CapeCodOnline: A male bottlenose dolphin found dead at South Middle Beach this morning was part of a pair released last night by the International Fund for Animal Welfare at West Dennis Beach, according to IFAW spokeswoman Kerry Branon. These...

TheDay.com: The 4-year effort to restore the whaling ship Charles W. Morgan reached a milestone Friday afternoon as the last plank was wedged into the hull of the 172-year-old vessel. More than 200 Mystic Seaport employees and...

SouthCoastToday.com: Administrators of the South Terminal Project came under fire Tuesday night from Fairhaven residents complaining about the “24/7″ dredging off Popes Island associated with the project. Audrey Saucier told Bill White of the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center that...

CTPost.com: There’s increasing evidence that the zebra mussels now multiplying in Lake Lillinonah and Lake Zoar were begat upstream, at Laurel Lake in Massachusetts, before riding the Housatonic River south into the 2 manmade lakes. So this summer,...

The Coast Guard and a good Samaritan crew rescued four sailors approximately 350 miles southeast of Cape Cod, MA, at approximately 9:30 p.m., Sunday. Watchstanders from the 1st Coast Guard District command center in Boston were notified at approximately...

Portland Press Herald: Acadian redfish is being featured at Maine restaurants and retailers for the next 10 days as part of an initiative to promote underutilized seafood species in the Gulf of Maine. Sixteen restaurants from Ogunquit to Bar...

Working Waterfront: The ferry Margaret Chase Smith, which services Islesboro from Lincolnville, is expected to be in service for another decade or so. But a grant from the federal government will allow the state Department of Transportation to...

One crewmember is reported deceased, and one crewmember was rescued when their commercial fishing vessel capsized in Shinnecock Inlet, New York, on Sunday, May 12. At approximately 2:00 p.m. a Coast Guard Station Shinnecock communications watchstander was notified by...

Yale’s online environmental newsletter features an article by Paul Greenberg on how farmed mussels are being studied for their ability to filter polluted water in some of the East Coast’s busiest harbors. Here’s an excerpt: “Not long ago, a...

SeacoastOnline: They have blue blood, more than 4 eyes, have been around since the time of the dinosaurs, and could save your life. It’s no wonder University of New Hampshire graduate student Helen Cheng is so passionate about horseshoe...