New research from scientists at the University of Rhode Island suggests that microplastics are more likely to accumulate in ...

The University of Rhode Island will be integrating a geothermal heating and cooling system in the soon-to-be-built Ocean ...

When it's just after lunch on a Sunday afternoon in Providence, Julie Voigt knows it's not too late for one of her favorite summertime options on the coast. She and her boyfriend can rack her kayak ...

Our special program "Narragansett Bay: A Friend's Perspective" was produced in 1987, when it still wasn't unusual for sewage treatment plants to dump polluted water into the upper bay, periodically ...

NEWPORT, R.I. (WPRI) — Portions of Narragansett Bay’s East Passage between Gould Island up until the Pell Bridge will be closed to vessel traffic from 6:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. Saturday. The temporary ...

URI researchers estimate that in Narragansett Bay, the level of tiny plantlike creatures called phytoplankton has dropped by half in the last half century, based on new analysis of a long-term time ...

WARWICK – David Ghigliotty looks every part the bullraker, with a weatherbeaten face, thick shoulders and calloused hands as hard as a clam shell. He started raking for quahogs as a teenager during ...

On select nights, the restaurant hosts its special "Candlelight Nights" dinner series. During this special, seasonally themed ...