A La Grande man who shot a bear for harassing his chickens Tuesday evening, then shot it again near his property Wednesday morning was then attacked by the bear, prompting an area closure as authorities found and fatally shot the animal, the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife said.
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Doug Maragas, winemaker and vineyard manager at Maragas Winery in Culver, said Tuesday he’s alarmed that for the first time since beginning their agricultural endeavor in Central Oregon, he has yet to see any bees pollinating the many flowering fruit trees at their estate vineyard.
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Mother-and-son poachers who shot two bear cubs near Siletz last October must pay $15,000 in damages, lost hunting privileges for three years and will be on bench probation for five years, according to Lincoln County court documents.
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Finding a young wild animal alone does not mean that it’s been abandoned or orphaned, so leave them where you find them, the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife reminded Friday.
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Two snowy owls are making themselves at home in the Oregon Zoo’s North America area this month.
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As part of a collaborative project between the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife and Washington State University-Pullman, wildlife biologists need volunteers this summer to assist with surveying Sierra Nevada red foxes in the Central Oregon Cascade Range.
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The Redmond Municipal Airport recently had an osprey nest removed from a location near the end of an airport runway. The airport tells us it had to do with safety, and was part of a wildlife mitigation plan.
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Oregon Zoo guests got their first glimpse of Winter the bontebok’s 3-week-old calf Monday morning as the youngster frolicked around with mom, exploring his grassy habitat in the zoo’s Africa Savanna area.
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The Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission accepted a petition Friday to list the Southern Resident killer whale Distinct Population Segment as Endangered under the Oregon Endangered Species Act.
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A male bobcat kitten, about 8 months old, is now in the care of the High Desert Museum. The public will begin to get to see the yet-to-be-named kitten periodically in the Museum atrium, across from the permanent Spirit of the West exhibition.
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In response to the recent Pacific Fishery Management Council’s recommendation to close all commercial ocean fisheries for Chinook salmon from Cape Falcon on the north Oregon coast to the California border through August, Gov. Tina Kotek is requesting that the U.S. Department of Commerce make an expedited declaration of a federal fishery resource disaster.
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A cougar was spotted on Terrebonne resident Amber Clark’s home security camera visiting her property early Sunday morning.
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A deer crossing the road might be a brief inconvenience or a close-call accident to you, but for species like mule deer, it’s a matter of survival.
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The minimum count of wolves in Oregon at the end of 2022 was 178, an increase of three over the 2021 minimum known number, with a record 24 packs, according to the Oregon Wolf Conservation and Management annual report released Tuesday by the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife.
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A rare, threatened wolverine spotted by the Columbia River near Portland last month – the first confirmed sighting outside the Wallowa Mountains in over 30 years – was caught on video last week along U.S. Highway 20 east of Santiam Pass, the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife confirmed Thursday.
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After a couple of peep-filled days spent emerging from its shell, a new chick has joined the Oregon Zoo’s Humboldt penguin colony.
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Native bees in the Oregon Coast Range are diverse and abundant in clearcut areas within a few years of timber harvest but their numbers drop sharply as planted trees grow and the forest canopy closes, research by Oregon State University shows.
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The Oregon Zoo welcomed a rare African bontebok calf this month, the latest chapter in what’s considered one of history’s most inspiring conservation success stories. The calf was born April 1 to Winter, an 8-year-old bontebok in the zoo’s Africa savanna area.
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Last year, Oregon’s marine mammal stranding network documented over 150 sick or dead sea lions on the coast, with wildlife veterinarians confirming leptospirosis in all seven of the animals sampled and tested.
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The Oregon Zoo is in mourning following the sudden and unexpected loss of Takoda, the youngest of the zoo’s black bear family, who died Friday during a routine medical procedure.
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