The Pacific Northwest is full of beauty, but it is also a place where nature and humanity need to coexist so future generations can enjoy the place we call home. From taking steps to protect whales to ...

SEATTLE — Parasites crucial in marine ecosystems have seen a sharp decline or were completely wiped out in the past century due to warming waters in Puget Sound, according to a newly released ...

Oregon State University researchers recently confirmed the presence of the broadnose sevengill and endangered soupfin shark in the Puget Sound region. (Courtesy: Jessica Schulte) PUGET SOUND, Wash. — ...

This provided photo shows monogenean worms (Microcotyle sebastis) that were dissected from the gills of a preserved copper rockfish specimen from the University of Washington Fish Collection at the ...

Last week, researchers from Oregon State University documented two shark species in Puget Sound for the first time. They found a broadnose sevengill shark and the critically endangered tope shark. The ...

Researchers have made the first scientific confirmation in Puget Sound of two distinct shark species, one of them critically endangered. Oregon State University researchers have made the first ...

SEATTLE - Sea lions are back in big numbers, crowding docks across Ballard and causing quite a raucous. Marine experts say the chaotic scene could point to something much bigger happening beneath the ...

Lower doctor bills. Drinking water. Protection from floods. Food. Those are just a few items on a newly compiled list of goods and services provided to people living around Puget Sound by the "natural ...

Wood said. "I hope our work inspires other ecologists to think about their own focal ecosystems, identify the right museum specimens, and see whether these trends are unique to Puget Sound, or ...

People in the Pacific Northwest and around the world watched last month as a mother carried her dead child hundreds of miles in a display of grief akin to a funeral procession. But the grieving mother ...

Nisqually Community Forest is a community-based, sustainable forestry pioneer. Recently, as we moved from acquiring land to managing stands and watersheds, we show that it’s possible to sustain local ...

Ebony Welborn and Savannah Smith guide Alison through the tidepools of Puget Sound. Ebony Welborn and Savannah Smith met at an environmental nonprofit, discovering their shared passion for marine ...