When it comes to hiking poles and your health and safety on the trail, quality matters. Here’s why it’s important, and some tips when buying new poles.

Your wildlife questions are answered by Maine Audubon Staff Naturalist Doug Hitchcox.

For generations, hunters and anglers have played important roles in conservation and preservation of all wildlife species.

The Bridgton ski area was called Pleasant Mountain for 50 years before being renamed after a ski resort in Pennsylvania. Some skiers hope it will revert to its original name under new ownership.

The Maine Christmas Bird Counts are conducted annually throughout the state.

This month will not be quite as dramatic as January, but the sun will feel a little stronger and higher each clear day this month.

A new recovery effort is helping to bolster Maine’s loon population.

The New Hampshire ski area is owned by Boyne Resorts, which also owns Sunday River, Sugarloaf and, now, Shawnee Peak, in Maine.

Some sit and wait in comfort, while others will chase their prey. If the hunt is considered a legal and ethical success, does the method matter?