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02.19.2017 Environment

New group aims to promote marine conservation

To illustrate just how widespread littering along Long Island’s coastline can be, marine biologist Rob DiGiovanni likes to recall the time he cleaned up a beach in Hampton Bays.

11.04.2016 Health & Environment

Huge dead leatherback turtle washes ashore in Orient

A more than 6-foot-long leatherback turtle washed ashore on the Long Island Sound coast of Orient this week.

05.30.2015 Community

So long Tucker! Students wave goodbye to seal

After a trip to Atlantis Marine World in Riverhead, sixth graders Maddie Hansen, 11, and Abby Seifert, 12, felt inspired after seeing the foundation help animals. Their efforts helped...

01.20.2014 News

Researchers say Goose Creek dolphin died of natural causes

The wayward dolphin that turned up dead in Goose Creek last week died of natural causes, researchers have ruled. The male common dolphin, whose body was found Sunday, Jan....

01.13.2014 News

Update: Riverhead Foundation recovers dead dolphin from Southold creek

Update: Riverhead Foundation rescue program director Kimberly Durham said a dolphin found dead Sunday in Southold has been recovered and positively identified as a common dolphin. Biologists received help from Southold...

11.24.2013 News

Penny the harbor seal released back into the wild

Five months ago, Penny was found stranded on the beach near the Sands Beach Club in Atlantic Beach, not even a week old with her mother nowhere in sight....

11.18.2013 News

Giant turtle washes ashore in Mashomack Preserve on Shelter Island

A dead leatherback sea turtle washed up on a beach at Miss Annie’s Creek in the Mashomack Preserve on Shelter Island over the weekend. Spotted by paddle boarder Richard...

08.21.2013 Community

Riverhead Foundation raising funds to #FreeRoxanne

A campaign to raise funds for the release of the Riverhead Foundation’s newest patient is making waves. Roxanne, an adult Risso’s dolphin was rescued just south of Oak Beach...

08.09.2013 News

Riverhead Foundation sees record day for turtle releases

Eight endangered sea turtles waddled their way back into bay waters Tuesday, a record for the number turtles released in one day by caretakers at the Riverhead Foundation for...

06.10.2013 News

Rescues have Riverhead Foundation asking for help

Volunteers from the Riverhead Foundation for Marine Research and Preservation added two new creatures to its hospital last week after they rescued a trapped dolphin and a 3-to-5-day-old harbor...

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