With Patience, Curiosity, Some Tricks, Man Bags 4,000 Bug Species in Back Yard

WASHINGTON – By day, Gary Hevel is a mild-mannered entomologist toiling in an office at the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History

Southern Maryland Growth Has Planners Wary About Long-Term Impact on Aquifers

WASHINGTON – Business has been booming for the Calvert Well Drilling Co

Watermen, Scientists Join Forces in Effort to Bring Back Oyster Stocks

CAMBRIDGE – At a little-known spot near the Choptank River on a spring morning, four watermen and two environmentalists stopped their boat and began to dredge for what they expected would be a bounty of oysters

Felon Wins New Sentence on Eighth Try

WASHINGTON – The eighth time was the charm for Vernon A

Family Roots Run Deep on Maryland’s Eastern Shore

FISHING CREEK – When asked where he was from, Phil Jones answered simply, “the Eastern Shore,” in the garbled Scottish-sounding accent of Shore natives

Court Rejects Appeal of Triple Murderer Who Got Nine Death Sentences

WASHINGTON – A federal appeals court has denied a triple murderer’s request for a retrial in the 1996 kidnapping and slaying of three women in the Patuxent National Wildlife Refuge

Appeals Court Says Consumer Group Cannot Sue Phillips Over Crab Cake Claim

WASHINGTON – A federal appeals court ruled that a Bethesda-based consumer group cannot sue Phillips Foods Inc

Mussel Beachhead in New York Worries Maryland Environmental Officials

WASHINGTON – “Attention boaters: Help stop zebra mussels from coming into Maryland

Stiffer EPA Ozone Rules Will Apply to Half of State, But Impact Not Clear

WASHINGTON – More than half of all Maryland counties will be affected by new federal ozone standards, but experts say it is too early to tell what direct impact the new rules will have — if any