On Thanksgiving Day, 2024, Anderson Jones had something to be grateful for. He finally made it home. Five years earlier, the sandbag levee protecting his family home failed.
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The Trump administration want to cut the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP). Advocates in the Northeast warn the results would be dangerous to residents, if not deadly.
Eelgrass may become the official marine flora of Massachusetts, thanks to a bill proposed by two North Shore teenagers who want recognition for this little-known but ecologically important plant.
NOAA forecasters expect 13-19 named storms to develop, with 3-5 becoming major hurricanes. 2024 was one of the deadliest and most costly hurricane seasons ever seen in the Atlantic. The...
A new study offers a reason why Maine's decimated kelp forests may fail to recover: a chemical released by red algae that can kill kelp at an early stage of...
For the first time in decades, scientists are not going to stock Lake Champlain with hatchery lake trout. That's because wild fish are finally spawning and sustaining their populations again.
Last week, the board of the Cape and Islands ferry operator approved a $62,000 fuel expense to try out the renewable fuel on one ferry between June 1 and Sept....
Federal authorities have said right whales need to have at least 50 calves per season to start recovering. But scientists with the New England Aquarium in Boston say this calving...
The Healey administration is proposing a strategy to protect the Massachusetts coastline from rising seas and intensifying storms, with a new draft plan that calls for a study of evacuation...