The technology also monitors water quality parameters, detecting changes that might indicate environmental stressors or pollution events. For amphibians like the Columbia spotted frog and boreal ...

Columbia Spotted Frog. Columbia Spotted Frog. Image by NPS Jacob W. Frank. Found in wetlands and ponds throughout the park. It is green to brown in color with spots on its back. The belly and upper ...

Biologists are giving an endangered species a second chance by releasing tadpoles into a natural habitat in British Columbia. On April 15, staff from the Vancouver Aquarium released 400 endangered ...

In 2024, after studying the spotted wing drosophila for 12 years, Oregon State University announced plans to release a tiny wasp capable of controlling the fruit fly.

A sturgeon that appeared to be at more than 6 feet long was illegally pulled out of the Columbia River and likely died, according to the Oregon State Police Fish and Wildlife Division. The ...

Amphibians such as the Columbia spotted frog lay thousands of eggs in wetlands, which develop into tadpoles. Reptiles such as the northern painted turtle can be found sunning on floating logs in ...

U.S. pauses Columbia River water-sharing negotiations with Canada amid Trump threats Northwest March 14, 2025 Spotted owls are disappearing fast, and federal cuts could mean no one’s left to ...

Crews work on the the removal of the Shulls Mill Dam on the Watauga River, near Boone, N.C. on Monday, July 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Erik Verduzco) ...

It’s one of 10 century-old dams on eight glacial lakes being removed to lower water levels and allow for return of wetland crucial to native amphibians such as the long-toed salamander and Columbia ...

It's one of 10 century-old dams on eight glacial lakes being removed to lower water levels and allow for return of wetland crucial to native amphibians such as the long-toed salamander and Columbia ...