As countries vie for resources and shipping lanes, the U.S. has commissioned a new ice breaker. It could call Puget Sound home.

The plan seeks to fight against wildfires and threats to forest health, as well as increase protections for struggling salmon and orcas.

A degenerative eye disease that robs sufferers of sight as they age led Tina Marie Coles to UW's Dr. Jennifer Chao. She's searching for a cure that could eventually help millions.

A recently signed executive order looks to fast-track permitting for coal terminals.

The Bonneville Power Administration faces tough questions on how to protect salmon while providing electricity and water for local farms.

With fishery limits now set, attention turns to rebuilding "overfished" salmon runs and protecting Southern Resident orcas.

Believe it or not, land managers are using prescribed burns to restore forests and reduce the extra wood, sticks and needles that fuel megafires.

A Seattle photographer remembers his dad, a lunar cartographer.

When researchers from Pacific Northwest National Lab analyzed the atmosphere over the Amazon, they discovered how drastically we are changing pure air.

51 wildfires broke out in one week in March, and experts are looking to a 'perfect storm' of weather conditions for explanations.

A four-year investigation found companies in Oregon and Washington selling hardwoods illegally harvested from rainforests in Gabon and Congo.

While the newlyweds reunited on a Saturday morning in Tacoma for their wedding, they now face uncertainty of what's to come.

Harry Allen was an outlaw of a different sort.

While monitoring wildlife in the Washington wilderness, researcher Clint Robins found his athleticism was as important as his GRE score.

The Trump administration's lifting of restrictions on grazing in sage grouse habitat has excited ranchers and exasperated conservationists.