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After weeks of cicadas splattered on windshields and hosting choir practice in local parks, one question remains: when will they go away? According to Mike Raupp, entomology professor at the University of Maryland, the end is near.
- Michael Harris, whom Roy McGrath recruited to handle finances for the Maryland Environmental Service, said he felt he lacked the authority to question the expenses and merely checked to make sure his boss included receipts with his claims.
- Researchers like avian ecologist and Georgetown University Ph.D. student Emily Williams are using scientific innovations to unravel why some American robins migrate long distances, but others do not.
- Public lands were in the midst of boom times, in Maryland and across the country, even before pandemic restrictions drove interest in outdoor spaces to a fever pitch.
- Watch this timelapse of a spectacular sunrise Thursday morning, as the sun ascended alongside the moon in a partial solar eclipse.
- Maryland’s municipal solid waste landfills produce about four times more carbon dioxide and methane than the state Department of the Environment previously estimated for the past 15 years, according to a study released Thursday by the Environmental Integrity Project and confirmed by the state.
- William G. Conner Jr., a retired marine scientist who had worked for nearly three decades at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, has died at 72.
- The three adult copperheads at the Maryland Zoo in Baltimore have been enjoying the addition of cicadas to their diet.
- They’re coming. Maryland’s biggest cicada emergence since 2004 is imminent. Here’s what you need to know about Brood X:
- With the cicada emergence near its peak in much of Maryland, talk about the culinary opportunity they present is about as ubiquitous as their shrill song.
- The bill, sponsored by Councilman Mark Conway, calls for city pension funds to sell fossil fuel stocks within five years of Jan. 1, 2022.
- The designation would pave the way toward increased federal attention and possibly funds for the cleanup effort in Bear Creek.
- Another 17 years have passed, and Baltimore’s people and wildlife alike are at the beginning of another siege from Brood X.
- The 7-1 ruling addressed a procedural issue, rather than the substantive question at the center of the case: Who’s responsible for environmental harm?
- Brood X cicadas began emerging over the weekend in Maryland. Here's what we know about their arrival and their plans.
- A program run by Baltimore's Department of Public Works allows residents to request reimbursement from the city for sewer backup cleaning costs. Yet few apply, and only a small fraction of those who do see a payment.
- Neighbors in Northeast Baltimore's Govans neighborhood are fighting a York Road funeral home's plans to add a crematorium, citing potential health risks and environmental justice.
- New research has found a rare and ancient type of rock scattered through the Baltimore area. It was once part of the floor of a primordial ocean and was thrust to the surface when the Appalachian Mountains formed.
- The groups are concerned that the license missed an opportunity to address several environmental issues caused by the hydroelectric dam.
- The homestead is located in a newly acquired section of Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge.
- During the peak of cicada season there will be insects on the ground and in the trees and some will fall into the water. “It’s like a protein bar” for fish, said Eric Hussar, a commissioner with the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission.
