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

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.

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?

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.

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 ...

Lynne Drexler Saw the World Through Kaleidoscope Eyes The art establishment ignored Lynne Drexler in life and, for more than two decades, also in death. But suddenly, the brilliantly colored canvases ...

With miles of undeveloped shoreline and quintessential down east quietude, Maine's Orange River is a critical link between ocean and inland ecosystems.

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 ...