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wildlife

Published
May 6, 2024

High levels of forever chemicals in Maine birds add to concern about food chain

Researchers in Maine are trying to understand how perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, are affecting fish, birds and mammals.
Published
April 29, 2024

Bath ospreys snub CMP’s new perch; advocate calls for pole barrier removal

Bath's Leeman Highway ospreys, which are monitored closely by local bird watchers, have so far rejected a new nesting perch CMP installed along the highway after removing a nest in early April.
Published
April 22, 2024

Celebrity handbag designer sentenced to 18 months for smuggling crocodile handbags into U.S.

Her accessories were used by celebrities from Britney Spears to the cast of the 'Sex and the City' TV series.
Published
April 17, 2024

After removing osprey nest, CMP installs perch off Route 1 in Bath

A new home was installed Wednesday morning after a nest removal sparked outrage.
Published
March 17, 2024

Saco River Wildlife Center, already outgrowing space to care for wild animals, enters its busy season

The wildlife rehabilitation center in Limington treated more than 900 animals last year – everything from squirrels and mice to bats and porcupines.

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Published
December 5, 2023

Gray fox being sought in Bath is sick but not rabid, expert says

Wildlife rehabilitator Kathi Reed received four reports in the past week about a sickly fox that Bath residents worried might be rabid; she says the animal appears to have mange.
Published
August 6, 2023

U.S. auditors accuse Maine of misusing federal grants to shore up its pension fund

The practice, while not unique to Maine, exceeded 'reasonable' allowances as it diverted $2.6 million away from fishing, hunting and wildlife protection programs.
Published
July 23, 2023

Commentary: Yacht-busting orcas and board-stealing otters? The Earth is angry.

It’s starting to feel as if the animal kingdom is over us. Not that we can blame them.
Published
May 28, 2023

Whimsy, wisdom and curiosity aplenty in Susan Hand Shetterly’s latest collection

In the essays in 'Notes on the Landscape of Home,' the Down East-based writer astutely depicts the natural (and human) world around her.
Published
January 10, 2023

How do forest lizards survive life in the city? They morph.

U.S. scientists in Puerto Rico say one species has sprouted special scales to better cling to smooth surfaces like walls and windows and grown larger limbs to sprint across open areas.