Kleptoparasitism is a fancy word for a rather odd behavior: when an animal robs another animal of its food.

The waning crescent moon and the bright planet Jupiter appear fairly close together on Wednesday morning.

Barrow’s goldeneyes are not very common in these parts, but it seems that at least one or two individuals show up in January or February.

Credit the process of elimination for this week’s enigma.

Two Oak Bluffs police officers became marine mammal rescuers Tuesday night when they helped guide a rogue seal back into Nantucket Sound.

Two planets are visible in the early morning well before sunrise and impressive shining amid the light of dawn.