Science

Waterville’s wintering eagles, back from the brink of extinction, provide an exciting show for birders.

A stranded fawn presents a rescue dilemma.

Researchers are learning about whale health by studying poop, mucus from blow holes, baleen, and more than a million photographs.

Leeches, snappers, spiders, and snakes: lake monsters demystified

Scallop research project featured an unusual partnership between scientists and fishermen.

The Campobello Whale Rescue Team plays a key role in rescuing whales that have become entangled in fishing lines.

New DNA technology is enabling scientists to see the world in just a drop of water.

Naturalist and environmental advocate, Rachel Carson found inspiration and solace on the coast of Maine, where she owned a small house.

Salmon farming may be just the tip of Maine’s move into aquaculture. The latest trend: growing elvers into big fat eels.

This agile little insect can walk on water.

Maine is home to 18+ marine labs and field stations making the state a leader in efforts to understand and teach about the marine environment.

A birdwatching trip to Seal Island offers a chance to see Atlantic Puffins, Black Guillemots, Wilson Storm-Petrels and many other seabirds.

If you want to learn about seabirds and see them firsthand off the coast of Maine, ecologist John Drury is your man.

Sea ducks arrive in Maine waters in the winter just as many other birds migrate south, giving new meaning to the term “snow birds.”

Where have all the mussels gone? Rocks once covered in clinging blue bivalves are bare and biologists are hoping to learn why.

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