Nature & Science
Birds that do not stay through the winter sometimes linger longer into the fall. Why not? We are in the midst of a nice and generally warm September.
Lea Hamner, a Chilmark-based epidemiologist who joined the Island’s tick prevention program in 2023, will soon be stopping her work because the grant she was paid through has been almost completely expended.
He sowed others reaped.” This epitaph can be found on Ephraim Wales Bull’s gravestone at Sleepy Hollow Cemetery in Concord.
The ringed planet Saturn is now poised for our viewing in the nights ahead.
There were a number of sightings of Northern Lights in this area of Southern New England.
Oleander aphids take matriarchy to the next level.
Almanac
A comprehensive guide to weather and tides on the Island.
Vineyard Gardener
I guess this past week weather-wise is called a January thaw. We did not really experience it the last several years as December was unseasonably warm.
Farm & Field
Beige and brown and tan and black, with horns spiraled or semicircular or in undulating waves, a legion of goats marched up the hill toward us, bleating in anticipation of fresh grass and leaves.