Tagged Stories: "wildlife"
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What’s your ‘Unsung Hero’ of the Chesapeake Bay?
June 7, 2024Chesapeake Bay Program staff and partners spotlight their favorite wildlife, places, programs and people
Read story![Man holds a small fish in one hand and net in the other.](https://d18lev1ok5leia.cloudfront.net/chesapeakebay/images/_900x600_crop_center-center_none/jun_7_24_1800-01-20180421-IMG_7111.jpg)
The eastern painted turtle: A natural work of art
April 5, 2024A reptile famous for its colorful shell
Read story![Eastern painted turtle basks in the sun on a log.](https://d18lev1ok5leia.cloudfront.net/chesapeakebay/_492x328_crop_center-center_none/EasternPaintedTurtleFieldGuide1800-02-20141025-IMG_9781.jpg)
A small creature faced with a big environmental task
March 6, 2024Brook floaters are threatened by climate change, invasive species and pollution
Read story![A mussel rests among algae-covered rocks, its soft filtering tissues visible in a partly open shell.](https://d18lev1ok5leia.cloudfront.net/chesapeakebay/_492x328_crop_center-center_none/mar_6_24_1800-01-Photo-285633828-c-hunterefs-some-rights-reserved-CC-BY-NC.jpg)
Seven successes show there’s more than one way to restore a wetland
February 12, 2024Seven unique wetland projects from across the Bay watershed
Read story![A woman wearing a dark baseball cap and bright yellow life vest paddles a canoe through calm water and past a small wetland, which is protected by a fence.](https://d18lev1ok5leia.cloudfront.net/chesapeakebay/images/_492x328_crop_center-center_none/feb_8_24_1800-01-20190930-IMG_4656.jpg)
Dobsonfly adults are all bark and no bite
September 6, 2023The eastern dobsonfly may look intimidating but the larvae are the real predators
Read story![](https://d18lev1ok5leia.cloudfront.net/chesapeakebay/images/_492x328_crop_center-center_none/DobsonflyFieldGuide_1800-01-Photo-557860-c-gowan-some-rights-reserved-CC-BY-NC.jpg)
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)
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)
My Clean Water Story: Peter Tango
November 18, 2022Our monitoring coordinator is still trying to scratch the “water quality itch”
Read story![Headshot of Peter in an office.](https://d18lev1ok5leia.cloudfront.net/chesapeakebay/images/_492x328_crop_center-center_none/nov_18_22_1800-01.jpg)
Four ways owls are superior predators
November 3, 2022Special adaptations help owls successfully hunt in all conditions
Read story![A non-releasable great horned owl lives in an aviary at Tuckahoe State Park in Caroline County, Md., on Jan. 17, 2018. The hearing, sight, wings and talons of a great horned owl make it a fearsome predator. Several such raptors, or birds of prey, travel throughout Maryland as part of the park's Scales and Tales educational program.](https://d18lev1ok5leia.cloudfront.net/chesapeakebay/_492x328_crop_center-center_none/nov_1_22_1800-01-1.jpg)
These spooky spiders are master engineers
October 14, 2022A female yellow garden spider stands over prey wrapped in in silk in her web. (Photo courtesy of Rik Brittain/iNaturalist CC BY-NC)
Read story![A female yellow garden spider with black and yellow legs and a grey, brown and yellow abdomen stands in her web against a green background of plants. The spider stands over an insect that has been trapped in her web and wrapped in silk.](https://d18lev1ok5leia.cloudfront.net/chesapeakebay/_492x328_crop_center-center_none/oct_14_22_1000-01.jpg)