I do not normally get up at 5:30 on a Saturday morning.

The best time of year for scouting for shooting stars, meteors, is about to begin in the week ahead.

"Sun, sun, sun, here we come," might be the adapted Beatles song if sung by a bale, turn, or flotilla (all names for a group) of painted turtles.

It was a peaceful scene as I sat on a deck overlooking a lake in the northern Adirondacks, with spruce trees along the shoreline reflecting on the calm waters.

Tonight’s gibbous moon rises late in the evening, but take note. If you are outside later than 10 p.m.

Island boards of health, working in conjunction with the Great Pond Foundation, issued the summer’s first cyanobacteria bloom watch notices last week.