Several North Jersey beaches were under a swimming advisory as of the afternoon of July 18 due to high levels of bacteria, according to the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection.

UPDATE: The three beach advisories have been lifted. The lake advisories remain in effect as of Thursday morning. Three Jersey Shore beaches are under water quality advisories on Wednesday due to high ...

His charges are a type of soft coral called gorgonians. "They're a fundamentally important part of the Caribbean and Floridian coral reef habitat," he says. Foord tends to more than 2,000 tiny soft ...

HIGHLANDS -- A beach in Monmouth County is under a water quality advisory on June 24 due to high levels of fecal bacteria discovered in a section of Sandy Hook Bay. Health officials collected water ...

(WHTM) – A second beach in Central Pennsylvania is closed due to a bacterial concern. Gifford Pinchot State Park posted on Thursday morning that swimming is “prohibited” at the Pinchot Lake beach ...

Thousands of Americans will head to beaches for one last summer splash this Labor Day weekend, but taking a dip might be out of the question: Many of the beaches will caution against swimming because ...

Hurricane Erin, still far offshore, is impacting Wilmington-area beaches with strong rip currents and heavy surf. Large waves and minor flooding are expected through Friday. (This story was updated to ...

With Hurricane Erin swirling in the Atlantic, most Delaware ocean beaches remained closed to swimmers Aug. 20. Swimming is prohibited in Rehoboth Beach and Bethany Beach and at all guarded Delaware ...