An island tucked away along the Potomac is a quiet, peaceful destination for camping, fishing, and kayaking, or to brush up ...

Ospreys seen flying over campus typically are on their way to nesting sites in the Bay’s plentiful riverine habitats.

KONNER METZ kmetz@chespub.com Nov 15, 2025 Nov 15, 2025 EASTON — In the decades he's spent tracking the health of the osprey population, Greg Kearns has seen ebbs and flows. He and other ...

The osprey population in Connecticut, once considered on the verge of extinction has seen a remarkable comeback, but numbers are now trending down from a year ago as scientists launch a study to ...

Osprey with gizzard shad on the upper James River. Gizzard shad are an important prey species for osprey pairs provisioning broods within the lower salinity reaches of the Chesapeake Bay. (Photo by ...

CHESAPEAKE BAY, Va. (WAVY) — Osprey breeding along the shores of the Chesapeake Bay is in trouble. That’s the finding of recent research by the Center for Conservation Biology at the College of ...

WILLIAMSBURG, Va. (WAVY) — Research indicates a decline in the osprey population due to large-scale fishing of Menhaden food source. Osprey birds in the Chesapeake Bay area are not reproducing at ...

Move over Eagles, another raptor is taking over the gridiron. Ospreys who chose to raise their chicks in a nest on top of a light pole at a high school football stadium in Minnesota now have the whole ...

WASHINGTON, DC / ACCESS Newswire / August 11, 2025 / One year ago, scientists from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) presented data to the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC) showing ...

WASHINGTON, DC / ACCESS Newswire / July 30, 2025 / The following report was written by Saving Seafood: The Chesapeake Bay is once again teeming with bald eagles, a testament to decades of successful ...

Steve Atkinson’s July 13 guest column (“Halt menhaden harvest until studies determine its effects”) is riddled with distortions about the menhaden fishery. While it claims to advocate for a ...