The draft program proposes up to 34 potential offshore lease sales across 21 of 27 existing outer continental shelf planning ...

A recent visit to Mattamuskeet National Wildlife Refuge offered little in the way of migratory waterfowl viewing for which it's known but did yield this glimpse of a whitetail doe through the trees.

The company's annual payments to the county over the project’s 30-year lifespan are expected to total $50 million, and the ...

Environmental Protection Agency and Army Corps of Engineers officials said Monday that proposed changes to the existing ...

Aerial surveyors spotted four critically endangered North Atlantic right whales off Ocracoke Island, and operators of vessels of all sizes are asked to travel no faster than 10 knots through the area.

Former state Supreme Court Justice Willis Whichard, one of four individuals widely credited for securing passage of the state ...

Any saltwater angler worth their salt will know before they go when to go, so, understanding the tides and how they affect ...

The North Carolina Sedimentation Control Commission during its meeting Thursday is to consider continuing to give N.C.

None of the proposed alternatives for the State Ports Authority’s plan to accommodate larger container ships at the Wilmington port would boost the local economy and any benefit would be offset by ...

Drainage systems that rely on gravity fail when the difference in elevation that drives water from land to sea has been ...

Coastal geologist Stan Riggs shares an excerpt from his new book, "Cape Lookout National Seashore: Paradigm For A." ...

Lepidoptera, as they are known to scientists, are familiar creatures that are not only welcome guests in many gardens, they are also essential to certain flowering species' survival.