For northern spotted owls, habitat loss still matters
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 ...
Washington
Will the Cascades frog see the next century?
A species of frog that inhabits remote mountain pools in the Pacific Northwest is likely to go extinct by the end of the century, researchers found. The Cascades ...
JWM: New moose count doubles eastern Washington estimates
Counting moose (Alces alces) isn’t an easy task. It helps to have a helicopter, but even then, the moose blend in with the ground and disappear under tree ...
Shot sea lions wash up in Puget Sound
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 ...
Native plants boost backyard bird biodiversity
To feed their young, many species of birds hunt for insects in people’s yards, which comprise much of the American landscape. A new chickadee study from the ...
Birds change song to be heard above traffic noise
Vehicles are a major source of noise pollution for urban wildlife. That’s particularly a problem for birds that have to compete with the roar of engines to ...
JWM study: Low-quality marine habitat impacts murrelet
Dubbed “the enigma of the Pacific” until ornithologists finally tracked down its nest in the 1970s, the marbled murrelet (Brachyramphus marmoratus) is a seabird ...
White-nose fungus in Washington state likely originated in eastern US
This past spring, white-nose syndrome, a disease that’s caused the death of over 5 million bats in the U.S. so far, jumped from the eastern U.S., where it had ...
White-nose syndrome jumps to western US
A little brown bat in North Bend, Washington, has been confirmed to have white-nose syndrome (WNS), making it the farthest western case of the deadly bat disease ...
Hydroelectric Dam Demolition Helps American Dippers
Breaking the barriers for salmon may lead quickly to a healthier bird population, at least as far as dam removal is concerned. Recent research examined the effect ...