Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jude Apple, the research coordinator at Padilla Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, slowly sinks into the mudflats while ...

BAYVIEW — The Padilla Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve began its free summer aquarium tours Thursday where visitors can learn about sea creatures and feed anemones. During the tours, visitors ...

A new study that focuses on National Estuarine Research Reserves throughout the country estimates that the wetlands within the Padilla Bay estuary are 28% of what they once were. Reserve researchers ...

PADILLA BAY, Skagit County — At 9 o’clock on a brilliant July morning at Padilla Bay, the tide reached its lowest ebb of the day, revealing the largest eelgrass meadow in the contiguous United States.

BAY VIEW, Skagit County — On a cloudy Friday morning, a group of volunteers huddled on the shore of the Padilla Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, peering over Angelica Lucchetto’s shoulder at ...