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Wildlife enthusiasts flock to Virginia park for a glimpse of a rare tree frog
2+ week, 6+ day ago (461+ words) A tree frog is drawing spectators to a Northern Virginia park for its unusual blue coloring. Wildlife enthusiasts have been flocking to a park in northern Virginia looking for some unusual frogs. RAYNA BELL: They're blue green tree frogs - blue…...
Ospreys in the Chesapeake Bay Are Starving to Death at Disastrous Rates. What Will It Take to Save Them?
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (820+ words) Having written two books about the birds’ resurgence, I was not eager to see their hopeful story revised, but I set out from my home in North Carolina to investigate. I wanted to know: Will Ospreys again prove resilient? And…...
Starving Osprey chicks raising new concerns about Chesapeake Bay health
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (611+ words) For generations, osprey returning to nests across Hampton Roads have been viewed as one of the clearest signs of a healthy Chesapeake Bay. Each spring, the birds settle along local waterways, diving for fish and raising their chicks near shorelines…...
Black bears caught on Chesapeake surveillance camera
4+ mon, 4+ week ago (159+ words) CHESAPEAKE, Va. (WAVY) — It “bears” repeating — the furry four-legged animals are waking up and looking for food. They’re being spotted in several cities, including Chesapeake, sometimes in neighborhoods where nature meets the suburbs. Black bears emerge from hibernation between mid-March…...
The Virginia aquarium’s animal ambassadors have new digs. Here’s a look
4+ mon, 3+ week ago (514+ words) The Virginia Aquarium & Marine Science Center has welcomed three new ambassadors: a Virginia opossum named Willow, a striped skunk named Maple, and Mahogany, a spectacled owl. These animals are part of the Virginia Aquarium’s new Bob & Leslie Fort Animal Ambassador…...
Meet Sarge, a 3-legged bobcat at the Virginia Living Museum
5+ mon, 1+ hour ago (310+ words) Sarge, the bobcat, was only a kitten in 2019 when he followed his mother across a road in Dinwiddie. The car came fast. It struck them both. Sarge’s right front leg was severely injured. He survived, but his mother didn’t. After…...
Bobcat pair released into wild after months at Southwest Virginia Wildlife Center
5+ mon, 3+ week ago (526+ words) Rachel Lucas, Anchor and Health Reporter Roanoke – Two bobcats that have been featured on WSLS.com are back in the wild. The pair — a male and a female — had been at the Southwest Virginia Wildlife Center in Roanoke since last…...
Celebrating National Animal Control Appreciation Week with unforgettable Virginia rescue stories
5+ mon, 10+ hour ago (421+ words) RICHMOND, Va. — National Animal Control Appreciation Week, which recognizes the work of animal control officers, is celebrated annually during the second full week of April. To mark the occasion this year, CBS 6 is taking a look back at just a…...
Chesapeake Humane and Reunite Tonight partner for microchip scanning station on Coast Live
5+ mon, 6+ day ago (104+ words) WTKR Chesapeake Humane and Reunite Tonight partner for microchip scanning station on Coast Live HAMPTON ROADS, Va. — Tracy Magro from Chesapeake Humane Society and Megan Baker from the Reunite Tonight Project discuss their partnership to bring a pet microchip scanner…...
Mitchell Byrd, ornithologist who helped bring bald eagles back from the brink in the Chesapeake area
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (368+ words) In the long arc of conservation, recovery is often slow enough to be mistaken for stasis. Populations dwindle, habitats shrink, and the work of reversal depends less on moments of triumph than on decades of patient observation, persuasion, and persistence....