An advisory to the state's commercial Dungeness crab fleet urges caution due to the risk of whale entanglement.

Enticknap advised ODFW to prohibit conventional crab gear from fishing grounds when there is a high entanglement risk, and to ...

An international team of marine biologists has documented the highest known count of deep-sea species living in methane seeps ...

As ecosystems around the planet undergo rapid transformations, policymakers and land managers are grappling with a pressing question: When is it time to stop resisting ecological changes and accept a ...

They have a few traits that make them, as conservation biologist Joe Roman put it to The New York Times, “a perfect invader”.

Generations of fishermen have fueled a vibrant Coastside community, but for an increasing number of fishermen, passion isn’t ...

The future of Alaska’s red king crab fishery is at a turning point. Proposed changes to the fishery’s management in Southeast ...

Newly described scorpion can spray and inject its venom — the first South American species known to do this ... which typically injects the poison. "Most scorpions are likely capable of spraying ...

Among the thousands of crab species, only a select few are consumed, with species like the Alaska king crab and Dungeness crab topping the list. Crab meat is packed with essential vitamins, minerals, ...

A million years ago, a species known as Homo erectus most likely survived in an arid desert with no trees. By Carl Zimmer Chimpanzees live only in African rainforests and woodlands. Orangutans ...

Australian scientists have discovered a new species of the deadly funnel-web spider that is bigger and more venomous than its relatives, nicknaming it "Big Boy." In research released Monday ...