Brandon McGirl and Capt. Jamie Savage battled rough seas off Rye for a fish bigger than any ever caught in state waters.

Vermont's Northeast Kingdom and New Hampshire's Zealand area are already blazing red and gold, with Boston weeks behind.

Circuit Drive closes to cars for a free Boston bike bash with a 9-mile route to Arnold Arboretum.

A Carlisle man got the shock of his life spotting a black bear perched on his roofline this week.

Pip, a 29-year-old African penguin at the New England Aquarium, is getting needled for arthritis — and trainers say he's loving the attention.

A towering bull moose strolled through a Gardner yard and downtown streets, leaving one resident stunned and drivers stuck waiting.

A Hyannis whale-watch boat's tip off Wellfleet set off a two-hour rescue that freed the 18-foot animal from a buoy line wrapped around its head.

The 5.2-gram hatchling is sharing one shell with two working heads at a Barnstable wildlife clinic.

Carrie Drayton and Tyler O’Brien caught the bloody hunt on video, with a shoreline in full view the whole time.

Shrewsbury just shook off a years-long quarantine after crews wiped out the invasive Asian longhorned beetle. State officials call it a major milestone.

Young Frankenstein overcame a brain injury with hyperbaric oxygen therapy before returning to Nantucket Sound this week.

A swirling flock of tree swallows caught on video is a sign the birds are staging for their long trip south. Newburyport hosts a free talk on the species this Saturday.

Rescuers called it a lucky find off Eastham after the tangled minke swam 40 miles with rope choking its mouth.