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GBH News tagged along with scientists to a top-secret location where they're trying to protect these misunderstood mammals.

As the U.S. pushes to move away from a reliance on China’s rare earth minerals, New England-based Phoenix Tailings is part of a new group of start-ups looking to fill the gap.

The goal is to mimic the natural features of the shorelines — enough to attract some sea creatures to make the wall their new home. So far, it's working.

The Indigenous Forest Knowledge Fund, part of the Northeastern States Research Cooperative, has given more than $1 million to three regional Indigenous-led projects this year.

Enthusiastic citizen scientists are hiking in each month to document what's coming back. After more than 40 acres burned, now, there's a diverse array of plants and birds.

For more than a decade, Massachusetts and several other New England states have been banking on a large expansion of offshore wind. Here's what's at stake if President Trump succeeds in halting the industry.

The estimated population of critically endangered North Atlantic right whales grew by about two percent last year to 384, an increase of about eight individuals. That’s according to new data from the New England Aquarium and North Atlantic Right Whale Consortium.

Residents are encouraged to stay aware of the dry conditions and keep an eye out for conservation requests from towns and utilities.

Jason Lilley, a maple industry educator with the UMaine Cooperative Extension, says the fact that maple trees are dropping their leaves a week early indicates they are stressed, and stress is bad for sugar production.