Washington State

Exploring Washington State’s Nature (underwater)

The sunflower sea star, Pycnopodia helianthoides is an endangered species.  It’s the largest and fastest “starfish” in the world.  Wait, science no longer calls any species a starfish, because they are not fish, hence, they are now called sea stars.  Sunflower sea stars were once common along the central and northern Eastern Pacific, but a […]

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Exploring Washington State’s Nature (Topside)

Within the Puget Sound, 14 population groups of salmon are considered a threatened or an endangered species.   After living in the ocean for several years, salmon return to the same creek where they were born, to spawn, lay eggs and die.  When salmon return to their natal creek, it’s a called a “salmon run”.  The

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