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From its beginnings at a bucolic Canadian lake to shipwreck dangers at its mouth, the Columbia River has defined the region's history and culture.

The death of the whale at a Miami amusement park just before her planned release highlighted the species’ fraught relationship with humans.

People flocked to see a young orca lost in a river near Portland. Then she was killed, pickled and left in a tank on a mountainside.

The New Yorker's Elizabeth Kolbert says human ingenuity may offer some solutions.

Salmon in the Pacific Northwest have been on the decline. Two advocates tell how breaching the dams along the river could restore the population.

Iconic environmentalist Bill McKibben discusses the history of climate change, as well as the challenges and opportunities of the environmental movement.

A recent beluga whale sighting had Puget Sound agog. It wasn't the first time a whale visited a Northwest city.

We have a long history of wildfire in the PNW. But megafires are a new thing entirely.

Science journalist Michelle Nijhuis and philosopher Peter Singer discuss the complex relationship between people and the other creatures they rely on.

From sewage to milk to vaccinations, naysayers have always obstructed mandates and measures.