Perched on the Delaware-Maryland line like a sentry guarding seafood secrets, the Old Mill Crab House in Delmar has locals ...

Tortillas are nixtamalized on site, with corn from small producers in Oaxaca and Puebla, and they’re best experienced by ...

Blue crab populations in the Chesapeake Bay took a sizable hit in 2025, marking a need for more cautious harvest regulations, some environmentalists say.

The Chesapeake Bay earned a “C” on its 2024 report card, a decline from last year’s “C+” but on par with overall increasing bay health trends.

The broader Chesapeake Bay Watershed earned a C+ (57%), reflecting moderate health based on ecological, societal, and economic indicators.

UMCES says the Chesapeake Bay and Watershed Report Card is an important tool in monitoring and providing essential data and trends to inform policymakers on Bay restoration and strategy.

The Chesapeake Bay Retriever – or Chessie to those in the know – hails from the USA, developed in the Chesapeake Bay area in the 19th century. They’re closely related to Labrador Retrievers ...

The health of the Chesapeake Bay declined in an annual report card on the nation's largest estuary released Tuesday, with scientists noting the effect of extreme rainfall patterns during the ...

Environment Chesapeake Bay's declining blue crab numbers hit historic low in 2025 survey The survey found the lowest number of males reported since the studies began in 1990.

The biggest challenge to cleaning up the Chesapeake Bay is figuring out where the nutrients that fuel summertime dead zones come from — and a new approach to pollution control is stressing ...

The Chesapeake Bay is the healthiest it’s been in a long time, according to the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science. The center’s 2024 Report Card gave the bay a C , a ...

The Chesapeake Bay is more than a national treasure — it drives Virginia’s economy, creates countless jobs, sustains family farms and supports fisheries and local businesses.