Female praying mantises are notorious for eating their mates during or after sex. Now, scientists have discovered a dwarf ...

A long-running effort to protect one of Tampa Bay’s most ecologically sensitive island systems has reached a new turning ...

The Hatteras Island community is always ready to lend a helping hand, and that's what Hatteras Island Meals wants to get the word out about. BUXTON, N.C. — The Hatteras Island community is always ...

BUXTON, N.C. — During low tide and a calm ocean, you can truly see the devastation in Buxton after 15 home collapses in the last six weeks. This week, two Hatteras Island residents were able to meet ...

A Rhode Island woman woke up to an atypical intruder in her home one evening. It wasn't a burglar, but a pet snake that a previous resident had lost months earlier. "It's something you just don't wake ...

AVON, N.C. — Fishing poles for miles, the smell of food cooking, the sound of good conversation and friendly competition are all on display on Hatteras Island this week. The annual North Carolina ...

OCRACOKE, N.C. (WAVY) — NC 12 on Hatteras Island reopened around 5 p.m. Monday, but it remains closed on Ocracoke Island due to ocean overwash. NCDOT’s update Sunday morning noted a nor’easter had ...

The creation of this content included the use of AI based on templates created, reviewed and edited by journalists in the newsroom. Read more on our AI policy here. At 4:25 a.m. on Monday, the NWS ...

There are no venomous snakes that call Rhode Island home, but the bad news for people with ophidiophobia is there are snakes in Rhode Island that can grow to 8 feet long. There are 12 snakes native to ...

CAPE HATTERAS — Visitors are asked to avoid the beach and water near Buxton, North Carolina, due to a collapsed house, according to a social media post from Cape Hatteras National Seashore. This is ...

NORTH CAROLINA (WTVD) -- Hurricane Erin is moving away from the NC coast and the Outer Banks. The National Hurricane Center in Miami reported Friday evening that Erin had weakened to a Post-Tropical ...

DARE COUNTY, N.C. — Dare County officials will lift evacuation orders for Hatteras Island in phases on Saturday after the North Carolina Department of Transportation now deems all of N.C. 12 in the ...