Outer Banks

The marshes in and around the Pine Island Sanctuary house some 183 different bird species. But they are eroding due to the effects of rising seas and a changing climate. Now, the Audubon Society has embarked on a years-long surveying project to map the habitat of rare, secretive marsh birds. What they hear from the birds will serve as an indicator of what could happen to the marshes.

The National Park Service was instrumental in building the bridge over North Carolina's Oregon Inlet after establishing Cape Hatteras National Seashore in the 1930s.

With the pandemic easing its grip, the summer vacation season is expected to set tourism records on North Carolina’s Outer Banks. But business owners won’t be able to take full advantage of the crowds because of COVID-19 and worker shortages.

As oceans rise and storms intensify, coastlines worldwide are feeling the creeping impact of climate change. But North Carolina’s Outer Banks are particularly vulnerable, and local leaders are proposing drastic measures to save their beaches.

Property owners in the Outer Banks town of Avon could see their taxes go up to help pay for the cost of fighting beach erosion.

NAGS HEAD — Two years after a newly formed North Carolina island was lost to storm surge, a new one appears to be rising in its place on the Outer Banks,…

GRANDY, N.C. — A blind wild horse that had roamed North Carolina's Outer Banks has died. The Virginian-Pilot reports that Amadeo passed away on Friday.…

CAPE LOOKOUT — A trio of castaway wild cows have returned home after being found on North Carolina’s Outer Banks, where they apparently washed up after…

National Park Service rangers say someone stole a copper bust of one of the Wright brothers from a monument in the Outer Banks.A copper reproduction bust…

Caretakers for a group of wild horses on North Carolina's Outer Banks say a horse suffered only minor injuries after a collision with a vehicle on the…