ANNAPOLIS – While an army of Draculas and other assorted ghouls invade neighborhoods this Halloween Friday, an equally impressive force of the vampire’s bat-brethren will take over bridges, caves and forests across Maryland en route to Latin America and other winter roosts

ANNAPOLIS – The latest tool for tracking the migration of female blue crabs is a hot-pink fashion accessory – an eraser-sized backpack with a microchip inside that captures a flood of information for scientists to study

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ANNAPOLIS – After a drought, a hurricane and an abnormally wet year, the Chesapeake Bay has shown remarkable resilience, scientists say, but population and climate change pressures may reduce the estuary’s ability to bounce back

ANNAPOLIS – Maryland farms operating on state protected farmland for 25 years will begin to have the opportunity to buy back permanent development rights in two years

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ANNAPOLIS – The brilliant orange pumpkins brightening patches across Maryland are a welcome sight for farmers who struggled to raise the crop through near-record rains

ANNAPOLIS – The mid-Atlantic region’s drought years spurred growth of vital Chesapeake Bay grasses, a study released Thursday shows, but this year’s abundance of water could reverse that trend

ANNAPOLIS – One glance at the cloudy water and scientist Scott Phillips could tell that Hurricane Isabel had struck the Chesapeake Bay

ANNAPOLIS – Maryland’s Program Open Space will be able to save funds for future land conservation by time-stamping dollars and using the oldest ones first