Geographical Location: Northwest

Volunteers in Washington state have reported an unusually high number of dead sea lions washing up on beaches in Puget Sound, many of which have been shot. At least 16...

The Bureau of Land Management is offering for lease 2.85 million acres in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska (NPR-A) next month. It will be the 14th lease sale there since 1999,...

This article originally appears in the University of Montana Student Chapter’s September/October 2018 newsletter. A stuffed animal sits in a small mammal trap on the grounds of a local elementary...

A Washington state task force voted to temporarily ban killer whale-watching boat tours to help save endangered Northwest orcas (Orcinus orca). The team, which suggests a three- to five-year suspension...

A new 10-part series has launched on Animal Planet taking viewers inside Alaska’s wildlife refuges. On “Into Alaska,” the camera follows a refuge law enforcement officer responding to capsized boaters,...

Construction crews are making headway with a new wildlife overcrossing connecting north and south Cascades habitat on Intestate 90 in Washington state. The $6.2 million bridge is mean to help...

On his first day studying long-billed curlews (Numenius americanus) in southwest Idaho, Jay Carlisle came across a disturbing find. A curlew lay dead on the side of the road, shot...

Kodiak brown bears (Ursus arctos middendorffi) that follow the “resource wave” of sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) benefit by eating longer and consuming more than bears that stay put, according to...

In Alaska, small mammals such as mice and voles eat and disperse seeds that they get from bear scat, according to new research. Previous research on black bears (Ursus americanus)...

What’s killing the curlews? Mostly poachers, according to Boise State University researchers. Long-billed curlews (Numenius americanus) nest in the mountain West, but biologists found their population in southwest Idaho was...