Maine’s Complete Conservationist Well into his 80s, Scott Nearing was still living the good life on his Harborside farm, building stone walls on an herbal-tea breakfast and eating salad with ...

Chris Cash’s Favorite Maine Place The executive director of UMaine’s Lobster Institute feels at home at the Darling Marine Center.

Lee Kantar, the only state moose biologist in the country, is charged with everything from managing the hunt to countering ...

At Mount Desert Island’s Gallery at Somes Sound, Tyra Hanson curates a fine-art collection to complement one-of-a-kind studio ...

Students at Maine School of Science and Mathematics excel in the unique learning environment of the state’s only residential public high school.

The Maine Farmer Saving the World’s Rarest Heirloom Seeds Will Bonsall has spent a lifetime scattering seeds across the country. But will his efforts fall among the thorns?

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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.