Hello, food lovers! You know that feeling when you take a bite of something that immediately evokes the comfort of home? That ...

A 43-year-old woman was issued a civil resource violation for having a dog on a beach in a state park Saturday by the ...

In the video, state parks worker Lesley Macpherson touches the back flipper of the mama monk seal, who’s clearly agitated. In another video, the seal, bearing sharp teeth, lunges toward ...

According to a state survey conducted by a previous commission in 2023, most preferred symbols for the revised seal included the shape of Massachusetts, the coast or shoreline, or right whales.

According to a state survey conducted by a previous commission in 2023, most preferred symbols for the revised seal included the shape of Massachusetts, the coast or shoreline, or right whales.

According to a state survey conducted by a previous commission in 2023, most preferred symbols for the revised seal included the shape of Massachusetts, the coast or shoreline, or right whales.

State symbols frequently take center stage on the state seals—as animals (California's grizzly bear, New Jersey's horse), birds (Louisiana's brown pelican), flowers (Idaho's Syringa), and even ...

Hawaiian monk seals are endemic to Hawaii, meaning they are found nowhere else in the world, and are protected by both state and federal laws. Only an estimated 1,600 remain in the wild.

One of my most favorite and absolutely unique laws to Hawaii is often called the “Aloha Statute” or the “Aloha Spirit Statute.” And this law is found in Hawaii Revised Statues Section 5-7.5.

The New Hampshire state flag, which features the state seal on a blue field, is pictured with the State House dome in the background on March 8, 2023, in Concord, N.H. Jim Davis/Globe Staff ...