The Martha’s Vineyard Land Bank’s annual cross-Island hike turns 25 this year. What better way to celebrate than a 25-mile trek across the Island?

An annual tradition in Menemsha, the blessing of the fleet has its roots in the Catholic tradition, first begun in coastal communities in southern Europe.

Gus Ben David considers his yard. There is a pond with two trumpeter swans, two mute swans, a flock of geese and two call ducks. Then there are the giant water tanks containing large snapping turtles.

Peter Brannen’s book The Ends of the World explores the six mass extinctions on Earth and what they might tell us about our own dangerous experiment on the planet.

Amid the colors of sunset, a thin crescent moon hangs low in the southwestern sky Friday night.

Allan Keith found a cattle egret in the fields at the Grey Barn on May 20.