Experts say the number of insects in Maine is dropping
Insects, which pollinate plants, including crops, and fill a key role in the food chain, have declined sharply worldwide.
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This is what to do if you find baby wild animals
Often the animal’s mother has deliberately left her baby alone and will return. Any human interference can actually harm the animal.
Goats pee on their faces to attract mates
For the male goat, nothing signals “come hither” to a female goat like a shot of his own hormonally triggered urine to his face.
Mainers are turning to plants for health care as conventional treatment is harder to get
Maine companies sell herbal supplements, tinctures and other products made from plants, and Mainers also make their own products at home.
Invasive browntail moth caterpillars in Maine are getting killed off by fungi and viruses
The caterpillars, which have microscopic rash-causing hairs, are continuing to die off across Maine.
Don’t worry too much — yet — about getting a red meat allergy from a Maine tick bite
Widely established in southern and Mid-Atlantic states, lone star ticks have been creeping northward over the last five years.
Maine man creates a 45-acre pasture to feed his ‘millions and millions’ of bees
Paul Borowski has cultivated his Sangerville pasture to produce honey as well as beehive colonies and queens to sell.
The secret weapon for combatting black flies
Particularly numerous in the spring and early summer, black flies — jokingly referred to as the “Maine State Bird” — persist into the fall.
Maine mushroom foragers find treasures in the woods after last year’s disappointments
Maine foragers are seeing early signs of an abundant spring mushroom season, while expecting climate change to shift how mushrooms fruit in the future.
Maine gardeners find fertilizer help from things they get from the ocean
Using resources like fish waste, shells and seaweed can improve soil structure and add nutrients for growing crops.
Browntail moth caterpillars have emerged again in Bangor
Populations have steeply declined since the caterpillars’ 2022 peak made working outside in central and coastal Maine riskier and itchier, but the caterpillars haven’t disappeared.
These midcoast Mainers resurrected a 70-year-old horse show club after a 4-year gap
Heading into its third renewed season, the Waldo County Riding and Driving Club has been steadily growing and improving.
Bangor woman creates a free seedling library to help gardeners and find community
While seed libraries have been popular in Maine, this project takes the concept a step further by offering live plants for free.
Watch: How to identify and harvest Maine fiddleheads
Learn about fiddleheads’ significance in Maine’s economy and culture. Explore their history, harvesting, and role as a spring edible.
This group aims to preserve and share a Maine island’s historic apple
The Deer Isle Apple Corps has a mission to preserve aging apple trees, revive local apple culture, and strengthen the island’s food system.
This Maine man knows how to find the land’s hidden histories in the woods
For decades, ecologist Tom Wessels has pioneered and publicized the art of “reading the forested landscape” in New England.
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