Photos: Take a virtual tour of the elusive Ho-Hum Beach
Want to experience Fire Island as it might have felt 150 years ago? Get over to Ho-Hum Beach, if possible. The beach is located smack in the midd…
Wildlife
The humpback whale and its return to the ocean water off New York City
Whales have enchanted Marian Trupiano of Brooklyn most of her life. She first fell in love with the beluga whales on her near-weekly visits to the New …
Photos: Greaterfireisland.com’s trip on the Gotham Whale tour off Breezy Point
Greaterfireisland.com hopped aboard the 95-foot American Princess for a Whale & Dolphin Watching Adventure Cruise out of Breezy Point on Friday. …
Ten amazing photos of a bald eagle at sunset on the Great South Bay
These images were captured Sunday evening by greaterfireisland.com co-founder Mike Busch toward the eastern end of the bay, near the mouth of the Carma…
Photos: Brown pelican spotted just inside Democrat Point at Robert Moses
Fresh off a rare hammerhead sighting last month, charter Captain Michael Patrick got lucky again Friday with a group of anglers aboard his 24-foot Silv…
10 Photos: Juvenile bald eagles test their wings over the Great South Bay
If you haven't seen Long Island's bald eagles yet around the Great South Bay, your odds just went up. There were at least five juveniles spotted in the…
Hammerhead shark surprises fishermen off Fire Island Inlet
A group of anglers fishing for fluke at the Fire Island Reef got a rare glimpse of a hammerhead shark Sunday morning. The fishermen, three in all, w…
Photos: Scenes from the Fire Island Lighthouse at dawn
Ten images from outside the Fire Island Lighthouse around Sunrise, 7-12-16 Click the Page 2 box below to see the second set of photos. …
Photos: A bald eagle at the edge of the Great South Bay
Happy Independence Day weekend. Now cue the bald eagle. We found this specimen Saturday morning, perched on a sign in the eastern portions of the Gr…
Marine scientists now listening for whales 22 miles off Fire Island
Marine scientists have deployed a hi-tech acoustic monitoring buoy in New York Bight that allows them to eavesdrop on whales making their way through s…
