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 ...

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

“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 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.

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 ...

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 ...

OROVILLE — Attendees watched in awe as large salmon worked their way upstream and up the salmon ladder at Feather River Fish Hatchery, sometimes catching air as they splashed forward. “I couldn’t ...