Carl Safina: Beyond Words: What Animals Think and Feel

General

Hamilton: Overview and Status of the NYS DEC Colonial Water Bird Program: Where it Has Been, Where it is and Where it is Headed

Pachomski: Sharing the Shore with Coastal Birds

Salzman: Breeding Birds of Long Island: Past, Present & Future

Barn Owl

Riepe: Barn Owls of Jamaica Bay

Bird Migration

Battaly & Panko: Falcons on FIRE (Fire Island Raptor Enumerators)

Mitra: Bird Migration on Long Island

Black Skimmer

Longiaru: Applying research towards creating an annual cycle understanding of New York Black Skimmer populations

Eagle

Jennings: Bald Eagle 2018 Conservation Update

Scheibel: Bald Eagles Nesting on Long Island

Goatsuckers

Turner: Long Island’s Goatsuckers: Whip-poor-will, Chuck-will’s-widow, and Common Nighthawk

Osprey

Virgin: The Comeback of the Osprey: Success Story or Trash Bird?

Red Knot

Papa: Status of the Red Knot and Saltmarsh Sharp-tailed Sparrow on Long Island

Ruffed Grouse

Turner: The ruffed grouse on Long Island

Saltmarsh Sharp-tailed Sparrow

Papa: Status of the Red Knot and Saltmarsh Sharp-tailed Sparrow on Long Island

Terns

Hays: Great Gull Island Terns: Here and There

Turkey

Hamilton: Regional Status of the Eastern Wild Turkey

Cech: Lifestyles of East Coast Butterflies

Potente: The Pageantry of the Monarch Butterfly

Campbell: The Land of Oz: Spiders, Chiggers & Ticks, Oh My!

Alden: Changes to Our Flora and Fauna

Black: Long Island’s Climate: Past and Future

Branco: Coastal Adaptation: Harnessing the Power of Nature to Protect People

Flagg: The Development of the Old Inlet Breach and its Impacts on Great South Bay

Gobler: Effects of Excessive Nitrogen Loading on L.I.’s Coastal Ecosystems

Hapke: Coastal Response to Hurricane Sandy at Fire Island, N.Y.

McAllister: Living on the Edge in the Face of Climate Change: An Overview of Coastal Processes,

Interventions and Adaptation

Newell: Mother Nature Knows Best: How Superstorm Sandy Changed Sunken Meadow Creek

Nye: Climate Change and Global Warming Impacts on Marine Fish Distribution

White: Odonate Biodiversity and Rarities on Long Island

Alden: Changes to Our Flora and Fauna

Battle: Networked Ecological Initiatives for Climate Change Research and Education

Burne: Wicked Neat; the Natural History of Vernal Pools

Parrott: A Day in the Life of the Carmans River

Jordan: Novel Ecosystems: a Threat To Wildlife

Lobue & Starke: The Nature Conservancy’s Shellfish Restoration Efforts in Great South Bay

Nardone: Restoring Tributaries and River Herring on Long Island

Nardone: Diadromous Fish Passage 2019 Conservation Update

Paparo: From Plankton to Whales: Why our local waters are worth protecting

Portilla: Plankton Blooms, Decreasing Temperatures and Recent Fishkills: is There a Connection?

Dahl: New York Seagrass Conservation Activities

Pickerell: Thirty Years of Working with Eelgrass (Zostera marina) on Long Island: Status, Restoration and Research

Sellers: Suburban Nature and Environmentalism on Post WWII Long Island: Past as Prologue?  

Greller: Great Ferns I Have Known

General

Camhi: Sharks and Rays of the New York Seascape

Gardner: Drifters: a Guide to the Stray Tropical Fishes of New York

Guthrie: Freshwater Fishes of Long Island: What are they and where did they come from?

Nardone: Restoring Tributaries and River Herring on Long Island

Nardone & Young: Diadromous Fish Passage 2019 Conservation Update

O’Riordan: Monitoring Movement and Passage of Fish in the Carmans River

Paparo: From Plankton to Whales: Why our local waters are worth protecting

Portilla: Plankton Blooms, Decreasing Temperatures and Recent Fishkills: is There a Connection?

