Heavy rainfall has flooded parts of Massachusetts and Rhode Island, with one city declaring a state of emergency.

However, numerous fishermen say the assessment of a decline in the stock doesn't match what they're seeing on the water, where haddock appear to them to be plentiful.

The black substance was staining the feet of people at the beach, prompting one local resident to alert state officials.

Researchers document unusual find: 31 torpedo rays wash up on Provincetown beach just after Christmas.

Some beaches in the northeastern United States are dealing with more than the threat of COVID-19 this holiday weekend. They have to contend with an unwelcome visitor: the Lion's Mane jellyfish.

As the Cape nears the start of sea turtle stranding season there is another long-distance migrant that researchers have spotted coming ashore in record numbers this year, Ocean sunfish.

Visitors to the waterfront near the New England Aquarium around 12:30 p.m. had to dodge waves slamming over docks and maneuver around water pooling on walkways. Experts say the scene will probably be replayed in the future as sea levels rise.

The state's Department of Environmental Services and Fish and Game announced effective Friday, Aug. 9 the ban on harvest of shellfish due to “red tide” is lifted for all species of shellfish except surf clams.The harvest closure went into effect May 9 for the Atlantic Ocean and Hampton/Seabrook Harbor in response to elevated levels of paralytic shellfish poisoning, or PSP, commonly known as red tide, detected in blue mussels collected from Hampton/Seabrook

Trees and wires came down early Monday morning as rain poured down and wind whipped across Massachusetts, the National Weather Service said.

The temperature in Boston rose to 63 degrees on Friday, breaking the previous record for the day of 62, which was set in 1957.

Scientists have narrowed down the top likely causes of more than 1,400 seal deaths across New England.

Robert Prescott, of the Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary, believes a warming trend allowed the turtles to delay their migration south.

The whale washed up in the Brant Rock neighborhood, the second in the past two months.

The Division of Marine Fisheries is analyzing the clams and expects to have preliminary results in the coming days that might point to a cause.

Deaths of gray and harbor seals, in much greater numbers than usual, have been attributed to viruses related to distemper and the flu.

Biologists say plentiful food and other conditions are helping the rodents to thrive, and now the young ones are hitting the road.

The temperature at Logan International Airport rose to 97 degrees shortly after 1 p.m. Wednesday, topping a record set in 1953.

Scientists are working to find the cause of death of a massive 50,000 pound whale that washed up on shore.

The powerful winter weather storm was slamming into Massachusetts by mid-morning Thursday, bringing blizzard-like conditions in some areas, torrential rain in others, power outages and hurricane-strength winds on Cape Cod and the Islands.

"How he got so far inland from the ocean to Route 6A without getting hurt is amazing," police posted. "Must be a NAVY SEAL!"