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

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.

Lon Cameron's Maine Float crafts picnic table boats that feature umbrellas, retractable swim ladders, and quiet electric ...

Sears Island is a wooded, egg-shaped piece of land in Penobscot Bay, about the size of New York City’s Central Park. Connected to the mainland via causeway, the island could provide commercial access ...

The Upstream Battle to Preserve Maine’s Lucrative Elver Fishery Some observers suspect that the number of baby eels migrating up Maine rivers is declining. Passamaquoddy fishermen have taken ...

For more than 40 years, the Wabanaki tribes in Maine have had to play by different rules than other indigenous groups across the country.

Can Conservationists Save Cobbosseecontee From an Aggressive Lake Weed? As the upstream battle against Eurasian watermilfoil stretches into a sixth year, the long-term health of Cobbosseecontee — and ...

Lessons from a Day Picking Fiddleheads in Maine What does a veteran forager know about Maine's iconic fiddleheads that you don't? Curl up with Michael Burke 's tale of a tagalong day in the field.

Not everyone treats the island with the same reverence as Wyeth, however. Marian Chioffi, the owner of the Trailing Yew, has to tell visitors not use her family’s swing set. Ronnie Short, a farmer, ...