A simple coat of black paint on the white blade of a wind turbine could save countless birds from flying into the machines and to their deaths each year. It’s working in Norway, and now ...

PORTLAND — A new study finds the Oregon black oystercatcher breeding population is small but stable with only several hundred individuals. This distinctive bird is considered a Bird of Conservation ...

Hundreds of thousands of birds and bats die each year from hitting wind turbines. Now Oregon State University researchers are looking to reduce those collisions with a simple paint scheme. June 17 ...

Second, Oregon is planning to have new rules governing where you can fly by summer 2022, via Senate Bill 109, which recently passed the state Legislature and is awaiting Gov. Kate Brown’s signature.

A black glob of a tar-like substance washed up on an Oregon beach on Wednesday, May 22, 2024. (ODFW) These sightings coincide with reports of several birds smeared in black oil washed up on the ...

It’s working in Norway, and now OSU researchers are trying it in the U.S. West: Painting one of the three blades of a wind turbine black to cut bird mortality.

Though many birds leave Oregon in fall, others move here for the winter. And some shift from the mountains to the valleys or vice versa. Here are a few travelers to watch for.

CORVALLIS, Ore. (KTVZ) – Oregon State University researchers are part of a team looking at reducing bird collision risks with wind turbines by painting a single blade of the turbine black. Wind ...

It's a birds-and-bees kind of question that confronts a Southern Oregon wildlife organization: how to encourage some rare birds displaced by natural disasters to mate.

A black swan was found on the side of Interstate 5 in Portland and was rescued by motorists, but the bird was injured and had to be euthanized.