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A spotted lanternfly perches on a branch.

“Stomping out” a species that is here to stay

 Environment
• April 20, 2026

Spotted lanternfly are a reminder that we need to get more comfortable sitting with the things we can’t control

A shoreline with the NYC skyline in the distance.

Digging up the past at Dead Horse Bay

 Environment
• March 12, 2026

The Brooklyn beach was closed in 2020 after radiological contamination was found. What's happened since?

Two can collectors, one man in a grey and blue sweatshirt and one woman in a black sweatshirt, pose in front of an art-covered wall.

She hunts for cans and bottles, and finds dignity

 Plastics
• September 30, 2025

After 30 years as a street recycler, Josefa Marín is now running a non-profit redemption center and bringing much-needed support to a nearly invisible community

The bright New York City skyline reflects off of water.

Dimming the lights in the city that never sleeps

 Environment
• July 30, 2025

Nighttime light pollution has severe impacts on birds and humans alike. What solutions are out there for New York?

A botanist peers through a tiny magnifying glass to observe a small piece of moss. He is surrounded by tall phragmites, a type of invasive plant.

On Staten Island, flood control plans threaten a haven for rare plants

 Environment
• May 5, 2023

Ten years after Superstorm Sandy struck the east coast, naturalists worry a government-funded storm mitigation plan will wipe out a historic ecosystem

Two hands with grey fingerless gloves hold up the ridged underside of a white oyster mushroom

A mushroom walk on Staten Island

 Environment
• March 18, 2023

The New York Mycological Society is a “mushroom club for anyone”

A shoreline of empty mollusk shells descends into a pond. Grass in the background also extends into the pond.

To help Jamaica Bay’s threatened wildlife, help the poachers

 Environment
• September 1, 2022

The fragile estuary is also a vital food source for New Yorkers, including Asian Americans, suffering during the pandemic

Arif Ullah stands on a street corner in front of a brick wall with South Bronx Unite written in chalk on the wall

Inside a coastal community’s fight for a greener waterfront

 Environment
• July 29, 2022

The people of the South Bronx have almost no access to their own coast. South Bronx Unite’s Arif Ullah is working to change that.

A photograph from inside the Ukrainian Museum; a white-and-red traditional Ukrainian dress stands in the middle, flanked by other Ukrainian artwork hanging on the walls.

Resilience and rebirth on display at the Ukrainian Museum

 Social Science
• July 27, 2022

Manhattan’s East Village is home to a neighborhood known as “Little Ukraine.” We sought to learn more about Ukrainian culture by visiting the neighborhood’s central museum

Wildlife rehabilitator Tristan Higginbotham holds a small ovenbird

Making the city that never sleeps safer for birds

 Environment
• July 7, 2022

New York City is at the center of a political fight over dimming nighttime lights that attract and kill migrating birds

A crowd of people are protesting in a park, with banners reading "Hunger strike" and "Debt forgiveness now!" A young man at the front of the crowd speaks into a megaphone while holding a taxi medallion number.

The NYC taxi drivers’ hunger strike, in photos

 Tech
• February 14, 2022

After taxi medallions plummeted in value, New York cabbies left with impossible loans have won debt relief from the city

A disgruntled cat peaks out from an open cellar door on a NYC sidewalk.

Everybody wants to help a cat

 Environment
• February 3, 2022

People across New York City care for tens of thousands of feral cats while also working to reduce their population

Eight dried plant specimens from the NYBG Herbarium, laid out in a grid

Plants of the past, research of the future

 Environment
• November 16, 2021

The herbarium at the New York Botanical Garden is a resource for scientists looking for new ways to study plants

mockingbird in flight

New York City birders reckon with a colonial past and push for a diverse future

 Environment
• November 12, 2021

A pandemic-inspired boom has bird lovers looking for ways to welcome new enthusiasts

A New York City Subway signal light in the snow.

A century of amber lights: the story of New York’s subway signals

 Tech
• October 25, 2021

The broken signal that delayed your train might seem like a simple case of aging infrastructure — but its history is one of convoluted origins, past dreams and lost futures

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