Outdoors

Waves erupt in white foam at the base of Acadia National Park’s Otter Cliffs. Hanging on the immense rock wall is Leah Taylor. The Waldo […]

Wading through waist-high grasses swaying in the breeze, Jesse Wheeler looks both concerned and delighted by the variety of plants around him. Acadia National Park’s […]

  Inside his own sheltered yard, surrounded by wild greenery, Gauch spreads his wings in the morning sunlight at the Stanwood Wildlife Sanctuary in Ellsworth.“He […]

Gerry Monteux is not someone who particularly enjoys sitting still. But, when it comes to taking photos, the wildlife photographer could sit for a whole […]

Peregrine falcons are territorial and defensive. The once nearly extinct birds will dive-bomb, screech at and even strike something that threatens them and their chicks. […]

On a carriage road before crossing the Duck Brook Bridge, Acadia National Park Ranger Nikki Hermann asks our guided group of bicyclists whether they would […]

By Mike Mandell The coronavirus pandemic forced Mainers to miss out on quite a few rites of passage last year, but fishing season was not […]

By Jared Gendron  One Sunday in early June, a Massachusetts family of eight arrived at the Great Maine Lumberjack Show. Family members had on matching […]

By Jared Gendron Almost 50 years ago, David Vroom’s brother bought him a flying lesson at Taunton Municipal Airport in Massachusetts. Since then, Vroom has […]

By Will Slater I am stuck, enclosed by two granite walls, 5 feet apart. The rock faces run down about 15 feet into the whirling […]

By Jared Gendron If you want to discover crystalline coves, splintered remnants of a historic railway or wild woodland to hike through, then look no […]

Looking to take a bike ride but don’t want to battle the crowds in Acadia National Park? You’re in luck, because there’s 89 miles (nearly […]

One of the best ways to see Maine is on the water. Though land in Maine is 95 percent privately owned, there is public access […]

On the East Coast, Maine is known for dark night skies and some of the prime skywatching is in Acadia National Park and the Mount […]

What’s in a bog? Quite a lot, actually.  While the freshwater wetlands, which are found tucked in the Maine woods, often can be overlooked, they […]