On Sunday night, the gibbous moon appears low in the southeastern sky, near the bright star Spica.

The populations of nine of the 10 species of warblers that breed on the Island are declining.

In a nutshell, chipmunks are quite cheeky. These ravenous and rascally rodents stockpile more than their fair share of foodstuff.

With funding from the Massachusetts Cultural Council, Polly Hill Arboretum plans to break ground in September on a $ 1 million educational center and botany lab.

Guided by historic documents and modern technology, Vineyard Land Surveying reestablished the town line running through Menemsha Pond between Chilmark and Aquinnah. There had been concerns that scallopers were crossing the line from Chilmark into Aquinnah.

With the summer season picking up, managers for the Gay Head Light relocation project hope to have the site mostly restored by the Fourth of July. About half the excavated soil has been returned to the site and a new concrete-block foundation is nearly complete.