Environment and Outdoors

In response to multiple attacks by foxes over the past several months, the city of Bath is planning to trap and euthanize wild animals over a 10-day period.

A winter storm could dump more than a foot of snow over much of northern Maine while coating the coast with an icy mix through Friday night.

Court papers say a federal government plan to protect the endangered right whale is snarled in delays and won't likely be available for public comment until the summer. 

Waste management company ecomaine says a pilot project that sent recycling interns into several communities last summer was a success, reducing contamination by about 5 percent.

A study of Maine’s laws governing all-terrain vehicles is raising concerns for some state lawmakers, who question several of its sweeping proposals.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has announced new rules that dramatically scale back protections for wetlands and streams.

JACKMAN, Maine - Maine's big game hunting seasons are months away, but the state is starting the process of accepting applications for the moose hunt.

PORTLAND, Maine - Maine's smelts, a small fish beloved by ice fishermen, appear to be continuing a rebound in population after years of decline.

A Dutch aquaculture firm that plans to build a $110 million land-based fish farm in Jonesport has reached an agreement with the University of Maine to lease space at the school’s aquaculture incubator to breed and hatch fish that the company then will grow to market size.