Less than an hour from downtown Portland, National Geographic Photographer Michael George finds surfing, river sanctuaries, and a Civil War-era fort. Two Lights State Park spans 41 acres of rocky ...

Iris Choo, 10, slides down the metal slide in the nature-based area of the playground at Harriet Beecher Stowe Elementary School in Brunswick on Nov. 20. (Brianna Soukup/Staff Photographer) BRUNSWICK ...

The cover of Margie Patlak's book of Maine nature photography, "Wild and Wondrous." “The lasting pleasures of contact with the natural world are not reserved for scientists but are available to anyone ...

Seventy-five percent of Maine’s native plants and animals are vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. As temperatures warm, threatened species will have to move to survive, but too often ...

The confluence of nature and art—make that the arts—has long had a profound hold on Maine. Its pristine forests, mountains, waters, and fields have inspired many a soaring opus—and one of the state’s ...

A couple of weeks ago, one of my advanced placement environmental science students, Quintin, who happens to work on a lobster boat during his free time, brought in a tiny treasure to show me. He had ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. Tyler Refsland is the manager of applied ecology at the Wild Seed Project.

Students play on the playground at Harriet Beecher Stowe Elementary School in Brunswick on Nov. 20. (Brianna Soukup/Staff Photographer) BRUNSWICK — During a brisk November recess, four giggling fourth ...