Hampton Roads

Nearly all species of sea turtles are endangered, but people are still poaching them for food, medicine and luxury goods in large numbers. This month, scientists reported more than a million turtles had been killed in the last 30 years. Here in Virginia, experts on marine life have teamed up with more than four dozen volunteers to improve the odds of survival for turtles in this part of the world.

When VDOT started work on the Hampton Bridge and Tunnel Project, construction equipment displaced sea birds that had been nesting there for years. The situation alarmed bird lovers who lobbied the state to create a new place for terns and gulls. Experts identified a piece of land nearby and turned it into suitable habitat – removing trees and adding sand. The birds returned from their winter homes and happily settled in, but there’s a problem with the new arrangement.

As a week of long, tedious meetings comes to a close, its unclear whether the Virginia Redistricting Commission will be able to present the public with a single map as planned. The constitution requires that public hearings be held before an October 10th deadline.

Bird lovers are celebrating this spring with the arrival of terns and gulls that traditionally nest on an island off the Hampton Roads Bridge and Tunnel…

Bird advocates are pushing state officials to make good on a promise to provide new habitat for thousands of migratory sea birds. The animals have been…

Birders are celebrating today, after Virginia’s governor announced migratory species would be protected by state law. The decision came after the Trump…

Money is key to making the Hampton Roads area resilient as land there sinks and sea-level rises, threatening a key part of the state's economy. Cost…

Scientists at the Virginia Institute of Marine Science have been gathering data on sea level rise from tide gauge stations around the United States,…

Bird lovers are gearing up to protect the state’s largest sea bird colony -- asking Governor Northam to step in and protect the nesting grounds of gulls…

Virginia’s Department of Transportation has now paved an island where about 25-thousand nesting sea birds and their chicks have spent spring and summer.…