This important study introduces a Bayesian method to determine bacterial counts that accounts for the experimental noise inherent to dilution and plating methods, and distinguishes it from biological ...

Sprawl made suburbia affordable. Now it’s breaking it. Here’s what a new vision of the suburbs could look like.

More information: Kotaro Kubo et al, Habitat use and abundance of an introduced population of the Japanese weasel (Mustela itatsi): Comparison with the native population, PLOS One (2025).

The drought continues to improve in Massachusetts with U.S. Drought Monitor Map reducing the amount of the state experiencing a moderate drought and abnormally dry conditions. Drought status in ...

With over 1,600 apartments and condos, it has a population density of 14,500 people per square mile. Google Maps All of these housing units have been in the area since before the 1990s, Creed said.

A new report offers trends in Massachusetts' LGBT population, with significant growth across different age groups and regions of the state.

A new research study from The University of Alabama in Huntsville addresses the question of how much urban areas have warmed from the Urban Heat Island (UHI) effect.

Massachusetts' population had its largest annual increase since the baby boom and experts say it is because of the growing migrant population.

A Boston-based think tank says the state economy is crashing as the Massachusetts population records "historically high" gains in "low-skilled migrants, many lacking legal status" while domestic ...

The U.S. Census Bureau has released annual population estimates for the United States and Puerto Rico, revealing that over the last year, Massachusetts saw its largest annual population spike in 60… ...