What effect plastic microfibers may have on marine life in the Chesapeake Bay is a question now in the hands of the lab scientists at UMCES.
Rise in two oyster parasites is not preventing high oyster densities and is not dangerous to humans. Both parasites only infect oyster shells, not the oyster tissue that people...
Brown pelicans nest on the Chesapeake Bay islands, arriving in mid-April from as far south as Cuba.
When we’re sailing through an unsightly mix of browns, tans, oranges, and reds instead of green waters lazily splashing on the hull, we're probably plowing through an algae boom.
I set out to walk the trail and immediately understood the raves. Tall trees, winter ground carpeted with dry leaves, bridges over the golden grasses of the marsh, and quiet.
In colder months, a different breed of visitor flocks to the Chesapeake Bay. Migratory birds use the Bay as a pit stop, and some make its waters their winter home.
A two-hour tour with the Chesapeake Bay Foundation's educators brought important environmental facts from my head to my heart.
My experience with Sultana Education Foundation was an opportunity to give back in hopes of cultivating future stewards of the Chesapeake.
Did you ever wonder how fish species are impacted by warming Chesapeake Bay water temperatures due to the climate crisis?