A conservation group known for interfering with whaling ships wants to stop Oregon's killing of sea lions that eat endangered salmon in the Columbia River.

After rejecting a land management plan by a nudist group, the Lane County Board of Commissioners on Tuesday unanimously voted to endorse the bid of a local conservation group to buy a controversial parcel of county-owned floodplains.

A man said he saw a cougar just a few feet away from his kid's grade school playground Wednesday, and the big cat may have been spotted two more times Thursday.

Majestic bald eagles, inquisitive-looking barn owls, regal elk, busy beavers - we know they're out there but where can we find them?

A sea lion has shown up on a rocky beach at a West Linn park.

Western snowy plovers - those little birds that scoot along the sand at the coast - will begin nesting soon and that means you'll need to steer clear and give them some space.

As long as wolves have been making their comeback, biologists and ranchers have had a decidedly Old West option for dealing with those that develop a taste for beef: Shoot to kill. But for the past year, Oregon has been a "wolf-safe" zone.

Workers expect to pull a 1-ton boat from the sand Wednesday and dispose of the tsunami debris in a landfill.