Nature & Science

In Vineyard Skies

Say Goodbye to Jupiter

Mark Alan Lovewell
The brightest planet in our evening sky is about to disappear, or for many of us, it is already gone. The brilliant planet Jupiter is getting so close to the western horizon after sunset you may miss it. Jupiter was a sentinel in our evening sky for...

erosion

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Bird News
Robert A. Culbert

Birders love migration! Birds are arriving that we have not seen since last year.

All Outdoors
Suzan Bellincampi

Take this advice, label your seeds.

Nature & Science
Addison Antonoff

More than 20 volunteers gathered Sunday morning to plant 10 new trees across three parks in Oak Bluffs — Niantic, Nashawena and Viera.

Nature & Science
Thomas Humphrey

A new chapter in Island environmental restoration is blooming in a laboratory on the shores of the Lagoon. There, in a cool tub of water at a Martha’...

In Vineyard Skies
Mark Alan Lovewell

From Sunday night into the wee hours of Monday morning, we will experience a meteor shower. Meteors, also called shooting stars, will appear...

Bird News
Bob Shriber

Bird observers are always excited for the peak of spring migration in May.

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