Baltimore and Annapolis are showing bold maples this week, while a separate tracker says the whole state has already tipped past peak.

The city joins a statewide program that rewards habitat protection, nature education and efforts to reduce threats to birds.

Forty-six turtles were seized in abysmal, cramped conditions; survivors can never return to the wild due to disease risk.

Ladew Topiary Gardens glows with donated jack-o'-lanterns and artist-carved giant gourds this week in Monkton.

Kids at an oyster-themed storytime dropped in the first shells at the Deale branch's new bin, now feeding Chesapeake Bay restoration.

It is the department's first Gold Medal in the award's 61-year history, earned over three other finalists.

The 6th Branch grows kale, collards and eggplant on former rubble lots, giving away thousands of pounds of produce free every year.

Astrid, a 9-year-old yellow-backed duiker from Dallas, is expected to share an outdoor yard with okapi Askari at the Maryland Zoo.

The inclusive Perry Hall playground built in memory of toddler Ryan Szczybor is getting a new rubber surface and drainage fixes.

A worker emptying Gwynnda the Good Wheel's dumpster found the decaying reptile floating in the Falls.

Baltimore County wants Bowleys Quarters residents to weigh in on trails, fishing access and open space at the former coal plant.

Just six nestlings were observed among 37 Severn River nests this year, but later observations indicated that only three reached fledgling age, researchers say, amid a key food shortage in the Chesapeake.

Nearly 2,000 Baltimoreans voted to dethrone the Chanticleer pear, crowning a native giant that can live 300 years.