Ship calls to Portland’s International Marine Terminal have steadily increased, more and more Maine officials, economic developers and business people have made the trek to Reykjavik to meet the neighbors, and more Maine goods are outbound along Eimskip’s “Green Line” route to Europe.

An online and print survey of Maine's island residents on ticks has garnered more than 500 responses, but more data is being sought.

More than just information about the natural world around us, these essays seem to be about being present.

Sticky, tar sands oil, with its propensity to sink, poses a substantial, long-term, risks to life on the sea floor.

Over the past two decades, public access to the coast has been challenged in court across the state, at places like Cedar Beach, Goose Rocks and Eastport. Experts expect more of those challenges as waterfront property values soar, along with the public’s desire to access it for recreation and commercial activity.

In an overview of climate change science at the public forum held in advance of the Arctic Council meetings in Portland, Sen. Angus King concluded that “something serious is happening, and it’s happening faster than we thought.”

You’re not going to be able to tell them in three weeks it’s going to be rainy outside your house, but you might be able to tell them … it’s going to be above average in the East.

By executive order, Obama created the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts National Monument which bans commercial fishing, mining and drilling within a 4,913-square-mile area.

Many newcomers are able to pay big bucks to find the serenity offered by an isolated enclave.