Paul Sieswerda was supposed to be retired by now. The 77-year-old, who has worked as a curator for the New England and New York aquariums since the late 1960s, was ready to call it quits in 2009 ...

The New York harbor typically isn’t on any fishermen’s list of best places to cast their rods, but an unprecedented boom in huge bluefin tunas has lured in fishing enthusiasts to the Big Apple ...

By federal law, the shipping lanes of New York and New Jersey Harbor must be deep enough for large cargo ships. To maintain a ...

New York’s Environmental Conservation Police are showcasing the range of their work—from wildlife rescues to marine patrols and illegal fishing busts—as part of an ongoing mission to protect the state ...

A search has been suspended for a 52-year-old man who went missing on Sunday when a boat capsized in New York Harbor while returning from a fishing trip, killing three passengers and injuring two ...

In all, it took three days in late July to free the immobilized whale. As recently as nine years ago, the nonprofit group Gotham Whale counted the whales off New York City and recorded just five ...

New York Harbor School Another after-school organization is Future Farmers of America. Teens in this extracurricular activity tend gardens, experimenting with different plants and growing conditions.

Dr. Waldman is a professor of biology at Queens College and the author of “Heartbeats in the Muck: The History, Sea Life, and Environment of New York Harbor.” Fifty years ago, Congress voted ...