Washington state teems with curious plants and creatures making headlines. At Point Defiance Zoo, visitors can spot a rare blooming artichoke agave and meet a newborn Malayan tapir that sports ...

You’ve heard the slogans: save the whales, protect our pollinators. You may have lamented the decline of polar bears or the last of the northern white rhinos. But scientists are only beginning to ...

If you love the romantic look of ivy growing on the side of a home, it's best that you don't move to Washington state. First introduced to the U.S. by European immigrants in the late 1800s, English ...

It will soon be illegal in Washington to buy or sell English ivy, the fast-growing, climbing vine that can weaken and kill trees and overtake native plants. The Washington State Department of ...

OLYMPIA, Wash. - The Washington State Department of Agriculture (WSDA) has updated its Noxious Weed Seed and Plant Quarantine list to include 19 new plant species. The newly added plants include ...