Do you know the knobbed whelk (Busycon carica)? Perhaps if you are lucky, you may have found an empty shell of a knobbed whelk while walking along the edge of the Jersey Shore on a sunny, summer day. To find one is a special shoreline treat. Who knows when you might find another beautiful whelk shell, their population is unknown in New Jersey.

Buffleheads (Bucephala albeola) have returned to spend another winter in New Jersey. With a global population estimated to be more than a 1.2 million birds, according to data released in 2006, the buffleheads seem healthy, but are in fact under pressure from climate change and habitat loss.

Why are there more people living in New York City per square mile (27,000 people per square mile) than plovers breeding in North America?

Can a cold loving fish continue to exist in urban-suburban waters and in an ever-warming world?

Late Summer and Autumn is Migration time for Ospreys!

Young ospreys are entirely on their own soon after they are able to fly and capture food. Adult ospreys nurture their offspring until the young are able to feed themselves, then their role as parents is complete.