Nature

In our latest webisode of Hiking NJ, April and I hit the GSP for Matawan and a visit to Cheesequake State Park.

Hiking NJ: Parvin State Park .... This edition of Hiking NJ we are off to Salem County and a visit to Parvin State Park in Pittsgrove Township. The State Park is a beauty wrapped around Lake Parvin and Lake Thundergust.

The monarch butterflies have officially returned to New Jersey for the summer, as WOBM's Justin Louis talks about his Seaside Park studio visitors.

Of New Jersey's 22 species of snakes, there are two that you have to keep an eye out for. Here are NJ's two venomous species of snakes.

Have you noticed that there are thousands of dragonflies that have become active at the Jersey Shore lately? Here's why!

Monmouth County Freeholder Director Tom Arnone said that it'll be the oak tree.

Birdwatching at the Jersey Shore.....Spring is here at the Jersey Shore and this weekend I stumbled across this woodpecker family doing some Spring cleaning of their home....a true tree house. I sat back and watched and photographed their work, I hope you enjoy a look at Jersey Shore nature at it's best....a break from the negatives we hear and see everyday.

This was the biggest spider I've ever seen outside a museum display or on TV, and it was waiting right outside my front door!

If you think that you're hearing coyotes howling in downtown Toms River, no, you're not crazy, but it's nothing to worry about.

It is our best fisherman, the Osprey ..... the hawk of the sea! You'll see them up and down the Jersey Shore coast. This is my favorite bird to photograph and I'm lucky to live in an area with many to view. Just this past Friday at our Community Medical Center Seaside Park Boardwalk Studio we watched an Osprey fishing in the surf and bringing home fresh fish to their babies.