A new report from the North Atlantic Right Whale Consortium this week estimated that the right whale population rose to about 372 whales at the beginning of 2023, up from a previous estimate of 356 whales.
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By LYNNE IRONS I am a hopeless pack rat. I bet I still have every piece of macaroni my children fashioned into artwork at nursery school. The...
The Vineyard Conservation Society Winter Walks Program will feature a guided walk at Thimble Farm in Tisbury on Sunday, Jan. 13 at 1:30 pm. Andrew...
By LYNNE IRONS I seem to have developed a method for column writing. I carry a piece of paper on the truck dashboard during the week and when I...
By LYNNE IRONS I like rain and don’t even mind the cold, but this hardened snow/ice/treacherous footing is totally irritating. Never being one to...
By LYNNE IRONS Due to the subject matter, reader discretion is advised. This column is written solely for non-vegetarians. I have not eaten a...
By LYNNE IRONS I was happy to read Abigail Higgins’s column in the Martha’s Vineyard Times last week. She wrote about the National Animal...
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Nature & Science Stories
Archery season for deer has wrapped up its third week on the Island, and in a mild autumn with leaves only just beginning to turn, hunters are calling it a good season so far.
Local scientists and advocates are undertaking new research and exploring new preservation efforts in an attempt to save Chilmark Pond, one of Martha’s Vineyard’s unhealthiest ponds, from harmful algal blooms.