Animals

Boston Harbor has become a hot destination, and not only for humans. Scientists with the New England Aquarium have tracked sharks for years now. WBUR’s Amanda Beland went along on a trip to learn more about these new seasonal tourists.

Just in time for fall, the last two turtles rescued during the 2025 cold-stunning season were returned to the ocean on Tuesday.

Researchers at the University of Vermont are part of an international team that says it’s figured out how it is that bats manage to live so long and so well. They say their findings could someday help humans live longer, healthier lives too.

2026 is on track to be another record-breaking year for bear incidents in Vermont. Would more hunting help?

A rash of near-shore shark sightings has led to temporary beach closures and surveillance measures along the southern Maine coast.

A bill before the Senate Rules Committee would designate the Atlantic horseshoe crab as the official marine invertebrate of the Commonwealth. Why is the horseshoe crab special to Massachusetts?

State officials are leaning into public education to help residents best live with bears as their population continues to grow.

The laboratory at the New England Aquarium in Boston is a breeding site for the mesmerizing animals, which have been in the news this summer for their trademark — and painful — stings.

Provincetown-based responders helped save a small humpback whale entangled in fishing gear off the North Shore on Wednesday.

The Atlantic Shark Institute placed a data-gathering tag on a hammerhead shark for the first time. And the encounter off Block Island was caught on video