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Nature and the Environment

  • News

    February 22, 2006

    Tons of Trouble

    Saving Puget Sound's endangered orcas won't be easy. Beyond toxins, harassment, and global warming, they face developer lawsuits and possibly those infamous Snake River dams.

  • News

    February 22, 2006

    The Elephant Turf War

    Humans are rushing to the aid of captive pachyderms, and Woodland Park Zoo is in the path of the stampede.

  • News

    December 14, 2005

    Clean-Energy Frenzy

    As the Northwest struggles with soaring fuel and electricity prices, corporate executives and entrepreneurs are joining politicians and activists to develop cleaner, smarter, and self-reliant energy sources.

  • Film

    June 29, 2005

    Luc Jacquet

    The director of March of the Penguins.

  • Film

    June 29, 2005

    Deep Blue

    Also: March of the Penguins, Me and You and Everyone We Know, and Shake Hands With the Devil: The Journey of Roméo Dallaire.

  • News

    February 16, 2005

    In Search of the Original 'Seattle'

    A naturalist conducts a botanical mystery tour—call it CSI: Seattle—scouring the modern city for clues of the landscape that greeted the first white settlers. Giant trees there were, but what else? From place-names to ancient groves, he traces the answers in our own backyards.

  • News

    October 1, 2003

    Burn the Forest for the Trees

    It's time for Smokey Bear to retire, for the good of the woods. But Forest Service momentum and Bush timber policy stand in the way.

  • News

    August 20, 2003

    A Dirty Job

    It's time for Smokey Bear to retire, for the good of the woods. But Forest Service momentum and Bush timber policy stand in the way.

  • Diversions

    July 23, 2003

    Energy Star-Struck

    The governments eco-seal of approval for green-leaning appliances has been so successful, its now hardly any help.

  • News

    June 11, 2003

    Whose Zoo?

    Woodland Park stumbles on the way to a more entertainment-oriented makeover.

  • News

    June 4, 2003

    Killer Mosquitoes

    West Nile Virus has arrived in the Northwest.

  • News

    April 16, 2003

    They Flew, Flew Away

    The feds might be forced to change the status of the spotted owl from threatened to endangered, further curtailing timber cutting.

  • News

    December 25, 2002

    Killer Logic

    Feds say no, but their own findings give reason to list local orcas as endangered.

  • News

    November 27, 2002

    WELCOME TO THE MONKEY HOUSE

    Seattle is home to 800 nonhuman primates, but the University of Washington won't let anyone see them. Here's why.

  • News

    October 9, 2002

    Finback Fini

    Seattle is home to 800 nonhuman primates, but the University of Washington won't let anyone see them. Here's why.

  • News

    October 2, 2002

    Overjoyed Orca

    Humans tame another stray killer whale.

  • News

    September 25, 2002

    Rats Redux

    Humans tame another stray killer whale.

  • News

    September 11, 2002

    Owl's Not Well Up North

    The northern spotted owl is disappearing from B.C., as well as Washington.

  • Diversions

    August 21, 2002

    Outdoorsman

    Squid Fever

  • News

    July 31, 2002

    FREE SPRINGER!

    But while the Northwest pulled together to save one sickly whale, the remaining Puget Sound orcas face an uncertain future.

  • News

    July 24, 2002

    Numbers of the Week

    But while the Northwest pulled together to save one sickly whale, the remaining Puget Sound orcas face an uncertain future.

  • News

    July 17, 2002

    Whale Madness

    But while the Northwest pulled together to save one sickly whale, the remaining Puget Sound orcas face an uncertain future.

  • News

    July 3, 2002

    Eight Is Enough

    But while the Northwest pulled together to save one sickly whale, the remaining Puget Sound orcas face an uncertain future.

  • News

    June 19, 2002

    The Stephen Kelley Affair

    Why UW's primate center hired a controversial vet, and why activists can't stop it.

  • News

    May 1, 2002

    Duwamish showdown

    Citizens' group is keeping a wary eye on the river's cleanup.

  • Diversions

    March 27, 2002

    The Pet Lady

    Citizens' group is keeping a wary eye on the river's cleanup.

  • News

    October 31, 2001

    Making baby elephants

    It took a lot more than a stork to bring Hansa. Now that she's turning 1, was it worth it?

  • Arts

    July 11, 2001

    Outward bound

    It's not just for the birds

  • News

    June 27, 2001

    Power battle

    Mayor Schell and environmentalists use a hearing to blast the Bush administration's energy policy.

  • News

    November 22, 2000

    Hungry Like a Wolf

    Endangered paws make an excellent cause

  • News

    November 22, 2000

    Pinup Prizes

    While the very idea may bug some folks, it'll please others

  • News

    October 18, 2000

    Pelting the trappers

    An animal rights initiative aims to outlaw "body-gripping" traps.

  • Arts

    October 11, 2000

    Dicking around

    Telling the tale of the Makah's search for the great gray whale.

  • News

    October 11, 2000

    Rotten to the gills

    KIRO-TV offers viewers a salmon documentary that's bought and paid for by the timber industry.

  • News

    September 27, 2000

    The bugs are back

    But this time "nuke 'em!" may not be such an easy call.

  • News

    July 26, 2000

    The Beast in your Backyard

    The battle against nuisance critters gets personal

  • Diversions

    June 28, 2000

    License to overkill

    The battle against nuisance critters gets personal

  • News

    June 21, 2000

    What do we do when wildlife is no longer wild?

    The battle against nuisance critters gets personal

  • News

    April 5, 2000

    Garden Events: April - June 2000

    The battle against nuisance critters gets personal

  • News

    March 8, 2000

    Nuke the moths!

    Ballard protests the Department of Agriculture's plan for aerial spraying to prevent a gypsy moth infestation.

  • News

    February 2, 2000

    A political circus

    Seattle gets set to ban performing animals while Ringling Bros. tries to show a kinder, gentler circus.

  • Arts

    October 27, 1999

    Insectisidedish

    Haute cuisine and the grasshopper.

  • Arts

    September 22, 1999

    Seeing the elephant

    What the circus tells us about our relationships with animals.

  • News

    June 16, 1999

    Torturing small animals

    What the circus tells us about our relationships with animals.

  • News

    May 26, 1999

    Whales and moans

    What the circus tells us about our relationships with animals.

  • News

    April 28, 1999

    Making a Moss

    Forget about fussing over grass—go for the carpet effect

  • News

    April 28, 1999

    Dead Ant, Dead Ant

    Don't wait! Exterminate!

  • News

    December 30, 1998

    Steller performance

    Using sea lions to attack Seattle's trawler industry.

  • News

    November 18, 1998

    Free Buddy

    The lose-lose war at Neah Bay.

  • News

    November 11, 1998

    Harpooning conspiracies

    Puncturing conspiracy theories about the Makahs.

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