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Connecticut's spring wild turkey hunting season begins
1+ hour, 26+ min ago (107+ words) Connecticuts Spring Wild Turkey Hunting Season Begins'News12 | New Jersey Connecticut's spring wild turkey hunting season begins Hunters are reminded of key rules, including legal hours, harvest limits and Sunday restrictions. Apr 28, 2026, 6: 53 AM Yonkers increases fines for failure to pick up…...
Animal rescuers, police save osprey stuck in tree in Woodmere
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (105+ words) Apr 27, 2026, 5: 12 AM Animal rescuers teamed up with nearly a dozen police officers to save an osprey in Nassau County. The bird was found stuck in a tree, 15 feet in the air, on Woodmere Boulevard in Woodmere on Sunday afternoon. Local…...
Bald Eagles population soars across New Jersey
3+ day, 13+ hour ago (115+ words) Apr 24, 2026, 6: 04 PM The population of bald eagles across New Jersey is soaring. There are about 300 bald eagle nests throughout New Jersey that are monitored by staff and volunteers from the Department of Environmental Protection, according to the agency. Fifty years…...
Harvey Cedars" seal returns to the wild with high-tech tracking after 8-week recovery
5+ day, 20+ hour ago (308+ words) Apr 22, 2026, 12: 28 PM In a tribute to Earth Day, a local celebrity who once stopped traffic in the middle of a blizzard has officially returned to the Atlantic Ocean. The gray seal, known as #26-011 (or "Harvey Cedars), was released Tuesday at…...
$2, 000 reward offered as Suffolk SPCA investigates attacks on geese in Hauppauge
6+ day, 20+ hour ago (147+ words) Apr 21, 2026, 12: 13 PM The Suffolk SPCA is offering a $2, 000 reward for information related to targeted attacks on geese in the Hauppauge area. Officials say several "gruesome" incidents have occurred at night along Wireless Boulevard, where a white Jeep Grand Cherokee was…...
Bald eagle rescued by NYPD from Hudson River has died
1+ week, 20+ hour ago (282+ words) Apr 20, 2026, 11: 46 AM A bald eagle that was pulled from the icy Hudson River in February by NYPD officers has died. Officers from the NYPD's Harbor Unit saw the bird floating on the ice while on patrol just north of the…...
Bald eagle population soars from one nest to more than 250 nesting pairs across New Jersey
2+ week, 3+ day ago (117+ words) Apr 10, 2026, 12: 04 PM New Jersey's bald eagle population has rebounded from a single nest in the 1970s to more than 250 pairs across all 21 counties, the state Department of Environmental Protection and Fish & Wildlife said in a social media post. Acting Commissioner Ed…...
Bald eagle rescued from Hudson River showing signs of improvement
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (267+ words) Mar 9, 2026, 12: 28 PM A bald eagle pulled from the icy Hudson River last month is showing signs of improvement, according to The Raptor Trust. The injured eagle was rescued Feb. 17 from the Hudson River by the NYPD's Harbor Unit. Officers saw…...
Geese, be gone! Hoboken calls in the dogs to chase away geese
2+ week, 18+ hour ago (189+ words) Apr 13, 2026, 8: 29 PM Hoboken City Council is calling in the dogs to rid the city's parks of the geese that are leaving behind droppings." "These are wild creatures, and they leave their packages behind," said Hoboken City Council Vice President Phil…...
Three adorable blue penguin chicks hatch at Adventure Aquarium
2+ mon, 2+ day ago (271+ words) Feb 26, 2026, 12: 47 PM The baby boom at Adventure Aquarium continues with the arrival of three Little Blue Penguin chicks. The first hatched Feb. 2 " a male, the sixth offspring of Sheila and Spud, parents of three other penguins at the aquarium: Tater…...