by Dr. Sarah D. Oktay Managing Director UMass Boston Nantucket Field Station This spring on a Q&A feature of www.Nantucket.net a question was submitted by a teacher named Vienna. She wrote: “Is Nantucket sinking? My class is doing a state report and my student needs to know if Nantucket is […]
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Waking Snakes: Discovery of a Nantucket Snake Hibernaculum
by Dr. Sarah D. Oktay Managing Director UMass Boston Nantucket Field Station As I write this, the world is celebrating the 42nd Earth Day. Today’s story is a fitting tale of the entanglement of man-made and animal realms. Fortunately for all concerned, it has a happy ending. Wintertime is a […]