Residents pushed for a dog area in West Roxbury's Millennium Park. Currently, there are four official BPRD dog recreation spaces out of 24 City-recognized neighborhoods — none lie south of Dorchester.
World Wetlands Day commemorates the Feb. 2, 1971 signing of the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands, which internationally recognized the value of preserving and maintaining wetlands, and serves as a day to raise global awareness about wetlands protection.
Forty-six years after the implementation of the ban on ivory, business is still booming. Once again, humans will use any means necessary to plunder the earth for its few natural resources.
Sixty-six cold-stunned turtles rescued on Cape Cod beaches have been treated this year at the New England Aquarium’s sea turtle hospital as of Thursday.
The endangered North Atlantic right whale, which lives off the coast of Massachusetts, may go extinct due to human activities and climate change. An estimated 400 right whales remain, and the species has been on the endangered species list since 1970, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Over 100 clean ups have been scheduled throughout the state, as thousands of volunteers are expected to give their time and effort to help clean up the Massachusetts' beaches.
MassWildlife released an advisory detailing ways residents can avoid aggressive confrontations with wild turkeys during their breeding season from March to May.
Oftentimes, the most dangerous threats to our well-being are slow growing. They creep in, getting worse and worse until they are unavoidable. Climate change most definitely falls under that category. The...
