Ten thousand years ago, a fierce wind struck southern Massachusetts and an old and great white pine collapsed. Down it fell with a splash, sinking into the cold wet muck at the bottom of a pond it bordered.

It may be January but it's never to early to bone up on your classic Lefty's Deceiver, the cinder worm, or the surf candy epoxy minnow.

In common usage, the expression "bird brain" is not very complimentary.

The Center for Coastal Studies recently issued a reminder and request for mariners to slow down for right whale protection efforts.

There is a beautiful planetary lineup happening in the nights ahead. The brilliant planet Venus is getting closer to the ringed-planet Saturn.

David Stanwood couldn't wait to show off his mussels.