Lobsters and other sea creatures in areas selected for offshore wind development are about to hear a whole lot of noisy construction. How might it affect them? At a local dock, Cape Cod scientists are making some very loud banging noises to find out.

Massachusetts typically has about 15 wildland fires every October but there have been about 200 this year.

The draft stormwater runoff rules target large private properties like malls and universities that are within the watersheds of the Charles, Mystic and Neponset rivers.

Experts say over a period of decades, climate change had been extending allergy season

The state can’t build large wildlife passageways because of suburban development, but experts say there are other ways to address the problem.

Cruises can boost local economies where they dock. They can also bring pollution.

Climate activists warn that the state’s infrastructure is not prepared for the next big storm

Some cranberry growers are facing complaints and even lawsuits over what advocates describe as environmentally damaging “sand mining.”

Five Boston Harbor Islands are the focus of an unprecedented cleanup effort, with government and nonprofit agencies working with an army of volunteers to remove debris that has accumulated over many decades.

Asthmatics deal with growing impacts of climate change as allergy seasons grow longer.