The sturgeon, a massive, dinosaur-like, rare fish, has suddenly been spotted all over the North Shore this summer, in numbers ...

NEWBURYPORT — Thanks to a $200,000 state grant, the Merrimack River Watershed Council will be helping the Merrimack Valley Planning Commission get a good look at area culverts overseen by the state.

Three volunteers for the Upper Merrimack Watershed Association crossed the Central Street Bridge over the Pemigewasset River, ...

"It's by introducing people, and children specifically, to the natural world that you create caring for the landscape around us." ...

The steamboats also get their namesake because they use water from the river, which goes into the boiler, to make the steam that powers the engines. The longest boat on the Merrimack River will be ...

Abbott Lawrence built the 149,220-square-foot complex between 1845 and 1848, harnessing the Merrimack River to manufacture ...

Only what appeared to be an alligator in the water turned out on closer inspection ... which is along the Merrimack River, Andover Animal Control said in a social media post, sharing images ...

Hatchlings do not tolerate salt water. Female shortnose have highly discriminating spawning ground standards in the Merrimack, met only by a one-mile length of river in Haverhill between the Route ...

NEWBURYPORT — A peaceful boat journey looking for seals along the Merrimack River took a perilous turn Friday when a man-sized sturgeon launched itself out of the water and connected with Kerry ...