In this monthly rundown from OPB, “All Science. No Fiction.” creator Jes Burns features the most interesting, wondrous and hopeful science coming out of the Pacific Northwest.

Colder temperatures moving into Oregon in the coming days could help with building, maintaining snowpack. “Below 4,000 feet, some of that snow has melted off and so we don’t have quite as much snow as we typically do this time of the year,” says a National Weather Service meteorologist.

The federal government, states of Oregon and Washington, along with private companies, are interested in developing and commercializing renewable hydrogen to cut greenhouse gas emissions, create new jobs and help decarbonize the energy grid.

After a dead sperm whale washed ashore on Oregon's coast last weekend, officials needed to not only determine a cause of death, but also what to do with the 40-foot carcass.

Crook County is the only one in Oregon still experiencing "exceptional drought" conditions.

A wildlife conservation group has warned two federal agencies that they intend to sue over what they call a “flawed” and “incomplete” habitat plan that endangers a regional amphibian.

A request to list several populations of Chinook salmon as endangered was approved for review by the National Marine Fisheries Service this week. One population lives along the Oregon Coast and the other farther south along the Oregon-California border.

Oregon officials have approved the killing of two wolves in a new pack they say has attacked calves in the northeastern part of the state

Reporter’s Notebook: Why would someone shed warm clothes and step into painfully cold water? In reporting a story for Oregon Field Guide, I had to find that answer by taking the plunge.

Open Slopes PDX is getting people of color into the historically white-dominated world of winter sports.