- Darryl Fears
- Reporter
Darryl Fears has worked at The Washington Post for more than a decade, mostly as a reporter on the National staff. He currently covers the environment, focusing on the Chesapeake Bay and issues affecting wildlife.
- Gray bats found to carry white-nose syndrome
- As blue crabs rebound, Maryland takes chefs on field trips to promote them
- DC Water can’t rely solely on ratepayers to fund tunnels, study says
- Maryland set to ban arsenic-containing drug in chicken feed
- Potomac River threatened by pollution, Congress, new report says
- Farmers to receive grants to fight pollution in parts of Chesapeake, other watersheds
- Critics say Discovery Channel’s ‘Frozen Planet’ sidesteps climate change issue
- Bay cleanup plan has environmental groups at odds
- In Everglades, tracking pythons may provide clues to vanishing wildlife
- Maryland set to become first state to ban arsenic in chicken feed
- Virginia Tech sports facility plan in Stadium Woods draws opposition
- Drilling off the Atlantic Coast moves a step closer
- Who is George Zimmerman?
- Stink bugs migrating to the Deep South
- White-nose fungus reaches bats in Alabama, to biologists’ dismay
- A bugged life: Warm winter could mean more insects
- Chesapeake Bay oyster appears to be in recovery mode
- Americans love the beach, but should watch out for bacteria
- Virginia town, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service square off over beach parking lot
- Interior would see cuts in some programs, boost for Fish and Wildlife Service
- As wildfire season nears, the aging fleet of air tankers raises concerns
- With deep concerns over fracking, a Va. county says no to more gas drilling
- Burmese pythons: Could the snakes move north?
- In Florida Everglades, pythons and anacondas dominate food chain
- Documentary examines how toxic water at the nation’s largest Marine base damaged lives
- Nearly 7 million bats may have died from white-nose fungus, officials say
- Environmentalists celebrate longshot victory at Mattawoman Creek
- ‘Ghosts’ haunt creatures on bay’s bottom
- Mild weather redefines winter landscape
- Polluted water did little damage to Chesapeake Bay’s grasses, but oysters may not be as lucky
- Little brown bats found that appear to resist disease that has devastated species
- Virginia residents oppose preparations for climate-related sea-level rise
- Washington Gas to clean Anacostia riverbank under new agreement
- The ‘green’ debate on Christmas trees: Fresh vs. fake?
- Chincoteague fears proposal to move beach would hurt tourism, economy
- New D.C. tunnels, green solutions aim to end sewage overflows into local waterways
- Menhaden harvest limit sharply cut by fisheries commission
- Susquehanna dam’s sediment has officials fearing for the Chesapeake Bay
- Chesapeake Bay study finds progress against dead zones
- Study links fungus to bat-killing disease
- In Maryland, a renewed effort to eradicate swamp rats from the Delmarva Peninsula
- Chevy Chase Club abandons soon-to-be-banned fumigant
- U.N. analysts deploy many tools to project world’s population
- Virginia governor vows to examine laws on owning exotic animals
- Dangerous exotic animals turned loose, hunted down in Ohio
- Great Dismal Swamp wildfire still burning after more than 2 months
- D.C. to start building sewage tunnels in effort to cut pollution
- EPA renews D.C.’s stormwater discharge permit under conditions
- Biologists study hurricanes’ impact on wildlife
- Anacostia River: An activist who wouldn’t take no for an answer
- Solar homes showcase students’ energy, creativity
- Golf courses hurry to use last of methyl bromide supplies before phaseout
- Chesapeake takes a beating from storm
- Two Prince George’s sewer stations overflow; officials say drinking water safe
- Study calls for halting oyster fishing in Chesapeake Bay
- Irene’s deluge sends waste into waterways
- Wind farms under fire for bird kills
- Study links El Niño weather events with civil wars in tropical countries
- Officials investigate report of Anacostia River oil spill
- New Chesapeake crab study points to need for continued protection for females
