The Newell Road fire is at 40% containment. More residents have been placed under a Level 2 evacuation order, meaning they are on standby to leave.

“I do think we’re going to continue to see large fires crop up across the landscape,” said Matthew Dehr, a wildland fire meteorologist, during a news conference.

Deer have found refuge at the base of wind turbines in Washington state as wildfire scorched the ground around the area.

A wildfire in Klickitat County reached 30,000 acres Saturday morning, burning several structures in the process. People have been told to leave the area.

A new study of Puget Sound area women found chemicals from commonly used flame retardants in breast milk. Even when banned, the chemicals can linger in homes.

Officials cordoned off a portion of the coast near Cannon Beach to allow a cougar perched on Haystack Rock a safe escape route on Sunday.

The Columbia Basin pygmy rabbit population, nestled in recovery sites north of Crescent Bar and Ephrata, was spared from the Baird Springs fire.

As marine heat waves have become more common and intense, so have massive seabird die-offs. More frequent heat waves may not give populations time to recover.

The Pioneer Square habitat beach, first dreamt up about a decade ago, is a 200-foot-long stretch of sand, rocks and native plants and shrubs like nootka rose and dunegrass.

The Center for Whale Research spotted the two calves in the Strait of Georgia on Friday. The center says the babies are at least 2 months old.