Oyster harvesting will shift from Sengekontacket Pond to Edgartown Great Pond, and parts of Cape Pogue could reopen for bay scalloping.

With support from the Edey Foundation, the Chilmark shellfish department plans to restore vital eelgrass beds that vanished from Nashaquitsa Pond.

The Oak Bluffs water district hopes to offset costs by developing a three-megawatt solar array off Barnes Road.

On Monday morning well before sunrise, the gibbous moon appears near the bright red planet Mars.

The gull family is a good place to look for identification challenges. Learning to identify all the gulls takes diligence and persistence.

Moles have not been bestowed with the best of reputations. The Bible described them as “creeping things that creep on the earth.”