The Pacific Northwest is home to a group of rare species you’ve probably never heard of. Their name alone might horrify or delight you: jumping slugs. Environmentalists and the federal government are ...
A new species of jumping slug has been discovered in the coldest glades of the Selkirk Mountains. It was named Hemphillia skadei, or Skade’s jumping slug, after a girl likely to experience significant ...
Environmental groups sought endangered species protection for 32 species of Pacific Northwest snails and slugs Thursday, saying some of the little-known organisms are known from only a single site ...
Environmental groups sought endangered species protection for 32 species of Pacific Northwest snails and slugs Thursday, saying some of the little-known organisms are known from only a single site ...
Volunteers are needed to help with the Multi-species Baseline Initiative. One of the tasks is searching through bags of collected leaf litter for snails and slugs. For information on volunteering, ...
Conservationists are suing the federal government to protect a rare species that live in Oregon and Washington state. KUOW's John Ryan tells us more about jumping slugs and their importance to the ...
Sometime ago, a logger called asking for an appraisal of Forest Service timber he planned to harvest in the Columbia River Basin. It took a week or so to provide an answer. A few years later he called ...