VIRGINIA, USA — A new study out of the University of Maryland is shedding more light on a long-standing concern: the Chesapeake Bay is getting warmer, and it’s not just a gradual trend. Scientists are ...

To map the Chesapeake Bay watershed, researchers have long relied on aerial imagery, a time-consuming process to document every water source. But artificial intelligence just might help to change that ...

Chesapeake Bay Program partners said Wednesday that the Bay’s “dead zone” in 2024 was near the long-time average taken from 1985 to 2023. Dead zones are areas of low oxygen that form when high levels ...

BLACKSBURG, Va. (WFXR) – Researchers at Virginia Tech have identified nutrient pollution from nonpoint sources as the most persistent environmental challenge to the Chesapeake Bay, and they are taking ...

A study by the William and Mary Batten School and the Virginia Institute of Marine Science found that coastal wetlands are ...

Blue crabs are perhaps the most iconic species in the Chesapeake Bay. The crustacean, which is actually blue, is a favorite among seafood lovers, but pollution, habitat loss and harvest pressure are ...

Blue crab populations in the Chesapeake Bay took a sizable hit in 2025, marking a need for more cautious harvest regulations, some environmentalists say. Each winter, the Maryland Department of ...

Chesapeake Bay blue crab populations fell again, hitting the second-lowest number since Virginia and Maryland marine scientists began counting in 1990, the Maryland Department of Natural Resources ...

Environmentalists and Maryland officials blast a vote by Virginia officials to explore winter dredging of blue crabs. A Virginia commission’s decision to strike down a ban on the winter dredge ...

WASHINGTON — To get a delicious piece of shrimp, lobster, fish or crab, fisherman usually put down a net or cage to catch the seafood. Sometimes, those nets and crab pots get lost or abandoned at sea, ...