From the shore, panoramic views of Chesapeake Bay and the Piankatank River beacon you to explore the water. The island's ...

Recognized for their environmental stewardship rooted in ancestral practices, seven tribes in Virginia are seeking full ...

A study is underway to see if a plan to shore up a disappearing island in the middle of the Chesapeake Bay is feasible. Tangier Island, Virginia, has lost about two-thirds of its land mass since 1850.

Oystermen in classic Chesapeake Bay deadrise boats swirl close to each other as they dredge for oysters in the Chesapeake Bay near Tangier Island, VA Monday, Dec. 7, 2015.

VIRGINIA, USA — Tangier Island sits in the middle of the Chesapeake Bay between the Eastern Shore and the Northern Neck of Virginia, accessible only by boat or a small plane. Everyone knows ...

FILE - This Aug. 2, 2011 file photo shows the west side of Tangier Island, Va., a fishing community in the middle of the Chesapeake Bay. (Bob Brown/Richmond Times-Dispatch via AP) WASHINGTON (CN) — ...

PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) — From Tangier Island to the Lynnhaven River, those who have worked for decades to save the Chesapeake Bay are trying to put the brakes on President Trump’s executive ...

Maybe that’s because the price for the Hooper Island Lighthouse is $15,000, and because a buyer would have to spend a considerable amount of money fixing it up, and on top of which, according to ...

TANGIER ISLAND, Va.—Cameron Evans, from his boat about a hundred feet offshore, hauled a wire mesh trap out of the water and shook wriggling blue crabs into a basket. Barely a decade ago, he ...

The osprey population along an important habitat corridor in Virginia is nearing “complete collapse,” local researchers ...