We were actually lucky to see the sun – facing the full brunt of the winds from the Tasman Sea, it rains over 250 days a year ...

Hidden deep in the Tasman Sea, Lord Howe Island is a paradise of turquoise waters, towering cliffs, and untouched wilderness.

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The visual was both striking and unsettling: dozens of rats scurrying about a property in the heart of downtown Huntington this summer. In videos that went viral, they were seen taking over a vacant ...

Huntington is scrambling to address a rat infestation in its popular downtown, with town officials saying there was "clear evidence of rodents" at a vacant property, and Suffolk's health department ...

Residents of this Long Island town aren’t the only ones striking gold. Locals in Huntington, where residents have been experiencing a sudden wealth boom, are facing another kind of influx — rats. Town ...

It starts with a headache. Symptoms sometimes resemble the flu, with nausea, coughing and a fever. But it’s actually extremely small roundworm parasites traveling inside the stomach. By the time ...

On a remote, crescent-shaped island surrounded by crystal-clear ocean live some of the most plastic-contaminated birds in the world. They have bellies so full of fragments, they crunch when touched.

Lord who? Howe where? You may not have heard of Lord Howe Island, a spec in the Tasman sea between Australia and New Zealand—many Australians haven’t either. Only about 400 people call this six-mile, ...

On a remote Australian island renowned for its natural beauty, researchers have made a grisly discovery: Seabirds have ingested so much plastic they crunch when touched. The “harrowing” finding of ...