Ocean scientists with the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) discovered a group of previously unknown hydrothermal vents last month, providing researchers with new opportunities to deepen their understanding of this deep-sea phenomenon.

In March 83 species were reported in this column, and in the first quarter of the year 121 species were reported.

Some like it hot. Marilyn Monroe did, feeling the heat in her 1959 classic comedic film. She is in good company with other heat seekers.

It’s completely understandable why the ancients feared a solar eclipse. Even though we only experienced a partial here on the Vineyard, it was a bit unnerving.

In Becoming Gandhi, author Perry Garfinkel seeks to emulate the famous Indian leader who for most of his life adopted a stark personal simplicity.

The Tisbury select board voted unanimously this week to limit the number of taxi companies licensed in the town to seven, each with up to eight cabs on the road.

Voters in Oak Bluffs, Edgartown and West Tisbury will head to the polls today for their annual elections.

Voters pushed back on the proposed bylaw, which would have limited people to having no more than two parties a month with more than 50 people.

Voters at Oak Bluffs town meeting Tuesday passed spending articles for several large infrastructure projects but rejected a controversial zoning change that would have allowed some industrial uses in new parts of town.

West Tisbury is now the first town on the Island to enact regulations around short-term rentals, though other towns have also started to consider the best way to handle the controversial properties.