Environment

Wildlife officials are asking pet stores in Washington and Idaho to be cautious after a highly invasive species was discovered hitching a ride on a popular aquarium item in Renton earlier this month. 

A small beetle with the capability of wiping out an entire species of trees has been spotted in the Pacific Northwest, and officials are warning the public to be on the lookout.

Mt. Jupiter is burning, with smoke spreading through the Olympic National Forest and down to the banks of Hood Canal.

Coastal tribes in the Pacific Northwest experience some of the most severe effects of climate change — from rising seas to severe heat — but face an array of bureaucratic barriers to access government funds meant to help them adapt, a report released Monday found.

Crews are working to clear a stretch of roadway in the North Cascades after Sunday's rainfall triggered a mudslide.

A Bellingham boater was caught on camera driving through a pod of killer whales, and nearly striking an orca within moments of it leaping out of the water.

A humpback whale missing its tail has been spotted in Washington's Salish Sea.

Electric vehicle rebates of up to $9,000 combined with federal credit will make leasing certain EV models under $100 a month.

Hundreds of wildfires burning across the western U.S. and Canada are spewing dense smoke that is being carried hundreds, if not thousands, of miles away.

Monday’s scorching temperatures were yet another heat record broken in the past couple of years.

A "localized hydrothermal explosion" sent debris and steam skyward, prompting visitors to run away to safety.

Reports show over the past century and a half bull kelp in the region has declined 90%, but a new partnership with the Squaxin Island Tribe looks to protect these critical marine habitats

The grants were secured through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and the Inflation Reduction Act.