August 3, 2020 By Greg Rasmussen and Chris Corday CBC News
How sea otters are radically changing the West Coast ecosystem 50 years after their return to B.C.
To Oblivion and Back
New Fish Trap on White River Can Handle 1 Million Salmon a Year, Biggest Facility in Nation
August 2, 2020 By Lynda V. Mapes The Seattle Times
At the insistence of tribes and federal fisheries managers, the Army Corps of Engineers will soon complete the biggest facility of its kind in North America, to capture and transport salmon to free flowing stretches of the White River, a tributary of the Puyallup.
Young Dolphins Pick Friends with Purpose
July 31, 2020 By Robin Smith-Duke Futurity
Wild bottlenose dolphins devote time early in life to making friend connections that could give them an edge later on, a new study shows.
Opinion: Why Are Blue Whales So Gigantic?
July 31, 2020 By Eric M. Keen Scientific American
Dinosaurs were big, but these are the largest animals in the history of the planet—and we’re just beginning to understand the reasons for their size.
Bright Lights and Dark Nights: The Challenge Facing Sea Turtles in the City
July 30, 2020 By Annemarie Mannion Hakai Magazine
Sea turtles became an unexpected passion for Jones, who now often wears sea turtle T-shirts or Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle (TMNT) garb instead of his old Florida Gators shirts. (The TMNTs aren’t sea turtles, but Jones’s link to the superheroes is irresistible: the human vigilante who fought alongside them was also named Casey Jones.) He began searching for ways to help conserve the reptiles, which is how he learned about a pervasive and preventable risk to their well-being: light pollution. Artificial bright lights are a deadly hazard that can lead sea turtles astray. Jones had found his mission.