Coastal Issues

Released turtles have satellite tags affixed to their shell. Some also have smaller acoustic tags. A Senior Animal Care Specialist explains why.

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.

Marine animal rescuers from the Center for Coastal Studies disentangled a young humpback whale on Sunday.

Current UNH projects in community-scale aquaculture will be replicated across the country.

A new study published by a team of researchers at Bigelow Labs sheds further light on an underwater battle happening on the ocean floor of the Gulf of Maine.

Shark researchers will be turning their attention to a different part of the Cape this summer, in an effort to learn more about juvenile white sharks.

Shellfishermen were looking to bounce back from a tough winter. Now they’re shut out from prime clam beds

A recycling nonprofit, though its New Bedford warehouse, puts used nets, ropes, and other marine debris in the hands of local artists.