Officials point to new funding sources and a tone shift in Pennsylvania on the Chesapeake Bay. But with a new EPA in town, where does the cleanup go?

Chesapeake Bay’s oysters make a steady comeback The Maryland mollusks have survived decades of overharvesting, disease and drought.

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 survey offersa bleak outlook for rockfish, as they're more commonly know in Maryland, throughout the Chesapeake Bay region. Here's what to know.

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

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

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.

Charter captains in Chesapeake Bay keep spotting schools of tarpon. The renowned game fish has been sighted in the area before, but the recent number of sightings is unusually high, according to the ...

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.