Take a cruise around any one of our islands and count furry critters in the water or on the rocks. I’ve tried and lost count somewhere over 1,000 — and that was just at one end of one island. Overall, ...

Pinnipeds -- a group including seals, sea lions and walruses -- are relatively recently derived marine mammals that evolved from terrestrial carnivorans and reentered the marine environment. Their ...

THIS bulky octavo volume forms No. 12 of the miscellaneous publications of the Department of the Interior, United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories, which is under the ...

This article was originally published by Hakai Magazine. Each summer at the Ballard Locks near Seattle, Washington, thousands of tourists gather to watch steelhead trout and coho, sockeye, and Chinook ...

Correction: Incorrect data was included in a previous version of this story. Decadeslong efforts by state and tribal agencies have slowly curbed sea lion populations in the region, yet officials still ...

VANCOUVER, Wash. – Decadeslong efforts by state and tribal agencies have slowly curbed sea lion populations in the region, yet officials still consider the pinnipeds a threat to at-risk salmon ...