In the Chesapeake Bay, the osprey population skyrocketed between 1966 and 2022 — an estimated 1,800% increase — said David Ziolkowski, a USGS wildlife biologist, during an early August meeting ...

A 90 percent decline in nesting osprey on Virginia’s Delmarva Peninsula, documented in a May 2025 survey by Dr. Bryan Watts ...

A new study suggests osprey chicks are starving in parts of the Chesapeake Bay because of a lack of menhaden, a primary source of food but also a major industry.

Researchers with the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science (UMCES) are asking for your help in tracking ...

They’re also looking in two freshwater locations on Bay rivers where osprey rely on different fish for food. The Chesapeake boasts the world’s largest breeding population of ospreys, estimated ...

Menhaden are a key part of the Chesapeake Bay food chain, serving as a food for striped bass, osprey and whales.For years, the industrial harvest of menhaden in the Chesapeake Bay by Omega Protein ...

The Menhaden Fisheries Coalition says the Chesapeake Bay Foundation mischaracterized the survey's findings and omitted ...

Baby ospreys are facing a greater threat of starvation because there are less menhaden in the Chesapeake Bay area, according to a new study from William and Mary Center for Conservation Biology.

A May 2025 survey by Dr. Bryan Watts of the College of William and Mary’s Center for Conservation Biology found a 90% ...

An osprey or eagle was a rare sight along the James 40 years ago. DDT was banned in 1972, and these birds came roaring back. Ospreys in the bay region have grown from about 1,400 pairs in the ...

In the Chesapeake Bay, the osprey population skyrocketed between 1966 and 2022 — an estimated 1,800% increase — said David Ziolkowski, a USGS wildlife biologist, during an early August meeting ...

Baby ospreys are facing a greater threat of starvation because there are less menhaden in the Chesapeake Bay area, according to a new study from William and Mary Center for Conservation Biology.