The Long Island Sound, which stretches into the open mouth of the Atlantic Ocean, provides Connecticut’s most important ecological habitat with over 600 miles of diverse coastline that are home to ...

Long Islanders won’t like the sound of this. Hundreds of people have signed a petition to rename the Long Island Sound the “Gulf of Connecticut” in favor of New York’s northern neighbor. A provocative ...

Swim Across America returns to Larchmont July 25 with open-water and pool swims, aiming to raise $2.5 million for local cancer research and care.

It has been an ancient river, a fertile valley, a vast ice field, and a milky, iceberg-laden lake almost 200 miles long. What it hasn’t been, until recently, is the saltwater estuary that makes Long ...

Environmental advocates are hailing new findings that show that hypoxia in the Long Island Sound is at its lowest level in nearly four decades, according to the Long Island Sound Partnership. Hypoxia ...

Looking to build support for building a $50 billion bridge linking Connecticut and Long Island, developer Stephen Shapiro will pitch Albany and Hartford lawmakers in mid-June on what he sees as a game ...

The number of Long Island Sound's more than 200 beaches considered safe to swim at has fallen in the past four years, and nearly 30% rate either about average or below average for swimming, according ...

Scientists say New York's coastal waters are experiencing some of the most severe threats on record, and they're not just environmental. Warmer weather has melted our frozen waterways , but that's ...