As scientists track sharks and learn more about the ocean’s apex predators, a growing industry is selling shark-deterrent devices.
Sara Brown
Dandelions get no love; even its scientific name seems like a rebuke. And yet the hardy little weed is surprisingly useful: it provides an early food source for bees and nourishment for the soil.
Vanessa Czarnecki
Is our fascination with all things Jaws getting in the way of good science?
Sara Brown
Money doesn’t grow on trees, but once upon a time it burrowed beneath the surface of brackish ponds.
Vanessa Czarnecki
No, there aren’t any vineyards on Martha’s Vineyard. Nor are there any wineries. Many a tourist’s hopes have been dashed upon discovering this is not the Napa of the East. Still, there are plenty of wild grapes.
Vanessa Czarnecki
In the summer, volunteers on the Vineyard visit beaches under the light of the moon to count horseshoe crabs as they come ashore to spawn.
Sara Brown
Inside the EPA’s mobile lab on Martha’s Vineyard.
Eight-legged, tiny, and hungry, every tick goes through life in search of blood.
Ivy Ashe
It was an otherwise quiet Vineyard night – the water calmly lapped the shore, the grasses rustled in a light breeze.
Katie Ruppel
