Tag: Chesapeake Bay

When researchers spotted a dolphin giving birth in the wild in August, it was only the third documented observation of a wild dolphin birth. What made it even more unusual...

November is Manatee Awareness Month, and researchers in the Chesapeake Bay have found themselves unusually aware of them. Earlier this month, they were shocked when they spotted a 7-foot manatee...

At the Chesapeake Marshlands National Wildlife Refuge Complex, two members of The Wildlife Society are working to monitor and respond to the ecological impacts of climate change. Supervisory wildlife biologist...

There’s no bringing a dead sea turtle back to life. But by filling its carcass with Styrofoam and a GPS tracker, researchers can turn it into a scientific instrument, gathering...

The Chesapeake Bay is now home to around 10,000 mating pairs of ospreys despite constant levels of some chemical pollutants in the water. “The osprey population in the Chesapeake is...