Environment

Whole Foods announced it would stop selling lobster from the Gulf of Maine.

On Outside/In[box], the team answers some listener questions about how to get started as an amateur stargazer.

It’s high time to shine a light on an under-appreciated nocturnal visitor to America’s backyards and garbage cans: the opossum.

“If the money was right, I’d die out here for my family.”

We talk with the Maine state moose biologist, about the state’s study of an innovative moose population management approach. Does fewer moose mean fewer winter ticks, and a healthier moose population?

Philip asks: “Have humans always thought of ice as cold? To put it another way: would a neanderthal in Maine still have needed a jacket in November?”

There’s an 11% gap between projected emissions reductions from current policy and the U.S.’s goals for 2050. A new analysis says states, cities and businesses are needed to make up the difference.

What’s a homeowner to do about raccoons and squirrels?

When fear is almost fun – and when it’s only terrifying.

If we’re in the middle of a mass extinction, shouldn’t more species be going extinct?