Once largely isolated to the fringes of the Island, lone star ticks are spreading throughout Martha’s Vineyard, and health officials are advising extra vigilance to avoid the unpleasant consequences of their bite.

After releasing an initial draft of the plan last June, the Trustees spent the year gathering public feedback on topics such as oversand vehicle access, shorebird protections and pet regulations.

Birds do not always do what we expect, which is part of what makes watching them so interesting.

It was cause for shell-ibration, if not rapture, when I found a special shell on an Island beach.

In a climate change panel hosted by MVY Monday, experts discussed how to strategically plan around rising tides, a concept known as managed retreat.

Two towering American elms are returning to West Tisbury for the first time in decades after the species was wiped out by Dutch elm disease.