The New England coast used to be crowded with wild oyster reefs. But the reefs have been decimated by overfishing, pollution, development and climate change. Aran Mooney, who studies underwater acoustics at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, is researching whether sound can help with efforts to restore oyster beds

“As a little kid, there was no women's professional baseball league," says Beth Greenwood. "So I just dreamed of playing for the Boston Red Sox.”

The team's 15-game win streak has tied the club record set in 1946.

Earning a Boston Marathon bib is one of the toughest feats in distance running. On Wednesday, the Boston Athletic Association said it would make the process a smidge easier.

Immigrant residents and those who work closely with them said the sense of safety and belonging that newcomers have long felt in the city is under threat.

At peak hours, the solar fleet in the region produced 2,500 megawatts less than had been forecasted.

Hundreds of people turned out for a vigil in Biddeford and rally in Portland Monday night to call for justice for a 25-year-old Colombian man fatally shot by federal immigration agents who were looking for someone else.

The FBI and the Maine Attorney General's Office are investigating the fatal shooting of a 25-year-old Colombian man by federal law enforcement in Biddeford Monday morning. And, according to Maine Sen. Angus King's office, the victim may not have been the target of the federal arrest warrant.

New research from the University of Maine records small shorebirds responding aggressively to predatory deer for the first time.

Mountain bike enthusiasts have been working for years on an ambitious multi-use trail that will span the length of Vermont. Organizers are now working to make the Velomont user-friendly for everyone.