KUOW Newsroom Extreme heat wave cooked acres of shellfish, spared others, study finds "A little light bulb went off in my head. I thought, ‘Oh my God, I need to contact my colleagues and find out what they're seeing."
KUOW Newsroom Low tides not as low as forecast but do not disappoint Puget Sound beachgoers The tides weren't the lowest in a decade, but they were the lowest since a midnight in early December.
KUOW Newsroom Lowest tides in 13 years coming to Puget Sound Puget Sound should see its lowest tides in more than a decade on Wednesday and Thursday.
KUOW Newsroom Kelp has protected Samish people for millennia. Now it needs their help Scuba divers are heading underwater to help rescue one of the most important habitats in Puget Sound.
KUOW Newsroom Scientists race to rescue world’s fastest sea star from oblivion Scientists are racing to revive a critically endangered species that has succumbed to a mysterious underwater pandemic up and down the West Coast.
Rare whale that visited Seattle washes up dead in Canada A fin whale spotted off Seattle and Whidbey Island in January has washed up dead northwest of Vancouver, British Columbia.
KUOW Newsroom Seattle-bound cargo ship spills 90 shipping containers Nine of the spilled containers are carrying flammable lithium-ion batteries and are considered dangerous cargo.
KUOW Newsroom Cargo-spilling ship leaves Northwest, returns to Asia There’s still no sign of 105 shipping containers that the Zim Kingston lost during a storm off the Olympic Peninsula.
Think 85,000 invasive crabs is a lot? Wait 'til you see Vancouver Island While record numbers of green crabs were found near Bellingham last year, even more of the voracious European crabs have turned up just across Washington’s watery border with Canada.
KUOW Newsroom Sea level on steroids: Record tides flood Washington coastlines Some of the highest tides ever recorded hit Seattle and much of the Washington coast this week.
