Salmon are legendary for their commitment to procreation. You know the drill: They wander the ocean before returning to rivers where they hatched, fire themselves upstream to spawn, and then drop dead ...

Spawning salmon have returned to Whatcom County creeks. Adult chum salmon are back in droves this fall, following the trend of returning in mid-November to lay their eggs before dying, decomposing and ...

Scott Kirby/Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife A hundred years ago, a million adult chum salmon would return each autumn to spawn in tributaries and creeks along the Columbia River. But, like ...

Salmon are an integral part of Washington’s ecosystem and cultural heritage. From stream to sea, many species rely on them to bring nutrients from the ocean back to creeks. Small bugs feed on their ...

Researchers have confirmed that salmon are spawning in an Arctic Ocean watershed, suggesting that at least some salmon species could be expanding to new territory as climate change reshapes their ...

A chum salmon in Alaska's Katmai National Park and Preserve. Salmon numbers are declining in some places due in part to climate change. Sylvain Cordier / Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images Chum salmon, the ...

The annual fall rain has returned, and so has a Kitsap peninsula tradition. This Saturday a series of groups will host salmon tours at seven sites around the county where salmon are returning to spawn ...

Salmon runs on the Yukon River continued to be anemic this year, federal and state agencies reported, and there are far too few fish reaching Canada to meet goals set in a treaty between that nation ...

BISMARCK – Fisheries crews for the North Dakota Game and Fish Department have completed their annual salmon spawning operation on Lake Sakakawea, collecting 1.9 million eggs. The 2024 spawn was almost ...