Each fall, a long-lived generation flies from northeastern North America to the volcanic highlands of Central Mexico, and its descendants take several generations to work their way back north in spring.

The season's first major Nor'easter made its way up the East Coast, bringing gale-force winds, flooding rain and high tides to Long Island's South Shore.

Long Island Watermen and Waterwomen volunteer their time to share the joy of the ocean and riding waves.

While Sheldon Cooper from The Big Bang Theory never successfully built a time machine, a visit to the Long Island Maritime Museum in West Sayville offers the next best thing

The sand thoroughfare linking Robert Moses State Park to the Fire Island Lighthouse and beyond. No cars past this point.

The 100th running of the Cross Bay Swim got sun and calm seas. Swimmers and their kayak partners left the Fire Island Lighthouse for the 5.6-mile crossing to Gilbert Park in Brightwaters