08.01.17

It used to be big news to see even a single seal in local waters. Not anymore.

By Sara Brown

08.01.17

A day at Lambert’s Cove Beach begins before dawn and lasts until long after the sun has set.

By Moira Silva

08.01.17

The little strand at the end of Tuckernuck Avenue wasn’t always the Island’s most famous beach. But it has always been treasured.

By Jessica B. Harris

07.01.17

There’s always basketball in Oak Bluffs, but there’s only one weekend like this.

By Mathea Morais

07.01.17

Many of today’s saltwater flies look so real that you’d swear they were actual baitfish. Space-age synthetic materials that closely imitate the color and sheen of live bait, plastic eyes, epoxy heads, and the talent of hundreds of skilled professional and amateur fly tiers combine to create a vast choice of excellent flies that fool multitudes of game fish.

By Kib Bramhall

07.01.17

Big wind is coming to a 300-square-mile area south of Martha’s Vineyard, but it’s unclear how it will affect a previously unknown feeding area for critically endangered North Atlantic right whales.

By Sara Brown

07.01.17

For two decades, Vineyard House has offered a safe haven for those who are ready to recover.

By Mary Breslauer

05.01.17

Ever since Wampanoags launched canoes in pursuit of whales, fishermen have been pushing the envelope by trying to catch big fish from small boats.

By Kib Bramhall

05.01.17

David R. Foster spent fifteen years writing his new book. But it was worth the wait.

By Elizabeth Hawes

05.01.17

A fern is a fern is a fern is a fern, except for a brief time when it’s a fiddlehead.

By Vanessa Czarnecki

05.01.17

Is it time to take drastic action to fight tick-borne diseases?

By Erin Ryerson

05.01.17

As scientists track sharks and learn more about the ocean’s apex predators, a growing industry is selling shark-deterrent devices.

By Sara Brown

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