Richmond’s James River Park, a collection of wild lands and islands, is in its most popular season. A day at the river involves family, friends,...

Something bright flashed near the surface of the murky James River. Will McCahill swung at it with a net and caught a piece of living history. “Gentlemen,...

Life in the wild is no picnic—unless you’re a snake in a bird’s nest. As a small crowd watched, a black rat snake ate three of the seven...

It’s springtime along the James. Birds are singing, bugs buzzing. You probably heard about it. But do you know: Why the butter butt is leaving? What...

Once inhospitable because of pesticides, a nearly 40-mile stretch of the tidal, freshwater James now harbors one of the country’s top concentrations...

The James River ran gray and icy, not a great place for paddling. But David Sligh was about to shove off to work. Sligh, 48, is the new riverkeeper for...

The light of a cold dawn revealed an endangered species on the James River—waterman Rodgers Green of Gloucester. Green catches oysters the old-fashioned...

Even in cold weather, die-hard anglers flock to the James River. As part of his James River Journal series, staff writer Rex Springton finds out why.

The James River likes to keep secrets. When is it prettiest? Where? What spots afford the best views? For more than 30 years, David Everette has been revealing...