Wildlife
Learn more about your favorite Chesaepake Bay wildlife.
Garlic mustard doesn’t belong in our forests but is fine in our kitchens
May 8, 2023Invasive garlic mustard is overtaking forest (or forested) ecosystems across North America.
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Bay scientists evaluate reasons for the blue crab’s population decrease
April 7, 2023Invasive fish, disease, warming waters and more are seen as threats to blue crabs
Read story![Blue crab on the muddy floor of the Bay.](https://d18lev1ok5leia.cloudfront.net/chesapeakebay/images/_492x328_crop_center-center_none/apr_7_23_1800-01-20200821-5K1A7905.jpg)
Who's afraid of the big, bad wolf?
March 17, 2023Not those who visit the 55 wolves living at the Wolf Sanctuary of PA
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Watch ospreys, eagles, otters and more with these Chesapeake wildlife cams
March 14, 2023Over a dozen wildlife cams can be found in the Chesapeake Bay watershed
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5 LBBs (little brown birds) to see in the Chesapeake
March 3, 2023Identifying commonly overlooked birds
Read story![A song sparrow visits Rock Creek at Rock Creek Park in Washington, D.C., on April 10, 2021.](https://d18lev1ok5leia.cloudfront.net/chesapeakebay/_492x328_crop_center-center_none/SongSparrowFieldGuide_1800-01-5K1A0010.jpg)
Blue-billed and bound for the Bay
February 2, 2023The lesser scaup is more common in the Chesapeake than the greater scaup
Read story![Male lesser scaup.](https://d18lev1ok5leia.cloudfront.net/chesapeakebay/field-guide/lesser-scaup/_492x328_crop_center-center_none/LesserScaupFieldGuide_1800-03-Photo-181765732-c-Frank-Lin-some-rights-reserved-CC-BY-NC-uploaded-by-Frank-Lin.jpg)
How do road salts impact Chesapeake critters?
January 30, 2023A wood frog visits a vernal pool in Chesapeake Beach, Md., on March 10, 2019. Vernal pools are seasonal wetlands that attract a range of amphibians, which use the fish-free environment to spawn and reproduce. Amphibians that breed early in the year, like the wood frog are particularly vulnerable to contamination from road salts.
Read story![A wood frog sticks it head above the surface of the water. It can be identified by the characteristic black marking on its face that resembles a robber’s mask and white upper lip. The frog is surrounded by water.](https://d18lev1ok5leia.cloudfront.net/chesapeakebay/images/_492x328_crop_center-center_none/jan_27_23_1800-01-20190310-IMG_3385.jpg)
When other plants are losing their leaves, witchhazel puts on a show
January 5, 2023The yellow flowers of witchhazel plant bloom as the final leaves fall. (Photo courtesy of Susan Thomas/iNaturalist CC BY-NC)
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Shall I compare thee to an invasive species?
December 1, 2022The European starling remains a curious case study on non-native species
Read story![Two starlings sits at the edge of the land in a bit of water.](https://d18lev1ok5leia.cloudfront.net/chesapeakebay/_492x328_crop_center-center_none/EuropeanStarlingFieldGuide_1304-01.jpg)
Tagging along with monarch butterflies
November 10, 2022Community science has been telling monarchs’ story for 50 years
Read story![A monarch butterfly feeds on groundsel, a yellow-blooming native shrub](https://d18lev1ok5leia.cloudfront.net/chesapeakebay/_492x328_crop_center-center_none/nov_10_22_1304-01.jpg)