Imagine having a daylong Thanksgiving feast every day for a month, then, only pauper’s rations the rest of the year.  University of Washington researchers have discovered Dolly Varden, a kind of trout, eating just that way in Alaska’s Chignik Lake watershed.  Read more about this research in UW Today. 

As the Elwha continues to find is natural path and flush downstream the sediment trapped behind the dam’s concrete walls, scientists are noticing major changes.  Read more about what they’re seeing in the Seattle Times. 

There’s more sediment and more wood than expected coming out of the Elwha River as the Elwha dams are taken down — causing more than a few surprises.  Read more about this in the Seattle Times. 

The scorpion was found in the Santa Catalina Mountains near Tucson and is named after the University of Washington post-doctoral scholar Robert Bryson, who spotted the arachnid in the mountains and sent the samples to be identified.  Read more about this new discovery in USA Today. 

With a grant from the EPA, a group of researchers and students at UW is experimenting with ways to capture fog and wring out its moisture for irrigation and other uses in Peru.  Read about this project in the Seattle Times.