Authorities say the motorcyclist crossed the center line and crashed head on into a tractor-trailer that was hauling sewage from the Fryeburg Fair.

A New Jersey man died after he hit a moose with his motorcycle on Interstate 95 in Maine Sunday, the Maine State Police Department said. The moose died, too, police said. Anand Sreedharan, 50, of Princeton,

Police say the motorcyclist was traveling south on the interstate when a moose crossed into his lane. Yahoo Sports

Federal biologists from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration say the cause of death of the young female whale, labeled "Right Whale #5120" was chronic entanglement, with the gear found wrapped around the whale sporting the purple markings that Maine lobstermen use on trap and buoy lines.

Federal authorities say a rare whale found dead off Massachusetts earlier this year died as a result of entanglement in Maine lobster fishing gear.