Most people claim that it is shaped like a pork chop, others a teardrop, and a few an upside-down mini South America. And the shape of the island matters, or so you’d think, given the sheer number of ...

Block Island welcomes scores of tourists all summer long, with the Block Island ferry pulling into port 15 times a day. Come fall, new visitors arrive: migrating birds by the thousands. Subscribe to ...

Rodman’s Hollow on Block Island is a nature preserve with hiking trails through meadows and along ocean bluffs. The area was saved from development in the 1970s by a grassroots conservation movement ...