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 ...

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 ...

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

“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 ...

Marin biologists say an early abundance of salmon returning to nesting grounds in local creeks is signaling that this year’s spawning season could be one for the record books. “We saw more chinook ...