wildlife

Almost every population of Northwest freshwater mussels is declining. Researchers hope to figure out what’s going on so they can save these keystone species.

A new administrative rule that went into effect Friday prohibits Oregon recreational fishers from taking home sea stars, otherwise known as starfish.

Gangs of wild elk are attacking farmers’ haystacks in Oregon and Washington. They’re hungry, after a long drought and record mountain snow this winter has driven animals down to the lowlands. Climate scientists say things may only get worse in the future.

Conservationists are suing three federal agencies over an environmental review the government says satisfies requirements to resume killing wildlife in federally protected wilderness areas in Nevada.

Sea otters were hunted to near extinction along the U.S. West Coast. During the century they have been away, a lucrative shellfish industry has grown in the waters where restoration would take place.

Environmental groups say the removal of Endangered Species Act protections for gray wolves has left the animals vulnerable.

Scientists have evidence that SARS-CoV-2 is circulating in white-tailed deer in the U.S. They say the findings could essentially dash any hopes of eliminating the virus in the U.S. — and the world.

Northwest wildlife and wildlife habitat could get a helping hand next week from the federal government.

Despite the fact that Americans have been relocating beavers all over the county since before the 1940s, a recent study by Oregon State University found genetic differences between beavers as close as neighboring watersheds.

Every year, over a million birds migrate to several National Wildlife Refuges along the Oregon-California border. Low water levels this year pose a serious threat to migratory bird species’ survival.

The gray wolf population has steadily increased since the canines reestablished in Oregon, but their federal endangered status is currently in legal limbo.

A yearling black bear that was killed by the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife after being captured outside Ashland on Highway 66 late last week is prompting criticism of the department and Oregon State Police.