The study considers the spawning migrations to North America for the five major Pacific salmon species including Chinook, chum, coho, pink, and sockeye salmon. The research team combined estimates ...

such as the nine-day non-stop flight of the bar-tailed godwit across the Pacific Ocean. Most people think of migration as the seasonal movement of a flock of birds between their breeding and non ...

The stories of salmon and orcas in the Pacific Northwest are linked. Their paths intermingle in a vast web of ecosystems and ...

This is in part because many salmon species undergo an exhaustive migration journey as part of their reproduction cycle, one that takes them across multiple environments in their quest to travel ...

Some wild Pacific salmon populations are endangered, mainly because of the loss of their fresh water habitat caused by harmful logging practices and hydroelectric dams. Salmon have also been over ...

“It’s clear that spring Chinook salmon, treasures of the Pacific Northwest, are in serious trouble in ... Spring-run Chinook have unique habitat requirements for migration, spawning, juvenile rearing ...

A lack of crucial data in vast Northwestern watersheds risks "undocumented extinction" of some salmon, according to a new study. Produced by the Pacific Salmon Foundation, a B.C.-based non-profit ...