Wildlife

Deer have been a fixture of Port Townsend for years and residents' reactions to them are mixed. But now, the mayor says the deer population has grown exponentially, deer have killed two dogs and one resident said a deer kicked her in the head. The city will embark on a count of its deer in the new year.

For the first time, a moose has been captured on camera in Mount Rainier National Park. According to the National Parks Service, the sighting is also the first documentation of a moose in southwest Washington.

Firefighters in Alaska got an unusual request for assistance last weekend from the Alaska Wildlife Troopers, but it wasn’t your mundane cat-stuck-in-a-tree situation. Instead, Capt. Josh Thompson with Central Emergency Services on Alaska's Kenai Peninsula said they were needing help getting a moose out of a basement.

The state Fish and Wildlife departments in Washington and Oregon are seeking -- and getting -- help from hunters and hikers to track a perplexing...

What do drinking water and wildlife have in common? Both benefit from public land set aside by Seattle Public Utilities. You can learn more about all…

Seattle photographer Gerrit Vyn travels the world to capture images of wildlife – and above all, birds. He says they’re powerful indicators of…

A technology that emerged from University of Washington research has the potential to make undersea construction less of a headache for wildlife.Things…

When salmon are ready to leave the ocean and go back to their birthplace, they use magnetism to find their home river. But scientists fear fish born in hatcheries might have a poor sense of direction if they're raised in places surrounded by man-made objects that drown out the planet's natural magnetic field.

A ribbon seal commonly found in the frigid waters off the coasts of Alaska and Russia has been spotted in the Seattle area thousands of miles away.NOAA's…

http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/kplu/local-kplu-955597.mp3One of the rarest mammals in North America is staging a comeback here in the…