January was both dry and colder than normal in Portland, leading to questions like whether or not February is trending the same way.

The sun is currently at solar maximum, according to NASA, the peak of activity in its natural cycle, which is creating more opportunities to see the northern lights.

Back in October, Maine’s fishing future received a significant boost when U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King, alongside Representatives Chellie Pingree and Jared Golden, announced over $2 million in grant funding for workforce development.

The whales were seen “in all directions: at the surface, swimming, and diving,” said Kate Laemmle, associate research technician in the Anderson Cabot Center who was aboard the aerial survey flights.

Withdrawal of an environmental rule by NOAA with an estimated economic impact of $46.2 million along the Eastern Seaboard from Florida to Maine has drawn bipartisan

The whale protection authority is widely shared. NOAA’s authority to protect all whales is under the Marine Mammal Protection Act. In particular they must approve the so-called harassment of whales caused by various phases of offshore wind development. I say so-called because what is approved is actual injury which is way beyond harassment.

Solar material is gusting out of the dark patch in the Sun's corona towards Earth at more than a million miles per hour.

As milder weather returns to Kentucky, here's what to know about the official start of spring in 2025. The first day of spring in the Northern Hemisphere is Thursday, March 20, 2025. This is also the date of the vernal equinox.

A gigantic hole has opened up in the Sun's atmosphere and is currently big enough to spot from Earth. The structure located near the solar equator measures nearly 500,000 miles wide—more than 62 times the width of Earth—and is spewing a fast-moving stream of solar wind—charged particles or plasma—toward our planet,

A miles-long cluster of dolphins has been filmed leaping and gliding across Carmel Bay off the central coast of California, forming an unusual “super pod” of

The U.S. state of Alaska has forecast an “excellent” sockeye salmon run for the state’s Upper Cook Inlet fishery, but forecasts for the state’s other salmon runs are mixed so far. State officials forecast a total run of 6.9 million sockeye for the Upper Cook Inlet in 2025, with roughly 4.93 million fish available for harvest.