In honor of Critter of the Month's tenth birthday, let's explore the world of one of Puget Sound's most graceful ten-legged ...

The Navy has begun a $145 million overhaul of the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard’s “electrical backbone,” the first step in preparing Naval Base Kitsap to homeport the new USS John F. Kennedy ...

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers began clearing Puget Sound rivers in the 1880s, and between 1890 and 1910 removed from the Skagit an average of 3,000 snags a year.

The Puget Sound Estuarium and Deschutes Estuary Restoration Team (DERT) are working on the critters and plants that will inhabit the future estuary.

Puget Sound as a whole ranked 34th and Seattle’s Matthews Beach ... and issues advisories when it detects problems such as algae ... closures and advisories via an online interactive map.

Box 1. Effects of algal toxins. A suite of naturally occurring dinoflagellate species (including Alexandrium spp., Gonyaulax spp., among others) produce potent saxitoxins (STX) that can lead to ...

Kelp forest. Edmonds Underwater Sports, a local business near the park, rents snorkel and scuba gear. You can hire a guide there to take you on a tour of the park or buy a map for $10 that goes ...

Lurking within the deep, blue waters that lap along the Washington state coastline and into the Puget Sound, algal blooms burst in colorful explosions when the sun shines across the surface ...

The temperature of water in Puget Sound on Thursday, according to satellite readings from NOAA, was just over 51 degrees, even though the sun was shining and outside temperatures closed in on 80 ...

Here’s the problem: Human sewage discharged to Puget Sound still contains pollution, including nitrogen. Excess nitrogen worsens algae blooms that can reduce the amount of available oxygen in ...

In South Puget Sound, some kelp forests have declined by up to 90%, endangering ecological and economic resources. But to bring kelp back and keep existing forests alive, the secrets of the Salish ...