He’s been hiking in the Pine Barrens for more than 40 years. On a walk through the refuge, he whistles to an eastern towhee, one of the local bird species. “It has a call that ornithologists ...

Ever wondered what lies deep in the New Jersey Pine Barrens? The one million-acre reserve is home to more history and legends than that of the Jersey Devil, as it turns out. Barbara Solem ...

Located in what are known as the Zuni Pine Barrens, some 25 miles west of Norfolk, Va., the tract has suffered a series of insults to the ecosystem over the 400 years since Europeans first arrived ...

The Pine Barrens are not only a refuge for unique plants ... eastern box turtle slip through the underbrush, while rare birds like the pine warbler and the barred owl make their homes in the ...

“All three of us had an intense interest in birds and bugs and butterflies and in natural history in general. We would often take time to go out and explore the Pine Barrens.” They were ...

And they host different birds than other parts of the Pine Barrens: species that like to glean insects amongst tall deciduous canopies. Yellow-billed cuckoos, great-crested flycatchers ...

But it's not just for hikers and bird watchers, he said. It also protects Long Island's aquifers, he said. The Pine Barrens sit atop the largest quantity of pure, drinking water for Long Island ...