Wellness & nature

If you've been hearing coyotes howling during the night in the Bronx then no, you aren't dreaming. As it turns out you won't just find humans, pigeons, and rats in the Bronx–you'll also find coyotes, and more than usual...

Every autumn, New Yorkers anxiously await the changing of the leaves with a PSL in hand. And though isn't set to return until September, is already predicting when we can expect peak foliage to hit NYC! According t...

One thing we all dread in the is the endlessly itchy mosquito bites, and this summer you're going to want to load up on the bug spray more than ever before as West Nile Virus has been detected in all five NYC boroughs....

Mark your calendars for August 19th because a full supermoon—the first of the year—will illuminate NYC skies in a grand display of celestial wonder. It will reach peak illumination at 2:26pm, but you're best bet at visi...

As of Friday morning, Hurricane Ernesto was en route to Bermuda, delivering maximum winds of 100 mph. The National Hurricane Center warns island residents to prepare for heavy rain and strong winds to arise this afterno...

Hemlock Neversink might sound like something straight out of a fairytale, and, well, that's because it pretty much is (though it's actually named after a local tree and the area's reservoir). Located upstate in the s...

The discovery of an unidentified ant species around NYC back in 2011 resulted in a clever nickname for the invasive insect, known as ManhattAnt. Yet even 13 years later, the ManhattAnt has yet to be formally identified...

We love a good , and in New York there are plenty to visit. We've got everything from with an actual burning flame to a . But what you probably don't know is that New York State even has a super rare underground waterf...

Not one but began zipping through skies this past to dazzle skywatchers, and one of them is peaking soon! The Perseid meteor shower is one of the most dazzling showers of the year, and you won't want to miss it. He...

It's hard not to be jealous of the beautiful blue waters flooding our feeds from everyones summer in Italy, but did you know that the bluest lake in the world can actually be found in New York State? According to a n...