There are plenty of big things to see on a walk on the path along the Charles River at Millennium Park in West Roxbury: Big trees, big sky and a wide river (now that rainfall is back to normal). But look carefully and there are all sorts of interesting little things to see as well. Read more.
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By adamg - 8/8/22 - 5:10 pm
Walk out onto what used to be the middle of the Charles River at Millennium Park these days and you'll see not just sand and mud and land plants growing everywhere, but the shells of what our local wildlife photographer Mary Ellen says are Chinese mystery snails. Read more.
By adamg - 4/8/21 - 10:05 am
Mary Ellen watched the sunrise over Cow Island Pond, part of the Charles River by Rivermoor Street in West Roxbury. She had company: Read more.
By adamg - 10/26/15 - 7:55 pm
Gabrielle Schaffner picked up a handful of painted snails on Carson Beach today and wonders what's going on.