A team of researchers from across the globe set sail this week on a groundbreaking expedition to understand large pockets of fresh groundwater that sit underneath the ocean floor just south of Martha’s Vineyard.
Farm & Garden
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Jamie Norton is looking forward to having his house back next winter. For years now his roommates — starter trays of peppers, eggplants, melons,...
I miss having goats on the farm. As annoying as it was to wake up each morning to milk, it was a labor of love.
I’m just not that fond of summer. It’s too darned hot. The beginning of the week reminded me once again how long and miserable a day can be when...
The Farm and Field column began in 1976 recording weather events and hay bale counts, new livestock additions and crop woes. Reporter Mary Breslauer...
It’s truly astonishing how quickly weeds and other unwanted greenery can grow and get away from me. I kept a horse and a donkey on the back part of...
That was some serious rain last Friday evening. I love it. I did not have to haul hoses around for several days. Before I got to mention the locust...
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Nature & Science Stories
More than 60 right whales were sighted 55 miles south of the Island in an aerial survey conducted by the New England Aquarium’s Anderson Cabot Center for Ocean Life on April 23.
The southern pine beetle has devastated parts of some of the Island's forests. Conservation groups are in the early stages of fighting back.