The report identifies more than 7,000 species of fungi, lichens, plants, seaweed, bugs, fish, amphibians, birds and mammals in the Puget Sound region extending from the Cascades to the Olympic ...

Two shark species documented in Puget Sound for the first time by OSU researchers Jessica Schulte/OSU Lisa Hillier of the Washington Department of Fish and Wildllife with a broadnose sevengill shark.

Not only is finding a new species in Puget Sound notable, Personius said but it’s also a reason to figure out why they might be in the area. One reason could be rising marine temperatures, he said.

Overfishing has left the species critically endangered. The scientists' soupfin sighting brought the number of known shark species in Puget Sound to 11, according to reporting from KUOW.

CORVALLIS, Oregon – Oregon State University researchers have made the first scientific confirmation in Puget Sound of two distinct shark species, one of them critically endangered.

PUGET SOUND, Wash. — Researchers from Oregon State University recently made the first scientific confirmation of two "distinct shark species" in Puget Sound, one of which is critically endangered.

These new species designations, emerging since the 1970s, are sure to be just the beginning, as scientists learn more about other killer whales. “It’s an important first step,” said Durban ...