Giant white sturgeon, over 7 feet long, seized from Scappoose Bay poachers, released
A giant white sturgeon more than seven feet long was among five sturgeon seized and released by Oregon State Police Fish & Wildlife troopers…
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High Desert Museum says farewell to Rogue, the river otter
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Rogue, a North American river otter who lived at Bend’s High Desert Museum for the past nine years, was humanely euthanized on…
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ODA prepares as highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) is confirmed in the Pacific Flyway
On March 2, the World Organization for Animal Health confirmed a bald eagle found dead in British Columbia, Canada tested positive for the highly…
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Eugene man pleads guilty to importing, exporting hundreds of live scorpions
A Eugene man who formerly resided in Southern Oregon pleaded guilty Monday in federal court to violating the Lacey Act by illegally importing and…
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Oregon Dept. of Justice hires anti-poaching special prosecutor
Oregon poachers beware, there is a new force in the courts: an anti-poaching special prosecutor. Jay D. Hall, hired last month as a new assistant…
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To protect threatened shorebird, respect Oregon beaches during nesting season
Beachgoers are urged to help recovery efforts of the threatened western snowy plover by staying on the wet sand at snowy plover beaches during…
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OSU researchers create tool to help protect native fish from hybridizing with non-natives
Oregon State University researchers have created a tool to assess the risk of hybridization among native and non-native fish, a development that…
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Rare ‘double clutch’ raises Oregon Zoo’s California condor count to 13
The Oregon Zoo’s Jonsson Center for Wildlife Conservation welcomed several more California condor eggs last month, bringing the current total to…
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Oregon Zoo zookeepers, vets rally to save rare African antelope, a bontebok calf
A rare African antelope that almost didn’t live past its first few days is now a month old and well on the road to recovery at the Oregon…
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Spring whale watching kicks off in March; trained volunteers not on site this year
SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — The spring whale migration begins in March, and the best whale watching sites are open at your favorite coastal parks, although…
Continue ReadingNew map, report show growing dangers along whale ‘superhighways’ across the globe
A comprehensive new map and report tracking whale migrations around the globe highlights where they go in the high seas and the cumulative impacts…
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Judge restores protections for gray wolves across much of US
A judge restored federal protections for gray wolves across much of the U.S. on Thursday after they were removed in the waning days of the Trump…
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Phil who? Oregon Zoo’s beaver ‘Stumptown Fil’ calls for an early spring
Sure, Punxsutawney Phil may be calling for six more weeks of winter, but another furry forecaster, Filbert the beaver — AKA Stumptown Fil —…
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Great blue heron nursed back to health, released near Crooked River
Native Bird Care of Sisters released a great blue heron back into the wild on Friday. The director, Elise Wolf, said she found the bird starving and…
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‘I was sobbing’: Bend hikers find dead cat, doe, dog and fox in Badlands Wilderness
On Monday night, during their nightly walk in the Badlands Wilderness area east of Bend, a Bend couple encountered something that brought them to…
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Second Chance Bird Rescue in Tumalo area seeks volunteers
Second Chance Bird Rescue, located on Dayton Road near Tumalo, is looking for volunteers to help take care of their many birds. The owner of the…
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Eastern Oregon poachers kill 2 pronghorn antelope, leave 2 others mortally wounded in ‘thrill kill’
Poachers left two pronghorn antelope dead and two more to suffer on the night of Jan. 16 in a “thrill kill” near the Eastern Oregon town of Crane,…
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Rare-for-Oregon seabird — the Nazca Booby — receives care at Oregon Coast Aquarium
After receiving care at the Oregon Coast Aquarium, a Nazca Booby (Sula granti) caught a flight to International Bird Rescue in Los Angeles for…
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OSU researchers explore ways to make hatchery steelhead more like wild fish
Hatchery-raised steelhead trout have offspring that are good at gaining size under hatchery conditions but don’t survive as well in streams as…
Continue Reading Conservation groups offer $16,500 reward to solve illegal shooting death of Wallowa County wolf
Conservation groups announced Thursday a $16,500 reward for information leading to an arrest and conviction for the illegal shooting death of a…
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