In warming oceans, egg-bearing lobsters could be at higher risk of a disease that affects reproduction.
environment
Source’s Serious Summer Reading Guide
These books have a Maine theme or Maine-based writer.
New gardener tumbles down rabbit hole of roses
She gets advice after feeling discouraged by unrealized dreams of fragrant blossoms lining her home.
When your to-do list includes helping to save 10,000 acres
Betsy Cook explains how the Trust for Public Land conserved the land adjacent to the Appalachian Trail.
Garden on the cheap: A beautiful, productive plot can be yours
People don’t need a lot of expensive accessories to create a functioning garden, horticulturist Pamela Hargest says.
Ecology reminds us that we’re all connected
It’s important to see the president’s Twitter taunts as evidence of a larger, more entrenched problem: the all-too-human hubris that exacerbates countless societal and environmental problems.
Head of Tide Park, and the 12-year saga of how it came to be
In a classic tale of American land conservation, an eyesore beside the Cathance River morphs into Topsham’s first waterfront park.
Recipe: Honeyed Strawberry Sorbet
This dessert requires an ice cream maker.
In Benton and elsewhere in Maine, industrial hemp is the crop to watch
How a legal shift in the state took a farm crop from zero to 60 in two years.
Leaf blowers – a source of pointless pollution and maddening cacophony
Why do we keep inventions around that fail to promote the public good?