Alewife

Young: The Long Island Alewife: Biology, Ecology and Restoration

American Eel

Hoffman: American Eels in New York

Brook Trout

Aigner: The Future of Brook Trout in Long Island: Long Term Thinking

Menhaden

Hernandez: Drone-based aerial surveys to quantify nearshore Atlantic menhaden and their predators

Lobue: Menhaden 2019 Conservation Update

Wise: The History of the Menhaden Fishery in New York

Sharks

Camhi: Sharks and Rays of the New York Seascape

Curtis: Long Island’s Role in the Comeback of the Great White Shark

Curtis: White Shark 2019 Conservation Update

Metzger: The Sharks in Our Near Shore Waters: Oh, Just How Little We Know

Quevedo: White Shark 2018 Conservation Update

Sturgeon

McKown: Atlantic Sturgeon: Life History, Management and Research

Tuna

McHale: Atlantic Bluefin Tuna: A Fish Without a Country

General

Breisch: Herpetofauna of the Northeast Coastal Region

Leopard Frog

Feinberg: A Frog’s Tale: The Story of a Long Island Extinction and Its Unexpected Role in the Discovery of a New Species of Leopard Frog (Anura ranidae) in the Urban Northeast

Brown & Nash: Barcode Long Island: Student-Centered Biodiversity Research

Bennington: What Every Naturalist Should Know About the Geologic History and Glacial Geomorphology of Long Island

Sclafani: Horseshoe Crab Monitoring in New York State’s Marine District and Interactions with Migratory Shorebirds in Moriches Bay

Tanacredi: Horseshoe Crabs: a Global Conservation Icon in Dire Straits

Jordan: Novel Ecosystems: a Threat To Wildlife

Pomi-Urbat: To Kill a Kudzu: The Status of Exotic Invasive Plants on Long Island

McNamara: The Role of Ctenophores (Comb Jellies) and Factors Influencing Seasonal Population Blooms in Long Island Estuaries

Lendemer: Long Island Lichens: an Exploration of a Hidden World

Breisch: Herpetofauna of the Northeast Coastal Region

Burke: Lizards Among Us: Italian Wall Lizards in Suburbia

Bats

Fishman: The Bats of Long Island

Hoff: Bat Conservation on Long Island and the Case of the Northern Long-eared Bat 

Hoff: Northern Long-eared Bats 2019 Conservation Update

Coyotes

Nagy: New York’s Newest Immigrants: Coyotes in the Metropolitan Area

Vincenti: Coyote 2018 Conservation Update

Weckel: Coyotes on Long Island: a Framework for Planning Ahead

Deer

Booth-Binczik: White-tailed Deer Biology and Monitoring Methods for Landowners

Rawinski: White-tailed deer and Their Influence on Forest Vegetation

Marine Mammals

DiGiovanni: Thirty Years of Marine Mammals and Sea Turtles Around Long Island

Kopelman: Harbor Seals at Cupsogue Beach: Population Trends and Site Fidelity

 Opossum

Cullum: Encounters with the Raccoon and the Virginia Opossum

Otter

Bottini: Long Island’s River Otters

Bottini: River Otter 2018 Conservation Update

Lupo: New York State River Otter Survey

Raccoon

Cullum: Encounters with the Raccoon and the Virginia Opossum

Seals

Kopelman: Harbor Seals at Cupsogue Beach: Population Trends and Site Fidelity

Surveys

Stiller: Long Island Mammal Survey

Whales

DiGiovanni: Thirty Years of Marine Mammals and Sea Turtles Around Long Island

Sieswerda: Whales of New York City and the Return of the Humpback Whale

Potente: The Pageantry of the Monarch Butterfly

McGuinness: The Moths of Long Island

White: Odonate Biodiversity and Rarities on Long Island

Browne: Restoring Oyster Reefs in Hempstead Bay: Methods, Results and Future Directions

Kassner: The Historical Ecology of the Great South Bay’s Blue Point Oyster

Alden: Changes to Our Flora and Fauna

Battle: Networked Ecological Initiatives for Climate Change Research and Education

Brookhaven National Laboratory

Green: Natural History of Brookhaven National Laboratory

Carmans River

Parrott: A Day in the Life of the Carmans River

O’Riordan: Monitoring Movement and Passage of Fish in the Carmans River

Great South Bay

LoBue & Starke: The Nature Conservancy’s Shellfish Restoration Efforts in Great South Bay

Great Gull Island

Hays: Great Gull Island Terns: Here and There

Jamaica Bay

Peteet: Jamaica Bay Marshes as Archives of Past Vegetation, Sediment and Pollution History in New York City

Riepe: Jamaica Bay: An Urban National Park

Riepe: Barn Owls of Jamaica Bay

Peconic Estuary

Novak: Conservation update: Conservation projects in the Peconic Estuary

Pine Barrens

Gurevitch: What’s so special about the Long Island Dwarf Pine Plains?

