The Mediterranean oak borer is native to Europe, western Asia and northern Africa. The insect tunnels beneath a tree’s bark, carrying with it a fungus that grows within the tree and blocks trees’ ability to take in water and nutrients.

Changing farming and ranching practices to store more carbon in the soil could be a promising strategy for reducing climate change in Oregon and beyond.

The Elliott State Forest took a big step recently on its way to becoming the country’s largest research forest, by finding a site for its headquarters.

The sudden mussel die-off seems to be happening mostly along the Pacific Northwest coast.

A game-bird hunting tradition offers a way for Oregonians to bond with family, friends and dogs.

Serious vision loss affects millions of Americans each year, and biological strategies are still decades away from restoring eyesight lost to macular degeneration. But University of Oregon researchers are looking to create an electronic solution — a bionic eye — that could restore people’s sight. They’re tapping into the world of fractal structures that will allow a retinal implant and a human brain to communicate with each other.

High-tech fire lookouts are now helping spot wildfires in Washington. This fire season, the state has installed cameras geared up with artificial intelligence.

Northwest researchers have discovered that turtle shells, of all things, can help track radioactive doses through time – like walking tree rings. Scientists say these heroes in a half shell could help with environmental monitoring at nuclear waste and fallout sites around the world.

A new study from the National Renewable Energy Energy Laboratory says closed-looped storage hydropower has the lowest carbon footprint than other renewable energy storage technologies like lithium-ion batteries.

The nest was a mainstay of Bend's Old Mill District, until it vanished this year. Juvenile ospreys may have gotten rambunctious.