The Pacific Northwest is an area that encompasses parts ... This is because it’s the ideal habitat for various coastal birds and other animals, and the chilly waters of the Pacific Ocean are ...

In the 1960s and 1970s, dozens of Pacific Northwest whales were caught for ... as well as the geographic or social isolation of the animals, likely explains the inbreeding, the researchers said.

A seal pup found alone and starving on a stretch of beach is being nursed back to health at a facility in Des Moines.

The mammals' return to the region represented a conservation success story, but their appetite for endangered fish is upsetting the balance of a delicate ecosystem ...

Tribes in the Pacific Northwest say a law that protects seals ... They regulate the taking of those animals. They don't regulate the animals taking each other. RAMONA BENNETT: We used to trade ...

Other animals are likely to take new risks by ... beach to swim as onlookers filmed from nearby. In much of the Pacific Northwest, temperatures have dropped again—for now.

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The U.S. government will invest $240 million in salmon and steelhead hatcheries in the Pacific Northwest to boost declining fish populations and support the treaty-protected ...