The restored reproduction of the Pilgrim ship Mayflower is ready to make its debut in Boston Harbor in May at the Mayflower Sails 2020 festival, and tickets are now available. If you want to board the ship and take a tour, you can get a free ticket at MayflowerSails2020.com. The free six-day maritime festival from May 14-19 celebrates the 400th…

The John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum is celebrating its 40th anniversary this weekend.

The USS Constitution is sailing in Boston Harbor to celebrate its 222nd birthday and the U.S. Navy’s birthday. The ship is scheduled to go from Charlestown Navy Yard Friday morning to Fort Independence on Castle Island and fire a 21-gun salute.

Following a major renovation, the Mayflower II will head to Boston Harbor to commemorate next year’s 400th anniversary of the Pilgrims’ historic 1620 voyage. The ship, an exhibit at Plimoth Plantion, has been undergoing renovations at Mystic Seaport Museum in Connecticut since 2016.

As the National Football League season is set to kick off, new research from Harvard University is showing more evidence of the long-term dangers of the game. Certain positions on the field, and the length of a player’s career, may mean greater risk to the brain, according to a study published Friday in The American Journal of Sports Medicine.

Though Massachusetts legalized recreational marijuana, the drug is still considered a controlled substance by the federal government and is illegal under federal law. “If you’re on the water, then you enter our jurisdiction,” said a crew member on a Coast Guard patrol checking recreational boats on the water

Ahead of Labor Day Weekend, the Coast Guard is warning boaters to leave their weed at home.

Bostonians caught a glimpse of the United Kingdom’s famed Royal Air Force Aerobatic Team in the Boston sky, Monday.

The captain of an MBTA ferry that went ashore in Boston Harbor has been placed on leave, pending the outcome of the investigation.

Plans are in the works to redevelop one of the largest islands in Boston Harbor, but advocates need your help. Peddocks Island, which sits just off of Hull, currently draws a small number of visitors. There are yurts on the island, as well as an old chapel and fort. Part of the movie “Shutter Island” was filmed there several years…

A young humpback whale has been spotted feeding and napping at the mouth of the Boston Harbor in recent days, New England Aquarium officials said Tuesday. The whale, whose gender is unknown, is likely feeding on schools of forage fish that spend much of the late summer in the harbor. It is good news that the young whale is feeding...

Following a major renovation, the Mayflower II will head to Boston Harbor to commemorate next year’s 400th anniversary of the Pilgrims’ historic 1620 voyage. The ship, an exhibit at Plimoth Plantion, has been undergoing renovations at Mystic Seaport Museum in Connecticut since 2016.

People all over the world and in Boston shared their appreciation for the planet Monday while marking Earth Day 2019. From politicians to astronauts to celebrities, it’s the time of year when people urge one another to take better care of the earth. Forty years ago, Boston Harbor was one of the dirtiest waterways in the country because of decades...

A stranded adult white-sided dolphin has been successfully pushed back into Boston Harbor after spending the night in shallow water with another dolphin that died. The New England Aquarium says the dolphin had been in shallow water off Winthrop’s Coughlin Park on Sunday.

John Little can hardly go a week without a reminder that he and other Native Americans often are viewed as relics of the past: the Indian maiden on the butter container at the grocery store, the kids’ teepees sold at popular retailers and the sports fans with their faces painted doing tomahawk chops at games. But he doesn’t hear widespread...

The first harbor porpoise of the winter season was spotted around the Boston Harbor on Feb. 15.

Police are investigating after a body washed ashore in Hull, Massachusetts on Wednesday afternoon. Massachusetts State Police said the body, believed to be a man in his 30s, washed up on a beach off of Main Street near the Hull Ferry Terminal around 12:30 p.m. The investigation remains active, and state police detectives, Hull police and firefighters are all at...