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Fisherman catches rare ‘cotton candy’ lobster off Down East Maine
1+ hour, 19+ min ago (317+ words) A rare “cotton candy” lobster was caught Thursday, with an unusually pale, pastel-colored shell featuring blue, pink, purple and opal-like hues. The lobster was caught by Mack Kelley, a Steuben lobsterman who has been fishing commercially for 16 years. He fishes…...
Recent surge in Maine shark sightings don’t phase midcoast beachgoers
1+ day, 23+ hour ago (1180+ words) Jenny Richardson-Rossbach and her family moved to Thomaston five years ago from a place she describes as “super, super sharky”: Monterey Bay, California. She wasn’t expecting to see many in her new state, she said Wednesday at Lincolnville Beach as…...
Maine town closes its beaches to swimmers after another shark sighting
2+ day, 2+ hour ago (241+ words) Wells is closing its beaches to swimmers after another shark sighting Wednesday morning. A 10-foot juvenile great white shark was spotted about 500 yards off Wells Beach, according to the Wells Fire Department. Lifeguards will be flying the purple warning flag…...
Scarborough lifeguard who escaped shark encounter: ‘I felt like I had a job to do’
2+ day, 19+ hour ago (716+ words) An encounter with a great white shark over the weekend and the media feeding frenzy that followed left longtime lifeguard Greg Wilfert pondering some questions late Monday. “‘What did you feel like when you got back to shore?’” Wilfert asked…...
White shark drags lifeguard underwater at Maine state park
3+ day, 22+ hour ago (307+ words) A lifeguard swimming with a torpedo buoy was pulled underwater Saturday afternoon by a white shark at Scarborough Beach State Park when the apex predator grabbed the rescue device, according to the Scarborough Police Department. The shark pulled the lifeguard…...
Maine state park closes beaches to swimmers after shark sightings
4+ day, 3+ hour ago (205+ words) Reid State Park has closed its beaches to swimmers after a spate of shark sightings last week. There will be no swimming at Mile, Half Mile and East beaches Monday after shark sightings Friday and Saturday, according to the town…...
Opinion: Right whales can’t wait 7 more years for lobstermen to make changes to protect them
6+ day, 12+ hour ago (408+ words) Cindy Lowry is a Maine-based environmental advocate with the International Marine Mammal Project, a project of Earth Island Institute. She has spent more than two decades protecting marine wildlife, including working on high-profile whale rescue efforts and national conservation campaigns....
These nearly identical birds fool even experienced birders
6+ day, 12+ hour ago (624+ words) OutdoorsThe BDN outdoors section brings readers into the woods, waters and wild places of Maine. It features stories on hunting, fishing, wildlife, conservation and recreation, told by people who live these experiences. This section emphasizes hands-on knowledge, field reports, issues,…...
Several great white sharks spotted near Maine beach
1+ week, 1+ day ago (218+ words) Several great white sharks have been spotted near a Scarborough beach. Five to seven great whites were spotted via a drone swimming and feeding near shore around Pine Point Beach on Wednesday, according to the Scarborough Police Department. That comes…...
Unusual whale sightings in Maine draw onlookers to shores of Penobscot Bay
1+ week, 3+ day ago (796+ words) On Sunday at a lobster bake and art show in Northport’s Bayside enclave, more than a hundred people were treated to a special show: a humpback whale swimming back and forth just offshore for an hour. It was one of…...