The Delaware Bay has a new defense in the case of a potential oil spill. The Delaware Responder was officially christened ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Gen. George Washington crossed it on Christmas to attack Hessian forces during the Battle of Trenton in 1776. It's a vital ...

A lawsuit has been filed after the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration declined to list horseshoe crabs as ...

Conservationists are cheering a decision to prevent next year’s harvest of female horseshoe crabs, which will also help the threatened red knot. When the spring high tides strike, tens of thousands of ...

There were lower counts of seals in the Delaware Bay off Lewes this year, a local expert says. Here are possible factors for ...

A century-old lighthouse that has helped ships navigate between the Atlantic Ocean and Delaware Bay is now facing an ...

NEW CASTLE, Del. -- A massive fire broke out Tuesday morning on a barge carrying huge piles of scrap metal on the Delaware Bay near New Castle. The U.S. Coast Guard responded after 8 a.m. to reports ...

NEW CASTLE, Del. (AP) — A massive fire broke out Tuesday morning on a barge carrying huge piles of scrap metal on the Delaware Bay and was still burning by the evening. The U.S. Coast Guard responded ...

Local fire agencies continue to fight a barge fire on the Delaware Bay that has kept them busy since they first responded with the Coast Guard around 1 a.m. Monday. Crews at the Sector Delaware Bay ...

No one was hurt when a fire broke out on a 300-foot barge in the Delaware Bay early Monday, officials said. The fire ignited around 1 a.m. near Bombay Hook Point, Delaware, on an unmanned barge ...