The public has the right to walk on even private beaches on the wet sand below high tide in most coastal states – but not in Massachusetts.

Over half of all Massachusetts beaches had an unsafe level of fecal bacteria last year, and 47 beaches reached the danger ...

Environment Massachusetts says it will take billions of federal dollars to take the action needed to reduce coastal bacterial ...

Researchers and volunteers are surveying thousands of shorebirds as they migrate south, hoping the data -- on one of the most ...

Normally, Delaware’s five state parks may report a handful of summer jellyfish stings, said Bailey Noel, a beach patrol ...

Across the state, 35 beaches are closed due to high levels of bacteria in the water, according to the Massachusetts ...

More than 40 beaches in Massachusetts are closed to swimmers ahead of the weekend due to high bacteria levels.

The largest great white shark tagged by a marine research group in the Atlantic Ocean resurfaced off the coast of Massachusetts this week.

Two dozen beaches are closed for swimming in Massachusetts, mostly because of unsafe levels of bacteria in the water.

According to the Massachusetts Department of Public Health’s (DPH) interactive beach water quality dashboard, 25 beaches will be closed this weekend.

These beaches across Massachusetts are closed on Thursday, July 17. Here's why they are shut off to swimmers.