January 10, 2018
By Eric Sorensen, WSU News
PULLMAN, Wash. – Columbia River Chinook salmon have lost as much as two-thirds of their genetic diversity, Washington State University researchers have found.
endangered species
April 27, 2017
By Will Ferguson, College of Arts and Sciences
PULLMAN, Wash. – Deep in the forests of Washington’s Kettle Mountains, Washington State University wildlife biologist Daniel Thornton searches for signs of a rare and elusive type of wild cat — the lynx.
February 26, 2015
By Will Ferguson, College of Arts & Sciences
PULLMAN, Wash. – New technology at Washington State University could help save the world’s largest species of freshwater turtle from extinction.
July 30, 2013
Grizzly bear in Yellowstone. (Photo courtesy
of Yellowstone National Park)
PULLMAN, Wash. – A new study suggests that the return of wolves to Yellowstone National Park is increasing a key part of the grizzly bear diet – berries that help bears put on fat before going into hibernation. Wolves reduce the number of elk, which eat the berry bushes.
The study was published this week by scientists from Washington State University and Oregon State University in the Journal of Animal Ecology. WSU co-authors are graduate assistant Jennifer K. Fortin and Charles T. Robbins, professor in the … » More …