Science

by Catherine Schmitt Acadia National Park and Mount Desert Island have a rich legacy of science, from ancestral knowledge of […]

The National Park Service recently published Planning for a Changing Climate: Climate-Smart Planning and Management in the National Park Service. […]

For centuries, the diverse ecosystems of Mount Desert Island have provided an ideal setting for learning about the natural world […]

National Park Service and partner organization staff studying effects of the Coronavirus pandemic found wide variations in park visitation, fewer […]

Three scientists have been awarded fellowships to conduct research in Acadia National Park as part of Second Century Stewardship, an […]

THIS PLACE is a mosaic of diverse landscapes and varied topography and climate, a unique mix of ocean islands and […]

story + photos by Seth Benz April harkens the return of the warbler vanguard. On the Schoodic Peninsula, records indicate […]

This year for Citizen Science Month, we are renewing our charge to residents and visitors in the Downeast & Acadia […]

Across northern Alaska, where the forest gives way to scattered dwarf trees and shrubs across a vast tundra, much of […]

by Seth Benz Reports of Fox Sparrow (Passerella iliaca), a relatively large and robust sparrow,  are new to Maine’s eBird […]