Chatham

A shortage of health care providers continues to plague the Cape, according to a new study commissioned by Barnstable County.

Prehistoric animals roam the Massachusetts coastline. And this time of year they’re storming the beaches for their annual spawning season. Here's a closer look at how horseshoe crabs reproduce, and what officials are doing to protect them.

It appeared, according to state officials, that after the crabs were harvested, they died somewhere in the storage process, and were dumped at sea because they had decayed to the point where they were no longer marketable as bait crabs.

Chatham voters approved nearly 6 million dollars at a Special Town Meeting Sunday to upgrade the town's water system. Three articles passed unanimously in about 15 minutes.

June to October in Massachusetts is the growing season for some of our most popular shellfish, including quahogs and oysters. To keep the harvest sustainable, town shellfish programs are raising millions of them each year, in tucked-away places that are easy to miss.

Ninety-two Cape Cod officials — legislators, members of town boards, and others — have signed a letter imploring Gov. Charlie Baker to open a mass…

Thirteen research groups and government agencies have formed a consortium to share information about white sharks in the northwest Atlantic Ocean, and…

Police are concerned about two things this Halloween: unsafe gatherings and the vandalism sometimes associated with the holiday, according to Chatham…

The latest cluster of COVID-19 cases in Chatham should not affect the reopening of the Monomoy Regional Schools, according to State Representative Sarah…

The Atlantic White Shark Conservancy in Chatham has brought someone new aboard — and she’s 18 feet long.A life-size model of Curly, the largest white…