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OSU researchers have found wolves on a remote Alaskan island ate nearly all of the deer on the island and then turned to sea otters as their main food source.

Plastic is one of the most common pollutants found on beaches and across the country by volunteer cleanup groups.

Recently, international attention has homed in on the problem, which is only growing worse as plastic doesn’t decompose but degrades into smaller pieces that will remain in the environment for thousands of years.

Just how are climate change stressors impacting ocean marine life off Oregons shores?

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has awarded Oregon State University and its research partners $4.2 million to investigate how multiple climate change-related stressors are impacting marine ecosystems off the

NEWPORT — The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has awarded Oregon State University and its research partners $4.2 million to investigate how multiple climate change-related stressors ar...

NEWPORT, Ore. – The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has awarded Oregon State University and its research partners $4.2 million to investigate how multiple climate change-related stressors are impacting marine ecosystems off the coast of Oregon, Washington and Northern California.

“No single tool is the magic wand to end malaria transmission in Ghana and by extension, Africa. We have to embrace other tools—we need an integrated approach, including gene drive to eliminate malaria”

As dry, unseasonably warm weather across B.C. persists well into October, the crystal blue water at Maple Ridge's Alouette Lake has retreated by at least 10 metres, leaving buoys sitting on dry land and would-be swimmers walking across bone-dry lakebed to access the shallows.

A more than 30-year marine conservation effort in the U.S. Virgin Islands helped aid the recovery of a fish species important in commercial, recreational and subsistence fisheries, a new Oregon