New Jersey is home to a rich diversity of snake species, and several of its lakes and rivers are teeming with slithering ...

Visitors to the Wharton State Forest in the New Jersey Pine Barrens can explore rarely seen areas of the historic Batsto ...

Authorities arrested the 19-year-old from Waretown, New Jersey, and charged him with arson and aggravated arson in the fire that’s still burning in southern New Jersey that they described as started ...

The sparing of local residents and homes in this fire was no happy accident. Land use in this area of the state has long been ...

The wildfire, which was determined to be the second largest in New Jersey in the past 20 years, consumed more than 15,000 ...

It was a good time to venture into the Pine Barrens for nature photographs, and that’s what author William Lewis was doing when he came across two young people having a conversation in the most ...

New Jersey faced an increased risk of more wildfires Friday, just as the massive Pine Barrens blaze was finally 60% contained, having burned through an area about as big as Newark. Temperatures of ...

As bad as this wildfire is, New Jersey has had bigger fires with more widespread damage and fatalities during the past 100 years.

A second person has been charged with arson in the wildfire in New Jersey’s Pine Barrens that has grown into the state’s second-largest fire in nearly two decades. Prosecutors said Friday that ...

Wildfire in New Jersey Pine Barrens at 75% Containment, Officials Say WARETOWN, N.J. (AP) — Three-fourths of a vast wildfire in New Jersey's Pine Barrens has been contained, state officials said ...

CHATSWORTH, N.J. (AP) — A fast-moving wildfire engulfing part of New Jersey's Pine Barrens has not resulted in any injuries, officials said, though it's expected to grow before forecast rain ...