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Sea urchins devouring kelp beds off Oregon coast have indirect, negative impact on local gray whales, OSU study finds

May 22, 2024

By MICHELLE KLAMPE/OSU News Service NEWPORT — A boom in the purple sea urchin population off the southern Oregon coast appears to have had an indirect and negative impact […]

OSU study says ocean heat waves disrupt complex food web benefiting some species, harming others

March 18, 2024

By MICHELLE KLAMPE/OSU News Service NEWPORT – Marine heat waves off the West Coast create ongoing and complex disruptions of the ocean food web that may benefit some species […]

Canadian company specializing in dinosaurs prepares massive blue whale skeleton for final migration to Newport

January 25, 2024

By DANA TIMS/YachatsNews Discovery nearly a decade ago of a dead blue whale on the southern Oregon coast drew flocks of sightseers and scientists, all curious to gape at […]