Hikers face charges for violating trail closure at Acadia National Park

Several trails at Acadia are closed for parts of each year to protect endangered peregrine falcons, which nest on cliffs.

Volunteers hit the water for 41st annual Maine Audubon Loon Count

Results won't be released for a few weeks, but the state's common loon population has been trending upward since the '80s.

Maine’s piping plovers are adapting to washed-out beaches after winter storms

Despite washed-out dunes and higher water lines, experts say the endangered piping plovers nesting along the Maine coast appear to be doing well.

Grab your binoculars! Maine’s got 290 bird species on the wing worth watching

The experts' advice: Start in your backyard with a feeder. Soon you could have purple gallinules and Bohemian waxwings in your sights.

State asking ‘citizen scientists’ to help find owl pellets

The Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife wants to learn more about the diet of Maine owls.

Rare Steller’s sea eagle makes highly anticipated return to Maine

The bird was spotted Saturday on the Back River between Arrowsic and Georgetown.

Sprout Lewiston growing a love for ecology and education

Sprout Lewiston, a new summer program brought to Lewiston focuses on educating the youth and teaching them to give back to their community by cleaning up public parks. As many of the teens started the program lacking knowledge of the natural ecosystem of Lewiston, almost all of them now have goals to build their own garden at home.

It’s almost time to count the loons

The Maine Audubon event, held since 1983, is looking for volunteer counters, particularly on Sebago Lake and Naples' Long Lake.

‘What’s Happening to Our Birds’ second spring talk hosted by Western Maine Audubon

Waterville couple takes part in 120th annual Christmas Bird Count

Bird lovers and longtime watchers Jose and Lea Ramirez help to document populations and habitats, which helps wildlife organizations develop conservation strategies.