New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection

Have you ever wondered about having a pet raccoon in New Jersey? It's doable, but not in the way you may think.

Monmouth County officials said Waste Management has started work to ease strong odors coming from the landfill in Tinton Falls.

New Jersey Fish and Wildlife officials have announced that Higbee Beach is now closed - and will remain closed until the end of 2026.

The other day, as I was driving home from work on the parkway late at night, it was just starting to get dark. Standing right on the side of the road were two deer, just standing there, apparently watching the traffic go by, frozen.

It's deer season in New Jersey. But while it's permissible to bait the creatures for the purposes of hunting them, is it legal to feed deer?

Environmental advocates say the change is urgently needed — critics say the New Jersey 2035 timeline for all new car sales to be electric is too quick.

With the judgment, New Jersey and ExxonMobil agree that no further remediation is anticipated for the site.

State Police have stepped up patrols in the impacted areas, and said that anyone caught tampering with the buoys will be criminally charged to the fullest extent of the law.

Experts say New Jersey is in line for more nuisance flooding due to sea level rise.

There are more than 52 endangered animal species in New Jersey and 32 considered threatened, according to the NJ DEP's Endangered and Nongame Species Program.

There was an 18-month heads-up. But compliance with New Jersey's ban on single-use plastic bags — and paper bags in many instances — may not be 100%.

The New Jersey DEP has launched a $10 million public lakes grants program to improve water quality and enhance environmental infrastructure in the state.