It’s been a very nice week in terms of weather. Cool at night and perfect for sleeping, the days have been sunny but not hot and miserable. Getting rain last week helped the gardens and my overall mood.
Nature & Science
It took a couple of botanical Billies to describe and document a giant of the fungal world.
A two-week showdown between Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket is underway as the two Islands launched their first annual Inter-Island BioBlitz.
Across the Vineyard Sound at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), scientists are playing a lullaby for baby oysters.
Martha Scheffer was working on her family's Katama Bay oyster farm two weeks ago when she discovered a trove of paternal heirlooms: her father Roy...
Cyanobacteria blooms have sprouted up in ponds around Martha's Vineyard this summer, closing areas to recreation. But Edgartown Great Pond has shown...
We have entered the shooting star season. Two meteor showers are ahead and we'll start noting more and more meteors in the night, at any hour.
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Thursday July 11, 2024
Beige and brown and tan and black, with horns spiraled or semicircular or in undulating waves, a legion of goats marched up the hill toward us, bleating in anticipation of fresh grass and leaves.