We talk with Martha’s Vineyard historian and author Tom Dresser about two of his most recent books.

This week on the Local Food Report: it’s a duel of appetites in a new documentary about delicious but destructive green crabs.

We talk about how to practice skillful uncertainty in an era of epidemic unknowns.

A Crested Caracara turns up at Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary, marking the second Cape sighting of this warm-climate raptor this summer. This report covers the species' puzzling northward push since 2020, plus other notable birds including a Buff-breasted Sandpiper, Tricolored Heron, and a performative Clapper Rail in West Harwich.

Migratory Hudsonian Whimbrels are arriving on the Cape and Islands. Shorebird scientists will be out next week looking for young whimbrels to tag.

The Ig Nobel Prizes were awarded this week for humorous yet thought-provoking research. This year, the ceremony came with a twist.

Seventeen-year-old Isabel tees up balls for golfers in a lush luxury oasis in Manila. It's the feature film debut of writer and director Rafael Manuel, and every shot of Filipiñana churns with life.

Researchers at the University of Vermont are part of an international team that says it’s figured out how it is that bats manage to live so long and so well. They say their findings could someday help humans live longer, healthier lives too.