The Man with a Plan to Save Maine’s Moose Population Lee Kantar, the only dedicated state moose biologist in the country, is charged with everything from managing the hunt to countering the deadly ...

Best of Maine 2022 Our annual roundup of Maine’s best everything: art galleries to architects, beers to boutiques, golf courses to gift shops. How did your favorites do?

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.

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?

Shark Attacks in Maine Were Unthinkable — Until Bailey Island Maine's first-ever fatal shark attack jolted natives and visitors alike into acknowledging that great whites regularly swim off the ...

We’re Only Beginning to Grapple with the Toxic Legacy of “Forever Chemicals” Maine leads the nation in its response to the PFAS crisis, but we're just waking up to the problem.

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 ...

The Book That Birthed the Back-to-the-Land Movement How Scott and Helen Nearing's Living the Good Life shaped a generation.

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 ...

Nirav Shah Is Ambivalent About His Celebrity (and Uncommonly Curious and Deliberate About Everything Else) The state’s surprisingly visible CDC director has a complex relationship with ego, a mean ...

A Former Goop Editor, a Maine Island, Two Cafés, and a Lot of Bad Blood Ana Hito came to Vinalhaven last summer with a vision. But when the young, hard-charging restaurateur bucked community ...