Tag: Oregon

Two closely related species — Allen’s (Selasphorus sasin) and rufous hummingbirds (S. rufus) — are interbreeding in a newly discovered hybrid zone spanning from Northern California to southern Oregon. Around 2013...

Four dams along the lower Klamath River in southern Oregon and Northern California could be removed by 2022. The Capital Press reports that the nonprofit Klamath River Renewal Corp., has...

A threatened species of martens seems to have opted for the Oregon beach life, with plenty of food and a lack of predators. The Pacific marten (Martes caurina) typically lives...

The hottest flames may bring the most sting when it comes to native bee numbers, according to researchers in Oregon. “We basically found that there were both abundant bee communities...

As barred owls (Strix varia) have moved in and taken over threatened northern spotted owl (Strix occidentalis caurina) territory on the West Coast, management has focused mostly on removing barred...

The Oregon Chapter of The Wildlife Society is producing a conservation podcast to provide information to the public about conservation, success stories and other natural resource issues in the state...

Conservationists have long called for restoring landscapes as much as possible to the way they were before humans altered them, but they’ve started embracing the idea that nonnative plants can...

While the Oregon coast has seen an increase in ecotourism, including boaters hoping to spot gray whales (Eschrichtius robustus), the state had no regulations or guidelines in place to protect...

Nominations for the 2018 Donald H. Rusch Memorial Game Bird Research Scholarship will be accepted through May 1. The annual scholarship is open to any graduate student studying upland birds or waterfowl...

Wildlife killed in road collisions can one day be put on people’s plates in Oregon after the state legislature passed a bill meant to prevent useable meat from going to...