butter clam, a primal contest Puget Sound’s largest snail is well-equipped to win ... rip open a bag of barbecued potato chips. A vivid orange prize was soon stuck in each bird’s victorious ...

and one of the top predators in the Puget Sound’s seagrass bed ecosystems, is the moon snail. They are gigantic mollusks larger than the size of the average fist. Their soft body is so large ...

OLYMPIA, Wash. — The Washington State Department of Ecology says red algae blooms currently in the Puget Sound are harmless to people. Lab tests show the red-orange blooms are not the so-called ...

Climate Lab is a Seattle Times initiative that explores the effects of climate change in the Pacific Northwest and beyond. The project is funded in part by The Bullitt Foundation, CO2 Foundation ...

Unfazed by the cool temperatures and clouds, beachgoers searched for crabs, starfish and other marine life in tide pools and eelgrass beds normally covered by the cold waters of Puget Sound.