Nature & Science
On Monday evening, the skies were perfect for standing near the surf at South Beach in Edgartown and hoping to watch a rocket launching hundreds of
Following months of below average rainfall, a drought advisory is now in effect for the Cape and Islands, the Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency announced Tuesday. Dry ponds and low streams are evident all around the Island, even though October has seen good amounts of rain.
The Martha’s Vineyard Land Bank staff leads guided walks in the winter season and they begin with a free natural history walk at Quansoo Preserve in Chilmark on Sunday, Nov. 2, at 1 p.m.
Halloween brings all variety of costumed creatures to your porch, big and small, all looking for a sweet treat. Maggie Littlejohn of Edgartown had a special seasonal visitor at her house last week: a pink spotted hawk moth.
Every fall Ron Pittaway makes a winter finch forecast. The general forecast predicts there will be a “mixed bag” of finch movements.
An uncommon visitor turned up in Edgartown harbor this weekend: a juvenile African pompano, an iridescent tropical fish that likely drifted north from waters off the southern United States.
The fish was caught by a squid that was caught by a fisherman.Almanac
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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.