A new study highlights the value of local knowledge in recovering endangered species. The collaborative research, co-authored by NOAA Fisheries, the University of Washington, and researchers from the University of Alaska, ...
Ecology
Apr 1, 2015
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For more than 100 years, marine biologists at Friday Harbor Laboratories have studied the ecology of everything from tiny marine plants to giant sea stars.
Environment
Mar 12, 2015
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(AP)—To check on the health of the giant Pacific octopus population in Puget Sound, an unusual census takes place every year. Volunteer divers, enlisted by the Seattle Aquarium, take to Washington's inland waters to look ...
Ecology
Feb 5, 2015
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A new analysis of seven years of bird sightings by volunteer birdwatchers from the Seattle Audubon Society has found positive trends in several Puget Sound seabird species that had been in historic decline.
Ecology
Jan 20, 2015
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A newborn orca in the endangered pod that frequents Puget Sound is an encouraging sign following the death earlier this month of a pregnant killer whale from the same group.
Plants & Animals
Jan 1, 2015
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He's trailed them and photographed them, mapped their family trees and counted their offspring, coming to identify individuals by their markings, sometimes even ascribing personalities based on behavior.
Plants & Animals
Dec 31, 2014
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A team of researchers is running experiments this fall to understand what happens when salmon are exposed to rain runoff collected from one of Seattle's busiest highways.
Ecology
Nov 17, 2014
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Whale researchers are celebrating a newborn orca in the waters off San Juan Island in Washington state.
Plants & Animals
Sep 8, 2014
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With two new deaths this year and no new calves since 2012, the population of endangered killer whales in the Puget Sound continues to decline.
Ecology
Aug 31, 2014
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(Phys.org) —It's not just vacationers who will be traveling on the ferries between Port Townsend and Coupeville this summer. A new partnership among the Washington Department of Ecology, the University of Washington and ...
Earth Sciences
Jun 17, 2014
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