Puget Sound suffers as homeowners wall off natural shoreline In Seattle's King County, property owners have walled off most of the shoreline with concrete bulkheads and other heavy infrastructure. Along Hood Canal... John Ryan
Is there really a giant octopus under the Tacoma Narrows Bridge? Douglass Brown was 15 when he saw a giant tentacle emerge from Puget Sound. He was in Tacoma, walking down the beach with a girl he liked. Then he... Cathy Duchamp
When You Flush, You’re Drugging Salmon In Puget Sound Bill Radke speaks with Joel Baker, science director of the Center for Urban Waters at the University of Washington Tacoma, about a recent study that... Bill Radke Matt Martin
Warming Oceans Linked To Increased Sea Star Deaths Bill Radke speaks with University of Puget Sound biologist Joel Elliot about his recent study that links a virus known as sea star wasting syndrome that... Bill Radke Matt Martin
Stop Calling It 'The' Puget Sound When someone claiming to be a Seattleite tells you not to carry an umbrella, don’t listen. Umbrellas are practical, and they prevent you from getting... Bill Radke Amina Al-Sadi
Puget Sound Salmon Losing, Jellyfish Winning Puget Sound is going through a lot of changes. And a trend we reported on earlier this year has accelerated: Salmon are losing while jellyfish are... Joshua McNichols
Why Did Puget Sound Crabs Shed Their Shells Early? David Hyde asks Rich Childers, Puget Sound shellfish manager for the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, why the recreational Dungeness crab... David Hyde
Getting Hickies And Wisdom From A Giant Pacific Octopus Imagine for a moment a sentient being that’s radically unlike a human: No bones, numerous limbs that can “taste” you, a slimy body that can squirt... Marcie Sillman Hannah Burn
Go Undercover With Northwest Shellfish Detectives OLYMPIA, Wash. – A man and woman drive a blue pickup to the back of a Chinese restaurant. A man approaches them with a scale as the woman pulls a bag... Katie Campbell | EarthFix
Northwest Food Foragers: Have You Jigged For Squid Yet? Jeannie Yandel talks with Elaina Jorgensen, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's cephalopod expert, about squidding as a new hobby and what... Hannah Burn Jeannie Yandel
