A rare copperhead snake was reportedly spotted in Attleboro, Massachusetts. Here's what to know about the venomous species.

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The virus, which scientists call H5N1, has spread like wildfire around the globe in recent years, surprising and horrifying ...

Perched atop the Marriott Vacation Club at Custom House Boston, the raptor banding program led by Mass Audubon’s Norman Smith ...

The Pa. Game Commission has been leg banding Canada geese this summer and they have found 4 that are least 16 and others that traveled several states.

Built in 1951, the house known as Lily Hill is both New England and Old Vineyard, with 130 feet of fine-sand beach and a ...

One recent morning, trying to find the source of a warbler trill high in a white pine tree, I was rewarded with a brilliant flash of orange. It was my ...

The sky had turned overcast by the time we reached camp. Heritage Inspirations founder Angelisa Murray hurried us into a ...

The most radical constructivists — popular with baby boomer hippies in the 1960s — argue there’s no objective knowledge ...

Joe Wein buys a lot of books, intrigued by the subject, but he doesn't always read them from cover to cover. But a decade or so ago the Los Angeles-based filmmaker happened to see a copy of Mainer ...

Traditional New England clambakes involve digging a pit in the sand, lining it with hot rocks, and layering seaweed, lobsters ...