Smartphone tags and crossbows allowed statewide, hunters must report paper tags faster under new DEC regulations The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation has introduced new hunting ...

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Egg-eating worms living on Chesapeake Bay blue crabs may hold the key to smarter fishery management. Once thought to be a threat, these parasites actually serve as natural biomarkers that reveal when ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is extending a program to encourage hunters to use lead-free for the 2025-26 hunting season. The program, which offers hunters rebates for using lead-free ammunition ...

Stone crab claws are shown in this 2024 photo in Tarpon Springs. The creatures recently have been found in Chesapeake Bay for the first time. ©Douglas R. Clifford Over the summer, crabbers in ...

The statewide fall archery season opens Oct. 4, with specific dates and Sunday hunting rules varying by location. Hunters must follow regulations regarding shooting hours, baiting, safety zones, and ...

Over the summer, crabbers in Chesapeake Bay pulled up four funny looking creatures. They were not the bay’s normal, skinny blue crabs, but instead, chunky stone crabs, the delectable crustaceans whose ...

TAMPA, Fla. — Permits for the bear hunting season open on Friday and will be open for 10 days. People interested can start applying at 10 a.m. Friday and can be submitted through 11:59 p.m. on Sept.

WEST FARGO – There’s been plenty of discussion in coffee shops, gas stations, online and more about the changes to this fall’s North Dakota nonresident waterfowl regulations. Here are some key points ...

Michigan's deer hunting season is right around the corner. "[It's] chaotic, busy, fun. You wait all year to squeeze everything into these three months we have to play in," said Robert Gillow, a ...

Spectacular shower. Meteors from this year’s Perseid meteor shower were captured passing over Durdle Door, a 140-million year old limestone arch in Dorset, UK, by astrophotographer Josh Dury. The ...