Tagged Stories: "endangered species"
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A small creature faced with a big environmental task
March 6, 2024Brook floaters are threatened by climate change, invasive species and pollution
Read storyHunting an insidious disease that preys on bats
October 2, 2020The northern long-eared bat is one of many native to the Chesapeake that suffers from the deadly white-nose syndrome
Read storySix of the Chesapeake’s endangered species success stories
April 22, 2019These critters have made impressive recoveries
Read storyBright-eyed and bushy-tailed
April 20, 2018Reclusive Delmarva fox squirrels are on the rebound
Read storyFive endangered species that live in the Chesapeake Bay region
May 24, 2017Endangered Species List protects nation’s plants and animals
Read storyAtlantic sturgeon in Chesapeake Bay officially declared endangered
January 31, 2012The federal government has officially declared the Chesapeake Bay’s Atlantic sturgeon an endangered species.
Read storyScientists suspect multiple yearly spawning runs for Atlantic sturgeon in James River
September 22, 2011Scientists are examining the possibility that Atlantic sturgeon may spawn more than once per year in the James River.
Read storyChesapeake Bay Atlantic Sturgeon Proposed for Endangered Species List
October 27, 2010The Atlantic Sturgeon has been proposed by NOAA Fisheries Service to be protected under the federal Endangered Species Act.
Read storyAfter search, status of elusive Maryland darter still unknown
October 29, 2009A crew of about a dozen biologists spent an October afternoon searching for the Maryland darter, a fish that was last seen in 1988 .
Read storyInto the Wild
June 29, 2009At Kent Narrows, the place their mother laid their eggs, we released our brood back into the wild.
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