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Piping plovers have made a remarkable recovery in Massachusetts. But the tiny, threatened shorebird is declining in other states, like Maryland and Virginia. Experts aren't quite sure why the disparity exists, but they suspect food abundance and habitat play a role. Climate change may alter both.
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Fans, investors and local elected officials are all interested in bringing a WNBA team to Boston. But with the league's expansion plan set through 2030 and the Connecticut Sun hoping to avoid an out-of-state move, it may not be anytime soon.
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Leslie Trundy at Morse High School in Bath, Maine has been piloting a program that takes kids out into nature rather than sitting inside for a traditional detention. -
Gov. Kelly Ayotte did not personally attend, but she sent the state's Commissioner of the Department of Business and Economic Affairs to represent New Hampshire. -
The home addresses of all 424 legislators were removed for the time being from the state’s website over the weekend. The General Court’s security director has asked state and local police to make themselves aware of where legislators live. -
The region has the highest rate of Lyme disease in the country, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. -
Offices housing the U.S. Geological Survey's New England Water Science Center and the regional headquarters of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will not close at the end of the summer. The agencies still face steep budget cuts under the Trump administration's budget proposal. -
A New England group joined a national bird count to spread the joy of birding and make it more accessible to everyone. -
ICE is detaining immigrants in a Burlington office park building that wasn't designed as a holding facility. Lawyers say conditions there are "abysmal" and "unsanitary."
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The Drap D'Or de Bretagna — or Golden Cloth of Brittany, in French, is one of a few historic apples that are the genetic ancestors of many of the common varieties we eat today. And the Verona Island tree is the only known living specimen in North America. -
Federal immigration agents detained approximately 10 people at a construction site in Newport on Thursday, according to the Vermont Asylum Assistance Project. -
The Trump administration want to cut the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP). Advocates in the Northeast warn the results would be dangerous to residents, if not deadly.
