Cape Cod's water quality remains a top environmental problem, with significant worries about the health of coastal embayments and freshwater ponds. At the same time, the region's public drinking water ...

There are few traditional recipes that include cod and do not begin, even before turning on the fire, with an ancient and methodical gesture: submerging the fish in cold water. Desalting cod is an ...

ENDED UP HERE. CAPE COD IS NO STRANGER TO HAVING ANIMALS BEACHED ON ITS SHORES. IN FACT, IT SEES THE MOST FREQUENT DOLPHIN STRANDINGS OF ANYWHERE IN THE U.S. BUT TODAY’S STRANDING EVENT WAS THE ...

The Barnstable County Department of Health and Environment is offering free water quality testing for private well owners across Cape Cod, according to a community announcement. As of Aug. 4, 2025, ...

Cape Cod is gearing up to tackle water quality, saving river herring and preparing for wildfires in 2026. Here’s the outlook.

Next to beaches, lighthouses and seafood, one of the most commonly associated things with Cape Cod is the humble cranberry.