New Jersey is celebrating an animal conservation milestone decades in the making. On Monday, Jan. 6, the state's Department of Environmental Protection announced that Gov. Phil Murphy's administration ...

WEST ORANGE, N.J. (PIX11) – There is a rescued bald eagle who lives at the Turtle Back Zoo in West Orange, New Jersey, named “Freedom.” His name mirrors the principle our nation holds most dear. Now, ...

Pennsylvania wildlife experts reflecting on the 50th anniversary of the federal Endangered Species Act have embraced the successes of the legislation and are continuing the fight to “keep common ...

New Jersey proposed Monday removing the bald eagle and osprey from its endangered species list, citing a rebound since more than four decades ago, when a single nesting pair in a remote county were ...

Re “Research helps clarify facts about osprey and menhaden” (Other Views, Jan. 5): After reading the article about the decline of osprey in the lower Chesapeake Bay by Bryan Watts, the director of the ...

Conservation specialists in Johnson County are reflecting on a 2025 state record of identifying 70 osprey nests and at least 58 young osprey, a large fish-eating bird of prey commonly known as the ...

The bald eagle and the osprey were both removed from New Jersey's list of endangered species on Monday, reflecting 40 years of work to restore the iconic birds' populations. On Monday, Environmental ...