Nature & Science
Keeping squirrels out of the house is accomplished by exclusion.
A northern shrike was the most interesting sighting of the past week.
A 46-year-old Rhode Island man took a buckshot pellet in the ankle on the opening day of shotgun season for deer, state environmental police confirmed.
A recent advancement in the analysis of eDNA has allowed scientists to detect the presence of marine life with just a drop of water.
If the weather will cooperate, we’ve got the best stargazing ahead before winter steps in.
More late fall and winter residents have arrived this week, perhaps riding the blast of Arctic air we got on Thanksgiving and the day after.
Almanac
A comprehensive guide to weather and tides on the Island.
Vineyard Gardener
I guess this past week weather-wise is called a January thaw. We did not really experience it the last several years as December was unseasonably warm.
Farm & Field
Beige and brown and tan and black, with horns spiraled or semicircular or in undulating waves, a legion of goats marched up the hill toward us, bleating in anticipation of fresh grass and leaves.