- Invasive bugs making a bigger stink
- As an essential Atlantic fish declines, experts debate course
- Legislative riders target environmental protections
- Alarming ‘dead zone’ grows in the Chesapeake
- Audits show health violations in drinking water
- Chessie the manatee pops up in Calvert
- Decline of predatory species throws food chains out of whack, report says
- EPA imposes new power plant rules
- A new way of thinking as sea levels rise
- D.C. residents see AIDS as city’s biggest health problem
- Weary of floods, Pr. George’s town will build up levees near Anacostia River
- Firefighting planes have perhaps been too long on job
- Federal agencies to study guidelines on nanomaterials
- NOAA declines to protect Atlantic bluefin tuna
- Blue Plains to modernize antiquated sewers
- Shad face obstacle course in annual run
- Congregation is first black church in D.C. to be powered by solar energy
- Maryland’s plan to boost Chesapeake Bay oysters will require a lot of hanky-panky
- Group urges federal help to clean up Anacostia
- Blue Plains upgrade could produce valuable farm fertilizer, but critics are wary
- Youth at environment summit unhappy with Obama policies
- Goldman Environmental Prize goes to Texas man who took on refineries over pollution
- GAO to rebuke CDC for playing down health risk from lead in D.C. tap water
- Lawns are adding to Chesapeake Bay pollution, study says
- Sitting atop huge gas reserve, Maryland debates drilling practice known as fracking
- Protesters arrested near Quantico as rally for alleged WikiLeaks source turns tense
- EPA proposes ‘first ever’ emissions standards for power plants
- Suburban birds have deadly stalker: your cat
- EPA chief Lisa Jackson perpetually on Capitol Hill hot seat
- EPA: Proposed House budget cuts would harm public health
- EPA says proposed budget cuts would jeopardize plans to protect public health
- Farm Bureau takes aim at EPA limits on pollutant runoff into Chesapeake Bay
- Farmers group seeks to block EPA’s plan to clean Chesapeake Bay
- Dead birds, fish kills prompt doomsday theories, but scientists say they’re natural
- Global warming rate could be halved by controlling 2 pollutants, U.N. study says
- Solar Decathlon houses now have a home on the Mall
- Global warming rate could be halved by controlling 2 pollutants, U.N. study says
- A true fish story: Md. wildlife police work to stop poachers from stealing bass by the ton
- A true fish story: Md. wildlife police work to stop poachers from stealing bass by the ton
- Students' solar-energy showcase is kicked off Mall
- Students' solar-energy showcase is kicked off Mall
- National forests plan would expand local discretion over wildlife management
- National forests plan would expand local discretion over wildlife management
- Maryland county caught up in fight over energy extraction method
- Maryland county caught up in fight over energy extraction method
- Police discover 10 tons of illegally caught rockfish in Chesapeake Bay
- Police discover 10 tons of illegally caught rockfish in Chesapeake Bay
- Amtrak train strikes eagle in rare encounter
- Amtrak train strikes eagle in rare encounter
- House GOP readies bill to prohibit EPA from regulating carbon emissions
- House GOP readies bill to prohibit EPA from regulating carbon emissions
- Police find 6,000 pounds of illegally caught rockfish in Chesapeake Bay
- 6,000 pounds of illegally caught rockfish found in Chesapeake Bay
- Chesapeake Bay Foundation spent extra to make its headquarters eco-friendly
- Chesapeake Bay Foundation spent extra to make its headquarters eco-friendly
- Shareholders press energy companies on risks associated with gas-extraction method
- Shareholders press energy companies on risks associated with gas-extraction method
- Interior Dept. unveils two agencies to oversee offshore drilling, safety
- Interior Dept. unveils two agencies to oversee offshore drilling, safety
- Birds of a feather, disgusting together: Vultures are wintering locally
- Vultures are wintering locally, to the disgust of residents
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