Fear one of the world’s oldest, slowest, self-habitating reptiles? That’s right. By Tracey F. Johns // Photo by Jason Ondreika/Getty Imag...

Four young women tell personal stories about their commitment and dedication to what they love most: their horses. By Manning Lee // Phot...

By Brady Keefe A fisherman catches a 24-inch snakehead from his fishing kayak in the Twin Ponds at Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge. W...

Native milkweed plant could save the Monarch By Amelia Blades Steward // Courtesy photos from Environmental Concern Inc. Monarch butterfl...

By Tracey F. Johns // Photos by Laura Olson Amelia Pond takes a stroll on the Rails to Trails. Easton’s Amelia Pond arrived to the Easter...

BY MANNING LEE | PHOTOS BY CAROLINE J. PHILLIPS Buster Brown greets a customer at the St. Michaels Pet Supplies shop. Something Mary Jan...

By Manning Lee | Photos by Caroline J. Phillips We enter into the Infusion Center at the Cancer Center at University of Maryland Shore Re...

By Mary Helen Gillen // Photo by Ron Ketter Ospreys are one of the quintessential animals of the Chesapeake Bay, as intrinsically tied to...

BY AMELIA BLADES STEWARD | PHOTOS BY CAROLINE J. PHILLIPS Jenna Green, operations coordinator, makes her rounds through the dog kennels. ...

By Manning Lee // Photos by Stephen Walker Edwardo Hernandez and Chango “I had a lizard growing up, but my parents made me get rid of it....

This close-up photo of Charlie — a Golden Doodle — captures the purity of his spirit. By Amelia Blades Steward // Photos by Melissa Grim...

Winning photo taken and submitted by Bill Whaley "Mack is a 3 year old male German Shorthaired Pointer who grew up on the Choptank River....

Carefully laid out on a table, but still somewhat jumbled, are curiosities of history: seashells, coins, stones, small ceramic vessels, a...

In the mid-2000s Phil Liske of Preston sought to diversify his personal business portfolio. He had a successful hay-hauling company, and ...

Driving through the local marshes of Dorchester County at dusk, you may have spotted one of the Eastern Shore’s unique game animals. In y...

The raptors on these pages live at an aviary at Tuckahoe State Park, under the care of park rangers from the Maryland Department of Natur...