A dead leatherback turtle washed ashore on Red Beach in Aquinnah on Saturday, the first sea turtle stranding across the Cape and Islands in 2025.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration together awarded the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) more than $170,000 in grants this month.
A decomposing humpback whale was seen beached but still in the surf on South Beach Monday, and a second humpback was found on East Beach on Chappaquiddick Tuesday morning.