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Rescued seal pups released back into the wild from Maine beach
4+ day, 23+ hour ago (46+ words) Five seal pups that were rehabilitated by Marine Mammals of Maine returned to the ocean from the shores of Head Beach in Phippsburg. Five seal pups that were rehabilitated by Marine Mammals of Maine returned to the ocean from the…...
Maine family lives without modern amenities to protest environmental destruction
5+ day, 1+ hour ago (1654+ words) “I’m here for all generations, for everyone to have access to water and all beings to have access to water,” Ethan Hughes, a Belfast resident who climbed on the roof with his two daughters, told FOX ABC Maine at the…...
White shark spotted at popular Maine beach
5+ day, 21+ hour ago (187+ words) A great white shark was spotted off Wells Beach on Monday. The shark was seen about 200 yards off the beach, according to the Wells Fire Department. The fire department urged beachgoers to stay safe and alert, reminding everyone that no…...
This Quiet Northern Maine Town Has Enough Black Bear Sightings To Keep Locals Alert
1+ week, 4+ day ago (1623+ words) A quiet northern town can feel very different once you remember who else lives in the woods. Deep in Aroostook County, Maine, thick forests and open farmland create the kind of landscape where black bears are a real part of…...
Why 4 Maine rivers flow north instead of toward the ocean
1+ week, 21+ hour ago (334+ words) Most Maine rivers eventually carry water toward the Atlantic Ocean. But four major rivers in northern Maine flow in the opposite compass direction. The Upper St. John, Allagash, Fish and Aroostook rivers all drain north into the St. John River…...
Maine’s disappearing kelp forests are changing the reef microbiome itself
1+ week, 3+ day ago (871+ words) Kelp forest loss leaves Maine reefs with sun-powered microbes and a reworked water chemistry, raising questions about coastal carbon. Kelp grows in stands tall enough to swim through. Along much of the Maine coast, those stands are giving way to…...
Zooplankton tied to Maine lobster larva health declines as Gulf waters warm
2+ week, 13+ hour ago (302+ words) by Allyson Lapierre, WGME PORTLAND, Maine (WGME) -- A creature the size of a grain of rice could be the reason for recent declines in Maine's lobster harvest. "Lobster is such an important resource. It's emblematic of the Gulf of Maine,…...
GPS tags mapped 17 woodcock crossings over the Gulf of Maine and revealed three invisible routes, with four flights reaching future turbine-blade height even though more than 88% of the birds would miss the wind sites entirely
3+ week, 2+ day ago (632+ words) The sky above the Gulf of Maine gets busy in autumn. Dozens of American woodcocks that spend the warmer months feeding in the north migrate to the southern and southeastern regions for winter. Avian researchers fitted some of these birds…...
Virginia restored 12,000 acres of seagrass. Can Maine also stem the decline?
3+ week, 2+ day ago (649+ words) Maine’s seagrass meadows are shrinking and thinning. And this isn’t the only place where seagrass is declining. These underwater meadows off Maine’s coast are part of a global, decades-long pattern of loss believed to be driven by development and human…...
Aquaculture & Maine Marine Living Resources
3+ week, 2+ day ago (459+ words) WRITTEN BY JULIA BAYLY While hiking or driving alongside the New Meadows River in Brunswick, you might miss the active farming operation just beneath the tidal waters at the end of Casco Bay. But if you look closely, you will…...