A Maine native is donating $100 million to Northeastern University to establish a graduate school and research center in Portland in hopes of transforming the city into a technology hub and sparking economic growth, officials said Monday. The Roux Institute, which will open in the spring, bears the name of donor David Roux, who grew up in Lewiston, Maine, and…

America is still sending millions of pounds of lobster to China, but members of the seafood industry remain on edge about the future of the United States’ relationship with one of its most important customers. The U.S. exported more than 17.6 million pounds of lobster to China last year, according to figures from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The...

Rescuers who respond to distressed whales and other marine animals say the federal government shutdown is making it more difficult to do their work.