Peter Vankevich/Ocracoke Observer Text and photos by Peter Vankevich The Eastern glass lizard (Ophisaurus ventralis) became an object of fascination for me when I ...

From SamWalkerOBXNews.com “What was that boom!?!” It’s an almost constant question along the Outer Banks, and there have ...

On Friday at 1:15 p.m. the NWS Newport/Morehead City NC issued a beach hazards statement in effect until 8 p.m. for Ocracoke ...

The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality’s Division of Marine Fisheries recently established a new state record ...

A day out on the water for a North Carolina fisherman ended with him bringing in a catch for the record books.

An angler spent 45 minutes off the coast of North Carolina reeling in a fish as his buddies kept hauling in their catches, ...

A shocking satellite view shows intense wildfires ravaging a Greek holiday island. The European Space Agency’s (ESA) Copernicus Sentinel-2 image, acquired on Monday (23 June), shows a dense ...

On Monday at 2:55 a.m. a heat advisory was released by the NWS Newport/Morehead City NC valid from 10 a.m. until Tuesday 10 a.m. for Ocracoke Island and Hatteras Island.

A mile-long island recently formed off the coast of North Carolina's Outer Banks, and thanks to newly released satellite images from NASA, we now have a crystal-clear view of this piece of land ...