Weigand: Pine Barrens Research 2019 Conservation Update

Plum Island

Harrison: Plum Island: Biological Linchpin of an Archipelago

Harrison: Plum Island 2018 Conservation Update

Harrison: Envision Plum Island’s Conservation District

Schlesinger: Biodiversity and Ecological Potential of Plum Island, NY

Sunken Meadow State Park

Newell: Mother Nature Knows Best: How Superstorm Sandy Changed Sunken Meadow Creek

General

Taft: Hide and Seek in the Wilds of Long Island

Atlantic White Cedar

Turner: Atlantic White Cedar: Its Historical and Current Status on Long Island

Beachgrass

Izquierdo: The American Beachgrass Microbiome: Spying on Private Conversations Underground

Carnivorous Plants

Kaelin: The Carnivorous Plants of Long Island

American Chestnut

Piccininni: Conservation update: Restoring the American chestnut

Powell: American Chestnut: Leading the Way to a Healthier Forest

Coastal Plain Ponds

Young: Long Island’s Coastal Plain Ponds: A Unique Ecosystem Under Threat

Grasslands

Weigand: An Evaluation of Management, Urbanization and Isolation on Grassland Biodiversity

Maritime Beech Forest:

Vescera: Threats to Our Maritime Beech Forest

Orchids

Lamont & Nelson: Status of Orchids on Long Island, New York

Sakellariadis: Orchid Colony Restoration 2019 Conservation Update

Pine Barrens

Gurevitch: What’s so special about the Long Island Dwarf Pine Plains?

Weigand: Pine Barrens Research 2019 Conservation Update

Salt Marsh

Peteet: Jamaica Bay Marshes as Archives of Past Vegetation, Sediment and Pollution History in New York City

Weis: Salt Marshes: A Natural and Unnatural History

Breisch: Herpetofauna of the Northeast Coastal Region

Titus: Connectivity and Gene Flow Among Eastern Tiger Salamander Populations in Highly Modified Anthropogenic Landscapes  

DiGiovanni: Thirty Years of Marine Mammals and Sea Turtles Around Long Island

Kopelman: Harbor Seals at Cupsogue Beach: Population Trends and Site Fidelity

LoBue & Starke: The Nature Conservancy’s Shellfish Restoration Efforts in Great South Bay

Breisch: Herpetofauna of the Northeast Coastal Region

Levin, Ted: The Very Last Timber Rattlesnake

Vanek: Spreading Adders? Ecology and Natural History of the Eastern Hog-nosed Snake on Long Island

Pavacic & Wernet: The Southern Pine Beetle Infestation on Long Island: Status and Trends

Wernet: Southern Pine Beetle, Gypsy Moth and Oak Wilt 2019 Conservation Update

Campbell: The Land of Oz: Spiders and Chiggers and Ticks, Oh My!

Campbell: The Land of Oz: Spiders and Chiggers and Ticks, Oh My!

Breisch: Herpetofauna of the Northeast Coastal Region

General

Breisch: Herpetofauna of the Northeast Coastal Region

Diamondback Terrapin

Burke: Strange Times for Jamaica Bay Terrapins

Burke: Diamondback Terrapin 2018 Conservation Update

Eastern Box Turtle

Higbie: Home Ranges of Eastern Box Turtles at Brookhaven National Lab

Thonis: Eastern Box Turtle (Terrapene carolina carolina) Shell Damage and Health in an Urban Landscape

Sea Turtles

DiGiovanni: Thirty Years of Marine Mammals and Sea Turtles Around Long Island

Montello: Tracking Post-Release Movement Patterns of New York’s Rehabilitated Sea Turtles Provides Insight into their Utilization of New York Waters

Spotted Turtle

Bottini: Tracking Spotted Turtles Over the Yea