A new bill introduced in U.S. Congress would authorize Native American tribes in Southwest Washington to kill some of the sea ...

Skamania, introduced H.R. 9637, the Protecting Columbia River Salmon Act, a bill that would allow Southwest Washington's Indian Tribes to ...

TheBajau tribe of Indonesia is known for their extraordinary ability to dive deep into the ocean for extended periods. Now, scientists have uncovered the biological reason behind this remarkable skill ...

One of the most endangered sea creatures of the Pacific Ocean is getting a leg up in the kelp forests of Washington’s San Juan Islands: a 24-armed sea star called the sunflower star. University ...

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) - Some Northwest Indian tribes would be allowed to kill a limited number of sea lions that prey on endangered salmon in the Columbia River under a bill introduced in Congress. The ...

Four Washington tribes say that the Kinder Morgan Transmountain pipeline expansion will wreak havoc on their fishing rights. Credit: Matika Wilbur On Tuesday afternoon the Canadian government approved ...

PORTLAND — Indian tribes are pressuring state agencies in Washington and Oregon for authority to kill protected sea lions that are feasting on salmon in the Columbia River near Bonneville Dam. The ...

FILE - A wild sea otter swims as he snacks on seaweed covered with roe. The Siletz Tribe is trying to bring them back to Northern Calif. and Ore. coasts with the help of a government grant. After ...

The lives of sea otters — the tool-using marine mammals — were once intertwined with those of the coastal tribes in Oregon. But when fur traders discovered the value of the warm, waterproof pelts, a ...

A reinforced storm barrier, the result of an emergency project overseen by the Army Corps of Engineers, will prevent winter storms from thrashing the coastal lowlands of the Shoalwater Bay Indian ...