Environmentalists are decrying language added to a U.S. House spending bill that would open future federally supported oyster restoration projects around the Chesapeake Bay to commercial harvesting. U ...

The Chesapeake Bay Program is a massive collaboration of states, nonprofits and federal agencies. Late last year, the group ...

Scientists at VIMS and NOAA created new Chesapeake Bay forecasting tools designed to predict changing water conditions and help communities make decisions.

Weather shapes Chesapeake Bay oysters, as rain, drought and storms change salinity, affecting oyster health, harvests and ...

An oyster-farming operation manager was found guilty of tampering with evidence in a probe into allegations of dumping of ...

Commentary: Gerald Winegrad shares observations of the natural world from Oyster Creek as Maryland enters the heat of summer.

One day last July, Vernon Spear scratched his forearm on a crab pot as he pulled it out of the Choptank River from his pier in Cambridge, MD. He put hydrogen peroxide on the tiny cuts, thinking that ...

Benita Albert shares the journey of her daughter Allison Guercio, an Oak Ridge grad restoring the Chesapeake Bay.

Crassostrea virginica has occupied a prominent position in the ecology and economy of the Chesapeake Bay. In the early colonial period, oysters were so abundant that reefs posed navigational ...

Manila clams, a popular global delicacy known to also be invasive, could come to the Chesapeake Bay — but might not necessarily harm the ecosystem, experts say. The exotic species originally from Asia ...

A coalition of environmental groups wants Virginia Beach to pair flood protection with nature-based solutions as a storm surge barrier study moves forward.