Early-morning cougar sightings reported in SE Bend, near Grocery Outlet
At least a few citizens reported seeing a cougar wandering through populated areas of southeast Bend early Thursday morning, including a sighting by…
Continue ReadingAt least a few citizens reported seeing a cougar wandering through populated areas of southeast Bend early Thursday morning, including a sighting by…
Continue ReadingCORVALLIS, Ore. (KTVZ) – The global population of the critically endangered Chinese crested tern has more than doubled thanks to a historic,…
Continue ReadingSEATTLE (AP) — A conservation group is threatening to sue the Trump administration over its sudden reversal of plans to restore grizzly bears in…
Continue ReadingCORVALLIS, Ore. (KTVZ) – Caspian terns feeding on young fish have a significant impact on runs of steelhead in the Columbia River, according to a…
Continue ReadingSALEM, Ore. (AP) — Officials say the Wedge wolf pack in northeast Washington has attacked seven more cattle, bringing the number of depredations by…
Continue ReadingAn adult female feral pig from Central Oregon sampled for disease as part of a surveillance program tested positive for pseudorabies, a contagious…
Continue ReadingThe Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission adopted a Climate and Ocean Change Policy on a unanimous vote Friday, making them the first state fish and…
Continue ReadingThe federal government is scrapping plans to reintroduce grizzly bears to the North Cascades…
Continue ReadingVisitors returning to the High Desert Museum just south of Bend after its three-month closure will meet a new mammal in the museum’s care — an…
Continue ReadingFish exposed to very low levels of chemicals commonly found in waterways can pass the impacts on to future generations that were never directly…
Continue ReadingCORVALLIS, Ore. (KTVZ) – Suspended, rotating devices known as “flappers” may be the key to fewer birds flying into power lines, a study by…
Continue ReadingIllegal shark fin sales in a Portland grocery store mark the first conviction under an Oregon law that prohibits possession, sale, trade or…
Continue ReadingThink Wild, Central Oregon’s new wildlife hospital and conservation center, is excited to announce the launch of its “Beaver Response Team.”…
Continue ReadingCORVALLIS, Ore. (KTVZ) – The lives of honeybees are shortened – with evidence of physiological stress – when they are exposed to the suggested…
Continue ReadingA Bend man says three of his children were hospitalized after mistaking a toxic plant for wild onion and consuming it. Now, he wants to warn others…
Continue ReadingHighway undercrossings have come to play an integral role in keeping drivers and wildlife…
Continue ReadingThis isn’t your typical rescue story. In fact, it’s for the birds — to be more precise, three baby red-tailed hawks that a recent windstorm…
Continue ReadingCentral Oregon saw Pandora moths nearly everywhere last summer. Now, they’ve laid eggs, and their eggs have hatched, revealing 3-inch-long…
Continue ReadingOregonians are getting back outdoors, just in time to encounter newborn fawns, elk calves and other young wildlife in the wild, or even in their…
Continue ReadingBy Eric Tegethoff, Oregon News Service KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. (KTVZ) — With the Klamath Basin expected to see one of the driest years on record,…
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