Patrick Whittle

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Brown

Why did a 48-year-old former Brown student turn into a mass shooter on campus 25 years after his enrollment?

By Patrick Whittle, Leah Willingham, and others

loon

Maine is getting Loony again as population of beloved bird doubles since 1983

By Patrick Whittle and The Associated Press

fish

The eel wars: Japan and America fight tooth and nail against new protections as some freshwater populations plunge over 90% from the 1980s

By Patrick Whittle and The Associated Press

alligator

Boston falls in love with tiny alligator in Charles River, rescues footlong reptile before it freezes

By Rodrique Ngowi, Patrick Whittle, and others

Graham Platner, a democratic candidate for U.S. Senate, points to a cover-up tattoo that had previously been an image recognized as a Nazi symbol, during an interview on Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2025, in Portland, Maine.

U.S. Senate hopeful Graham Platner says he’s covered up his tattoo after learning it was a Nazi symbol: ‘I wanted this thing off my body’

By Kimberlee Kruesi, Patrick Whittle, and others

Graham Platner

Maine oyster farmer running for Senate tries to explain Marine tattoo that appears to be a Nazi SS ‘Totenkopf’ symbol

By Thomas Beaumont, Kimberlee Kruesi, and others

New England

‘The color is just not going to be there this year for some hillsides’: Autumn leaf peeping pegged back by drought, climate change

By Patrick Whittle, Michael Casey, and others

seal

Why Republicans are trying to roll back a law that has protected whales, seals and other sea animals for over 50 years

By Patrick Whittle and The Associated Press

FILE – Surfers walk past a flag warning of strong currents just north of the Imperial Beach Pier on Sept. 9, 2022, in Imperial Beach, Calif. (Eduardo Contreras/The San Diego Union-Tribune via AP, File)

Fecal matter could spoil your last summer beach escape

By Patrick Whittle, Mingson Lau, and others

Shark

Climate change means more great white sharks in the waters of New England every summer

By Patrick Whittle and The Associated Press

Jellyfish

‘We’ve never seen anything like this’: Delaware beach-goers swear they feel the jellyfish sting more than ever

By Mingson Lau, Patrick Whittle, and others

Michael Pimentel, center, a resident at the Gabriel House assisted living facility, in Fall River, Mass., receives assistance from an emergency medical worker, right, outside a temporary shelter, Monday, July 14, 2025, in Fall River, following a fire that started late Sunday. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Residents at Massachusetts assisted-living facility say staff fled without helping them during fire that killed 9

By Michael Casey, Kimberlee Kruesi, and others

Osprey

Osprey lovers cry foul at fishing industry’s billion-pound annual haul of bird’s precious food source

By Patrick Whittle, Allen Breed, and others

Person leans over a crate of asparagus

After an early boom, organic farming is falling: ‘We can’t find anybody as willing to work’

By Caitlyn Daproza, Patrick Whittle, and others

FILE – In this July 27, 2018, file photo, a sternman on a lobster fishing boat photographs the sunrise on the way out of Portland Harbor off South Portland, Maine. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)

Trump is loosening red tape to help America’s $20 billion seafood trade deficit. Conservation groups worry overfishing could unravel the ocean’s ‘safety net’

By Patrick Whittle and The Associated Press