Every summer, many rivers across Alaska appear as if they have caught fire. The water turns a deep, almost impossible red as ...

It’s sink or swim, eat or be eaten when smolts hit the ocean. The conditions there can play an outsized role in how many of them survive to adulthood and return to fresh water rivers to spawn. But the ...

The migrations that make up the well-known salmon life cycle have long been described as one way at a time. Juvenile salmon hatch and swim down rivers to the ocean, where they grow and mature before ...

In Fulbright Park on a Wednesday afternoon, dozens of fifth graders released salmon fry into Ahtanum Creek. The release was the culmination of a detailed, months-long program to teach kids about the ...

“Oh man, you’ve just been eaten by catfish,” California Department of Fish and Wildlife interpreter Molly Shea told 6-year-old Sebastian Alvarez after he spun the salmon wheel of survival for a tenth ...

“Going local” has been a mantra for people who want to make environmentally responsible choices about what they eat. But where food’s from might matter the most when calculating its carbon footprint.

A study shows how a single gene in Atlantic salmon can dramatically influence the timing of puberty -- a key factor for salmon life cycle and survival. A study carried out at the University of ...

Hundreds of students filled the Johnson Lake Campground on Wednesday to learn about wildlife and outdoor safety at the 24th Annual Kenai Peninsula Salmon Celebration. The annual event caps off the ...

Oregon scientist Laurie Weitkamp is preparing to depart on the largest research expedition of its kind in the North Pacific Ocean with scientists from around the world who want to learn more about ...