NEWPORT, Ore. – For the past several weeks, gray whales that spent the spring breeding or calving in the waters off Mexico have been arriving in the Pacific Northwest to feed for the summer and fall, including areas along the Oregon...
A coastal tribal elder led students at Spencer Butte Middle School on Wednesday as they carried the totem pole to its new home on the south Eugene school's campus.
An environmental group on Tuesday filed a lawsuit against the National Marine Fisheries Service to force a decision on whether it will put a population of rare dolphins living near Hawaii on the endangered species list.
For years, only teams of highly trained and skilled volunteer scuba divers were allowed inside the underwater exhibits at the Oregon Coast Aquarium in Newport. Now guests are invited to dive, too.
A federal judge for the first time in U.S. history heard arguments Monday in a case that could determine whether animals enjoy the same constitutional protection against slavery as human beings.
Dr. Steven Brown, a veterinarian who cared for the killer whale Keiko at the Oregon Coast Aquarium after the orca starred in the Free Willy films of the 1990s, has died at 62.
A 45-foot gray whale that delighted people for more than a month after taking up residence in Northern California's Klamath River died Tuesday after beaching itself on a sandbar.
A 45-foot gray whale that delighted people for more than a month after taking up residence in Northern California's Klamath River died Tuesday after beaching itself on a sandbar.