ODU is part of a broad coalition tracking and studying algal blooms in the bay, including the state, NOAA, the Virginia ...

CHESAPEAKE — A large fire in the city’s Bowers Hill area continued burning for a second day Thursday.

The Anacostia scrubber is part of a broader push to keep water pollution from turning into bigger ecological problems.

A blue heron sneaks a menhaden from a bushel on June 6 in Maryland. (Sarah L. Voisin/The Washington Post) Mark Robichaux is right about the urgency of protecting Atlantic menhaden in his Aug. 19 ...

In a decades-long crisis, marine life has suffered as oxygen periodically dwindles in waters along the Gulf Coast. In a decades-long crisis, marine life has suffered as oxygen periodically dwindles in ...

The Chesapeake Bay Program has driven a regional effort to restore underwater grass beds. The acreage has doubled since reaching its low point in 1984 but, at 76,000 acres in 2023, it remains far from ...

CHESAPEAKE, Va. (WAVY)- A warning for drivers from Chesapeake police: Beginning Monday, August 24, 2026, the first school zone camera will be active on Kempsville Road for the start of Greenbrier ...

Fantasy football analyst Hayden Winks reveals his RB2 rankings for Week 1. A committee backfield in a Lawrence-first offense is a tough handicap, and Tuten lands 21st among running backs in PFN’s Week ...

Every summer, a large area of low-oxygen water forms in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Louisiana. This area is called the “dead zone” because marine life there dies. Scientists have been ...

Imagine a doctor telling a patient their cancer is in remission. Nobody hears that news and thinks, great, let’s stop treatment. Yet that is exactly the mistake Long Island may be tempted to make ...

MARYLAND (WBFF) — As warm summer weather draws more people to the Chesapeake Bay, Maryland health officials are warning residents about an increase in cases of Vibrio vulnificus — a rare but ...

Ashley Paul joined the WJZ team in December 2024 as a reporter, and could not be happier to call Charm City home! Ashley has told stories all across the country, including in Maine, Central ...