Nature & Science
What do oysters and seaweed have in common? “Both remove nitrogen,” Woods Hole marine scientist Scott Lindell told a large group that attended his...
About 20 North Atlantic right whales were spotted south and southeast of the Vineyard on Tuesday, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration...
It’s been a real New England winter this year, and as February comes to a close, numbers tell the story. One day before the end of the month,...
The ringed-planet Saturn rises late in the evening. On Sunday night, the planet is accompanied by the gibbous moon. Both rise in the east at about...
Valentine’s day may be just a memory of roses and chocolate for some; however, love is still in the air for the raccoon. Raccoon romance...
We have had a spate of dead seabirds along our shores. Most recently, Lanny McDowell found five dead razorbills and one dead common murre along a...
Here I am in Rew attending to the affairs of my mother as a result of her recent death. Like so many before me, it is quite an adjustment to become...
The Chilmark conservation commission voted this week that a house perched precariously at the edge of a cliff overlooking Stonewall Beach cannot be...
We will have a full moon in the coming week. The Snow Moon, as the Old Farmer’s Almanac calls it, arrives on Monday night. The moon is in the...
