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Researchers with Oregon State University aim to test about 1,600 wild animals for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.
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Oregon's coastal communities are looking into elk culls to regulate their population. The question is: How many elk is too many elk?
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Two goats will help keep a Medford golf course manicured thanks to a temproary permit.The Medford City Council approved a permit that will allow the Bear…
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People love to go look at baby animals, but that's not really the purpose of SOAR Wildlife Center in the Green Springs outside Ashland. SOAR stands for…
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When you're based in The Beaver State, once in a while you'll get around to talking about beavers. And we do, with Ben Goldfarb. He wrote a book called…
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The recent discovery of an unusual looking wolf (or is it bear?) shot in Montana has a connection to Oregon. Because the federal Fish and Wildlife Service…
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Humans can be a bit tough on nature, to put it mildly. Paul Ehrlich generally does NOT put it mildly... he coined the term "population explosion" many…
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The snowpack numbers tell us that streams may flow a little more slowly in the coming dry season. But there are other things to consider when there's less…
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Can we talk about poop for a moment? Specifically, raccoon poop in the wild. It can provide... well, nutrition for other animals. But it can also provide…
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California was once home to an estimated 500,000 elk. The number is quite a bit smaller now, maybe 13,000, but elk--in three subspecies--are on the…
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Oregon is the "beaver state," but the designation does not help beavers much. The title confers no protection, and beavers are still killed all the time.…
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The wildlife refuges of the Klamath Basin are great places to see (and hear) birds in great numbers. But the numbers would be even greater with an…
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Scientists just identified a new species of flying squirrel in North America, and it lives right here near us. Humboldt's flying squirrel is named for the…
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We love a good chat about the interactions between humans and animals. So we could not resist going into the vault to revisit an earlier interview with…