Gulf of Maine

A new study from a Maine marine research laboratory has found that microplastics in the sea can impact the growth of lobsters. Researchers at the Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences in Boothbay say the growth of lobsters is negatively impacted when they ingest microplastics, defined by scientists as plastic particles five millimeters or smaller. According to Dr. Patricia Matrai, a…

A new study from a Maine laboratory has found that microplastics in the sea can impact the growth of lobsters.

A large jellyfish was found on the shore on Peaks Island, Maine, over the weekend that measured in at a whopping five feet — something that researchers say would have been all but impossible in the state until just a few years ago. The family that found it was astounded at how big the creature was. “We put all three…

The storm that brought us rain and thunder, and some Thanksgiving snow for the ski areas, Wednesday night and early this morning is now strengthening and slowing down east of New England. Recall last year— it was one of the snowiest and coldest Thanksgiving days on record. Although it won’t be as bad this year, it is chilly outside for...

Few things are as embedded in Maine’s culture — or its mud — as clams, and an environmental group thinks the key to saving the shellfish might be growing a different kind of bivalve along the state’s coast. Manomet, based in Plymouth, Massachusetts, is proposing the shellfish shift as a way to beat predators that plague Maine’s clam diggers.

We have a First Alert for Wednesday night and Thursday as a potent coastal low tracks through New England. We have a couple rounds of damaging wind gusts along with heavy rainfall.

Dense fog slowed the roll in much of New Hampshire and Southern to Central Maine Monday morning, with some North Country patchy black ice. On the other end of the spectrum, Cape Cod experienced some rain showers with temperatures in the 50s. This big swing in weather conditions comes as dry Canadian air fights to hold ground in most of...

Overnight Monday Night: Partly cloudy. Lows in the 40s. Tuesday: Sunny, pleasant. Highs in the 60s.

High numbers of a species of jellyfish that can grow to huge sizes have been sighted in recent months in the Gulf of Maine and some of its beaches. The lion’s mane jellyfish, believed to be the world’s largest, can grow to five or more feet across, with tentacles more than 100 feet long.

One of the most beloved birds in Maine is having one of its most productive seasons for mating pairs in years on remote islands off the state’s coast. Atlantic puffins, with their colorful beaks and waddling walks, are one of New England’s best recognized seabirds. Maine is the only state in the U.S. where the birds breed, and they do...

It’s a slow lobster season so far in Maine, but fishermen are still hopeful it’ll be a good one It’s been a slow lobster season so far in Maine, but the lack of crustaceans isn’t translating into high prices for consumers, and fishermen are still hopeful for a bump in catch this summer.

America’s harvest of scallops is increasing to near-record levels at a time when the shellfish are in high demand and the value of the fishery has surged in recent years. Sea scallops, harvested mostly by boats from the cold Atlantic Ocean, are the target of one of the most valuable fisheries in America.

Baby lobsters are continuing to appear in high numbers off some parts of Canada while tailing off in New England, raising questions about what the valuable shellfish’s population will look like in several years.

We keep the forecast dry this evening with thickening clouds. Temperatures will be much milder overnight thanks to the blanket of cloud cover. The low-pressure system across the Great Lakes slowly heads our way, bringing scattered rain in across northern New England overnight. A few sprinkles are possible across southern New England then scattered showers through the day with highs...

An endangered species of whale is experiencing a mini-baby boom in New England waters, researchers on Cape Cod have said.

Video of a North Atlantic right whale was recorded near Race Point Beach in Provincetown, Massachusetts, on Sunday. The right whales are among the world’s most-endangered species, with an estimated 411 alive today.

At a sea turtle hospital housed at an old New England shipyard, a biologist leans over a table and uses a needle to draw blood from a sick loggerhead before tagging its flailing flipper. These were the first tentative steps toward a return to the ocean for this juvenile nicknamed Honey Bun and hundreds of other loggerhead, Kemp’s ridley and...

That old storm from the west that hit so hard in the middle of the nation, is finally exiting the picture. We are on the backside with the wind coming from Canada. It will be colder today than we’ve seen in the last few days.

St. Patrick’s Day: Mostly sunny. Breezy & cool. Highs in the 30s to near 40. Sunday Night: Mostly clear. Lows in the teens and 20s. Monday: Partly cloudy. Highs in the 30s and 40s.

Interstate fishing regulators are holding hearings on the East Coast about a plan to protect herring off of New England when the fish are spawning.