HARRISBURG, Pa. — At a dire point in the Chesapeake Bay restoration effort, some say hope is springing from an unlikely place: the state of Pennsylvania. Maryland and other states filed a ...

For the fifth year in a row, the oyster population in the Chesapeake Bay is doing well after decades of combating drought, disease, loss of habitat and overharvesting. The Maryland Department of ...

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore on May 13 presided over the fourth bill signing ceremony of 2025, which included the Chesapeake Bay Legacy Act and more.

A nearly complete human skeleton, believed to be at least 100 years old, was recently discovered in a coffin on the shores of the Chesapeake Bay. The remarkable find was made by George Oliver, a ...

The Maryland Department of Natural Resources announced results of this year’s juvenile striped bass survey, which tracks the reproductive success of Maryland’s state fish in the Chesapeake Bay..

A Maryland man recently made a remarkable discovery in the Chesapeake Bay: an almost-whole human skeleton that appears to be at least a century old. NBC Washington reported George Oliver, who ...

The Chesapeake Bay declined in health in 2024, according to an annual report published by the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science. Latest U.S.

A new analysis found that neither span of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge meets modern risk thresholds for vessel strikes, Maryland officials said Monday in a response to a scathing report from the Natio… ...

Discover the history of African-American watermen and waterwomen in the Chesapeake Bay, their contributions, and the impact of the 1938 strike on the seafood industry.

Maryland’s Department of Natural Resources (DNR) says they have recently received multiple reports of tarpon sightings in the Chesapeake Bay, a rarity in local waters according to DNR officials.

When Capt. Tom Weaver took his clients out on Chesapeake Bay on Aug. 1, it was a slick-calm day. They were about 65 miles from the ocean near Hooper Island Lighthouse in Maryland. That’s when he saw ...

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore on May 13 presided over the fourth bill signing ceremony of 2025, which included the Chesapeake Bay Legacy Act and more.