family waddles through elementary school in Long Island
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (20+ words) NBC New York Duck family waddles through elementary school in Long Island...
This SUV keeps targeting geese on Long Island. Now a reward is on the table
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (201+ words) A reward up to $7, 500 is being offered for information leading to an arrest. Someone appears to be intentionally mowing down geese on Long Island -- and the Suffolk County SPCA says the reward being offered in the case is now up…...
Huge nest. Small bird. How parakeets are wreaking havoc on Long Island
2+ mon, 2+ day ago (397+ words) Big bird nests are more than just a nuisance on Long Island. Officials now worry the Monk parakeet nests could cause power outages. NBC New York's Pei-Sze Cheng reports. A colony of parakeets is making a stir in a Long…...
Rare bird creates buzz in NYC's Bryant Park. What to know about the viral sensation
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (32+ words) NBC New York Rare bird creates buzz in NYC's Bryant Park. What to know about the viral sensation...
Long Islanders ask county to help clean nature preserve littered with needles, condoms
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (471+ words) A battle is brewing over a Long Island nature preserve that neighbors say has been left to decay. Conditions have gotten so bad, some community members have even stepped up to try and clean up the trash, but need county…...
America's official mammal, the bison, gets a bronze tribute for the country's 250th birthday
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (261+ words) Bison statues cast in bronze are on permanent display outside the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History, Friday, March 20, 2026, in Washington. The national mammal of the United States is getting in on America's 250th birthday celebration. Three bison statues cast in…...
Red fox stows away on cargo ship, traveling from England to New York
3+ mon, 5+ day ago (211+ words) This stowaway truly was sly as a fox. A red fox somehow slipped onto a cargo ship that traveled from Southampton, England, to New York, where the animal is now in the Bronx Zoo's care. The zoo said Wednesday that…...
Bird flu may be why over 1, 000 geese died in NJ this week
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (238+ words) Geese are reportedly dying in large numbers throughout the state of New Jersey causing a new concern over bird flu. According to New Jersey's Department of Environmental Protection, over 1, 100 dead or sick wild birds were reported all over the state…...
What we can learn from lovebirds, the rare birds that mate for life
4+ mon, 2+ day ago (643+ words) Lovebirds seen in the Leningrad Zoo in St. Petersburg, Russia, on March 24, 2025. Minutes after getting to a park in the middle of Phoenix, you can see flashes of green in the sky and hear chatter because love is in the…...