In a wetland near the banks of the Deschutes River, Jennifer O’Reilly stepped cautiously into half a foot of water in search of an elusive creature whose small size belies its importance. Crouching in ...

Brome McCreary was right on time. The wildlife biologist with the U.S. Geological Survey had arrived at a rendezvous location in the Deschutes National Forest to pick up precious cargo and take it to ...

An Oregon spotted frog in Deschutes County, OR. (Marcus Rehrman/United States Geological Survey via Courthouse News) An Oregon spotted frog in Deschutes County, OR. A U.S. Forest Service plan to ...

The Fish and Wildlife Service has finalized plans to recover a threatened Oregon frog and an endangered Missouri fish. More than a $1 billion difference separates the cost estimates in the Fish and ...

Greer, 45, and Delp, 47, admit that they had never heard of the Oregon spotted frog — or even recall taking biology in school — but the results of their 85-cent-per-hour job has stunned researchers.

After six years and thousands of euthanized bullfrogs, a campaign to control the invasive species in the Upper Deschutes Basin is starting to show results. The number of bullfrogs visible in pools of ...

BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The U.S. Department of the Interior announced this week more than $51 million in funding from President Biden’s Investing in America agenda for 18 projects in eight states to ...