Blue crab populations in the Chesapeake Bay took a sizable hit in 2025, marking a need for more cautious harvest regulations, ...

Scientists attribute the drop to extreme weather conditions, including storms, drought, and record-breaking heat that ...

A 2024 report card found a decline in health within the Chesapeake Bay, however according to the University of Maryland ...

The Chesapeake Bay’s health declined in 2024, earning a C grade (50%) in the University of Maryland Center for Environmental ...

Despite the grade drop, the report cited long-term improvements in dissolved oxygen in the bay’s waters to help support bay life.

The population of blue crabs (Callinectes sapidus) in the US's Chesapeake Bay has dropped to 238 million, a 25% decline from the 2024 estimate of 317m crabs, according to the latest winter dredge ...

CHESAPEAKE, Va. (WAVY) — A man convicted in the deadly hit-and-run of an 8-year-old boy in Chesapeake was back in court Thursday trying to reduce his sentence. The judge denied Richard Humbert ...

Yet, 14 people drowned in the Tampa Bay area during Hurricane Helene from dangerous storm surge, and thousands of homes were damaged from coastal water or flooding rains. While guidance from the ...

The NWS recommends monitoring weather forecasts and being prepared to take action should flash flood warnings be issued. The runoff may result in flooding of rivers, creeks, streams and other low ...

The temperature of water in the Chesapeake Bay naturally fluctuates each year, tied to weather patterns and ecosystem changes across the bay’s massive, 64,000-square-mile watershed. But a new study ...

On Saturday at 1:08 a.m. the National Weather Service released an updated flood watch in effect until 8 a.m. for Western Chester, Eastern Chester, Western Montgomery, Eastern Montgomery ...

The biggest challenge to cleaning up the Chesapeake Bay is figuring out where the nutrients that fuel summertime dead zones come from — and a new approach to pollution control is stressing ...