Snapping Turtles (a.k.a. dinosaurs)

Humans are relative newcomers to the turtle’s scene. Snapping turtles have been around for 40 million years, and their ancestry … More

Acadia’s Moth Man

Since 2016, Frank Distefano aka “Moth Man” has documented moths with photography, contributing the images to a global database of … More

Nature is having a moment. Record numbers of people are visiting parks and conservation areas, overwhelming parking lots, crowding trails, … More

“Mostly, unfortunately, the human-skunk relationship is one of inconvenience, a skunk surprising the family dog or the speeding car in … More

“Sometimes, when I’m walking along the rocky shore, Spartina far from my mind, I encounter a handful of shoots in … More

Twenty years have passed since Atlantic salmon became certified as an endangered species, according to federal law. Ed Baum was … More

When the news came today that Mary Oliver died, I reached my arm from where I sat and dug into … More

By mid-November on the Maine coast, the great migration of shorebirds is complete and the warblers and other songbirds have … More

Swimming Upstream, a chamber opera in four scenes, explores water, our emotional connection to water and rivers and streams. It is … More

On October 30, NOAA Fisheries Greater Atlantic Region launched the International Year of the Salmon on the East Coast at … More