WASHINGTON — Environmental advocates raised alarms over the Trump administration’s Feb. 20, 2026, repeal of strengthened mercury and air toxics standards for coal-fired power plants, warning the move ...

Maryland health officials announced the lifting of recreational water advisories for the Potomac River in Prince George’s and Charles counties, following the January 19 Potomac Interceptor sewage ...

Bring a blanket and some snacks for an impromptu picnic. You’ll have one of the best views in Maryland as your dining ...

Smithsonian researchers discovered who eats the most young blue crabs in the Chesapeake Bay — it’s not people, or even fish, ...

The Chesapeake Bay’s crabs are tearing themselves apart. A decades-long study of the blue crabs living along the Maryland ...

A total of $1 million will be given to a Caroline County-based seafood company to increase the amount of invasive blue ...

Smithsonian study finds juvenile crabs rely on shrinking shallow-water habitats to escape cannibalism by adults ...

Two fish herald spring for most anglers in Maryland: the yellow perch for tidal anglers and the trout for freshwater anglers. Both are available this month. The yellow perch spawning runs are underway ...

The wind whips the smell of sulfur through the air while heavy boots squelch through the muddy grounds of the salt marshlands near Berlin, Maryland. However, Sophia Blanco Seufert and Liz Wist cannot ...

By Katherine Hafner/WHRO Each summer for nearly four decades, scientists at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center have tethered some baby blue crabs along a Chesapeake Bay tributary. Then they ...

An 8-year-old girl from Charles County, Maryland, is celebrating a historic Grammy win, and she's doing it during Black History Month. (Charles County Public Schools) CHARLES COUNTY, Md. (7News) — An ...

WASHINGTON (7News) — After more than 240 gallons of raw sewage clouded the Potomac River, residents will have more clarity in the next week on the next steps being taken by DC Water regarding the ...