A: Nutria (or coypu) are like gophers on steroids.

Insects are all around us – an ant on the sidewalk, a bee buzzing by, a butterfly floating on the breeze – and they shape the world we experience. They pollinate flowering plants, decompose waste, ...

Wildlife officials are asking the public to report sightings of this long-legged, furry-clawed crustacean. Read Story ...

For the next few weeks, the state’s marine monitoring team will collect sediment and organism samples across Puget Sound ...

There are at least five species of ticks in Washington, but only a few of those are capable of transmitting disease to humans ...

Gray whale strandings, which occur during the spring months when whales migrate past the Washington coast, are happening at a ...

The infamous sloth stuffed animal seen in the trees near Bellingham is back. And it appears he will be hanging around for a ...

Washington fisheries officials want brook trout out of a creek in Pend Oreille County to make more room for native westslope ...

Swamps are wetlands containing woody plants like trees and shrubs. Forest and shrub swamps are important habitats, especially ...

We talk with author Shelby Van Pelt, who grew up in Tacoma, about her new book tour, why the book is set in the PNW and more ...

The Douglas County Cooperative Weed Management Area is offering free biological control insects to agricultural producers ...