02.19.2017 Environment New group aims to promote marine conservation To illustrate just how widespread littering along Long Island’s coastline can be, marine biologist Rob DiGiovanni likes to recall the time he cleaned up a beach in Hampton Bays.
01.31.2014 Health & Environment Riverhead Foundation’s rescue of Noodle to be featured on ABC The rescue and recovery of Noodle, the small toothed whale found marooned in a marsh just days before Hurricane Sandy knocked the East Coast, will be featured Saturday morning...
11.24.2013 News Penny the harbor seal released back into the wild Five months ago, Penny was found stranded on the beach near the Sands Beach Club in Atlantic Beach, not even a week old with her mother nowhere in sight....
11.18.2013 News Riverhead Foundation responds to giant turtle found on Shelter Island A dead leatherback sea turtle washed up on a beach at Miss Annie’s Creek in the Mashomack Preserve on Shelter Island over the weekend. Spotted by paddle boarder Richard...
08.09.2013 News Riverhead Foundation sees record day for turtle releases Eight endangered sea turtles waddled their way back into bay waters Tuesday, a record for the number turtles released in one day by caretakers at the Riverhead Foundation for...
06.10.2013 News Riverhead Foundation saves dolphin, seeks funds Volunteers from the Riverhead Foundation for Marine Research and Preservation added two new creatures to its hospital last week after they rescued a trapped dolphin and a 3-to-5-day-old harbor...
04.28.2013 News Riverhead Foundation releases rehabbed porpoise Six months after he was first rescued from a marsh in Maine, Noodle the 2-year-old porpoise has been set free. The Riverhead Foundation for Marine Research and Preservation released...
03.17.2013 News Gray seal washes ashore at Southold beach A local marine non-profit group is investigating a dead adult seal that was found washed ashore in Southold earlier this weekend. The female gray seal that was found on...
