Lee Kantar has been compiling copious data about both moose and winter ticks in hopes of saving the former from the latter.

My Final Days on the Maine Coast Diagnosed with advanced lung cancer, a writer meditates on life, death, and beauty from his small seaside cottage down east.

Shark Attacks in Maine Were Unthinkable — Until Bailey Island Maine's first-ever fatal shark attack jolted natives and visitors alike into acknowledging that great whites regularly swim off the ...

Hundreds of military planes crashed in Maine during World War II, including 48 that resulted in fatalities. Wreckage is still scattered in the North Woods.

Green Crabs Are Maine’s Most Delicious Scourge Meet the scientists and chefs who want to get invasive green crabs out of Maine’s waters and into your belly.

With miles of undeveloped shoreline and quintessential down east quietude, Maine's Orange River is a critical link between ocean and inland ecosystems.

At the northeastern tip of the country, Maine's far-flung Amish work together to survive. You won't believe the photos.

50 Shades of Chambray Being a thrilling account of how the Saco-Biddeford cotton empire gave rise to a trashy 19th-century literary craze full of torrid affairs, horrendous murders, and ruined females ...

The Very Long Walk That Changed Maine Politics In the summer of 1972, the little-known, 31-year-old mayor of Bangor set out on a walk clear across the state — from Gilead to Houlton to Fort Kent — in ...

We’re Only Beginning to Grapple with the Toxic Legacy of “Forever Chemicals” Maine leads the nation in its response to the PFAS crisis, but we're just waking up to the problem.

By Virginia Wright Photos by Michael D. Wilson See the 11 other Maine towns in our 2020 Best Places to Live feature Growing up in Maine’s capital in the ’80s and ’90s, Justin Fecteau thought of Water ...