Climate & Environment

Plum Island Beach in Newburyport is closed to swimming after officials discovered an ongoing discharge of untreated wastewater into the Merrimack River.

A new $2.2 million boat will help environmental officials keep an eye on Long Island Sound.

About 100 people gathered on West Dennis Beach for the New England Aquarium’s first 2026 release of cold-stunned sea turtles rescued in the fall.

The Conservation Law Foundation says the Wareham-based company has been strip-mining sand and dumping material into wetlands without a Clean Water Act permit.

The state's climate council is considering ways to progress on goals without federal support.

Research from UNH looked into how extreme heat is changing people’s outdoor recreation patterns.

Horseshoe crabs are often called living fossils. They've roamed the Earth since well before the dinosaurs. But some scientists say they're now threatened with extinction.

At its peak in mid-to-late June, the rose garden at Elizabeth Park will have more than 10,000 roses in bloom.

Many children across Connecticut are looking forward to the summer, but it’s also a heightened time for summer injuries and even deaths due to accidents.

Tick feeding killed almost three quarters of collared moose calves this winter according to Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife.