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Democrats are advancing a bill over objections from rural residents, ranchers and Republicans that would study whether California should bring back grizzly bears.
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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has launched a formal review to determine whether the Cascade red fox and three native Goose Lake fish should receive federal protections under the Endangered Species Act.
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Coos County has updated its Community Wildfire Protection Plan for the first time in more than a decade, with new guidance on defensible space, home hardening, insurance inspections and recruiting volunteer firefighters.
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The tree-killing emerald ash borer is expected to continue south through Oregon, eating away at ash trees along the way. Experts are saying the community can help stay on top of the insect.
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A planned wildlife crossing on Interstate 5 south of Ashland has secured $33 million in federal funding. Construction is expected to begin in 2027.
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The challenge argues the revised federal policy could reduce habitat protections for threatened and endangered wildlife in the Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest and beyond.
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Darryl Goodson is an engineer who didn't plan to become a fish farmer. But he now owns a sustainable fish sturgeon farm in Fort Klamath, Oregon.
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A lawsuit could force federal action on the western ridged mussel, a key species that helps keep rivers clean across Oregon and the West Coast.
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Organizers submitted the final signatures for a ballot initiative to criminalize hunting and fishing in Oregon. Its own backers don’t think it has any chance of passing.
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Oregon State researchers led a three-month project in northern California to study the Humboldt marten across a 150-square-mile area.
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An environmental group has sued the Trump administration over its failure to grant Endangered Species Act protections to sunflower sea stars, a keystone Pacific Ocean species that lost 90% of its population since 2013 to a wasting disease.
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The Charleston Marine Life Center offers touch tanks, whale skeletons and hands-on exhibits while connecting visitors with marine science on the Oregon coast.
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Wildlife officials say invasive snapping turtles have been found in the Rogue River, where they threaten native turtles, salmon and other wildlife.
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A federal lawsuit seeks Endangered Species Act protections for the sunflower sea star after disease and warming oceans devastated its population.