Tag: Fire Island

February 10, 2021

Suburban coyotes, foxes favor wild prey over pets and trash

Despite their reputation for digging into trashcans and getting into altercations with humans, coyotes in suburban New York are actually eating more natural food sources like white-tailed deer and rodents....

July 2, 2019

Piping plovers benefited from Hurricane Sandy

The damage wrought by Hurricane Sandy to human communities has been well documented. But for piping plovers, the powerful storm in October 2012 was a boon. Researchers found that on...