More than 60 right whales were sighted 55 miles south of the Island in an aerial survey conducted by the New England Aquarium’s Anderson Cabot Center for Ocean Life on April 23.

Brightly colored birds have arrived in various shades of blue, green, yellow, rufous, gray, brown, orange, black, red and white.

Check all of the boxes. A new Massachusetts pest that targets boxwoods has been found on Cape Cod. 

The southern pine beetle has devastated parts of some of the Island's forests. Conservation groups are in the early stages of fighting back.

The evening planets available for viewing are Jupiter and Mars. Jupiter is appearing in the western sky after sunset.

Dewberries are difficult.