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Wildlife

  • Blogs

    January 31, 2012

    Dangerous Times For Puget Sound Sea Lions; Rash of Killings Prompts Reward Offer

    ​NOAA investigators are mystified as to why eight California sea lions -- seven of them with bullet fragments in their carcass -- have washed up on south Puget Sound shores since Dec. 1. "This is quite unusual, and we don't know what's happening -- and we want to know," NOAA Fisheries Brian Go ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 16, 2012

    Rep. Norm Dicks Wants to Put a Stranglehold on Burmese Pythons

    Burmese pythons are multiplying and spreading at an alarming rate. There are tens of thousands of them in Florida, alone. They've swamped the Everglades. They turn up in backyard pools. Voracious, mammal-eating reptiles, these slithering behemoths can grow up to 20 feet long. And U.S. Rep. Norm Dick ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 6, 2011

    Bug Chef Serves Mealworm Brioche and Cricket Orzo at Insect Feast Tomorrow Night

    ​Insect-eating was odd and icky, until a pair of Dutch entomologists began touting the practice as a way to save the world. According to an op-ed essay published last February in the Wall Street Journal, insects require less feed, less water and less space than conventional livestock - and pr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 30, 2011

    Spotted-Owl Plan Announced by Obama Admin Goes Too Far, Say Loggers; Not Far Enough, Say Conservationists

    ​Today President Obama continued his knack for finding a controversial topic, splitting the difference between sides, and not satisfying anyone. The new plan for protecting the endangered northern spotted owl was released by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and the reaction so far is tha ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 9, 2011

    Watch This Family of Canadian Geese Get a Police Escort on I-90 (VIDEO)

    ​We're not sure how this mother goose and her goslings got onto I-90. But we do know how they got off.

  • Blogs

    May 5, 2011

    Northern Gray Wolves Removed From Federal Endangered-Species List--Idaho Immediately Schedules Hunt

    ​That didn't take long.

  • Blogs

    April 11, 2011

    Puffins: More Delicious Than a Box of Penguins

    ​Cereal Philanderer is a weekly feature in which Jason Sheehan talks about cereal more than he probably should. Cereal du Jour: Puffins, America's favorite Icelandic-waterfowl-based cereal. History: I swear to God, I am taking this straight from the Barbara's Bakery website: "We got the name ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 17, 2011

    Beaver Bloodbath in Mill Creek: Seven Dead Animals Clog Road

    ​Wildlife experts say they've never seen anything like it. An entire family of beavers turned into roadkill near the corner of 132nd St. SE and 35th Ave. SE in Mill Creek made the intersection look like it was "strewn with dogs."

  • Blogs

    February 7, 2011

    Federal Plan to Save Spotted Owl: Shoot Barred Owl

    ​The phrase "Robbing Peter to pay Paul" comes to mind when considering a new plan by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to save the endangered Northern spotted owl.

  • Blogs

    November 1, 2010

    Teddi the Dog Killed by Poison Cat Food Meant for Otters

    ​KING 5 is up with a story about Teddi, the black Pomeranian dog that was killed over the weekend after eating strychnine-laced cat food left on the dock at Elliott Bay Marina. The poison was apparently left to kill otters that climb into boats and shit everywhere. The dog's death is tragic, b ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 21, 2010

    Bear Expert Steve Herrero Says Attacks Are On the Rise

    ​If it feels like more people than usual have been mauled by bears lately (most recently Bellevue City Councilmember John Chelminiak who survived a black bear attack outside his family's cabin near Lake Wenatchee ) that's because its true. "Overall there has been an increase in bear attacks, b ... More >>

  • Calendar

    September 16, 2009

    Paul Bannick

    ​If it feels like more people than usual have been mauled by bears lately (most recently Bellevue City Councilmember John Chelminiak who survived a black bear attack outside his family's cabin near Lake Wenatchee ) that's because its true. "Overall there has been an increase in bear attacks, b ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 6, 2009

    Don't Eat That Dolphin!

    ​The acclaimed enviro-doc The Cove (review) opens Friday at the Egyptian. Its director, Louie Psihoyos, came to town for SIFF in May to talk about his film, which has been drawing gasps and accolades from Sundance to Cannes. In addition to being a filmmaker and diver, Psihoyos is executive dir ... More >>

  • Film

    August 5, 2009

    [PICK] The Cove: You’ll Never Eat Dolphin Again!

    ​The acclaimed enviro-doc The Cove (review) opens Friday at the Egyptian. Its director, Louie Psihoyos, came to town for SIFF in May to talk about his film, which has been drawing gasps and accolades from Sundance to Cannes. In addition to being a filmmaker and diver, Psihoyos is executive dir ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 7, 2009

    World Turtle Day Is Fast Approaching

    Washington is home to a small number of Western Pond Turtles, cute little creatures that have been on the state's endangered species list since 1992. (They failed to make the federal list in 1993.) The Department of Fish & Wildlife runs a "head start" program, whereby baby Western Pond Turtles spen ... More >>

  • Film

    April 22, 2009

    Earth: We Demand More Ducklings!

    Washington is home to a small number of Western Pond Turtles, cute little creatures that have been on the state's endangered species list since 1992. (They failed to make the federal list in 1993.) The Department of Fish & Wildlife runs a "head start" program, whereby baby Western Pond Turtles spen ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 11, 2009

    Paul Bannick

    Washington is home to a small number of Western Pond Turtles, cute little creatures that have been on the state's endangered species list since 1992. (They failed to make the federal list in 1993.) The Department of Fish & Wildlife runs a "head start" program, whereby baby Western Pond Turtles spen ... More >>

  • News

    January 14, 2009

    Woodland Park Zoo Scolded By Friends of Elephants

    Zoo: Don’t all elephants have herpes?

  • Blogs

    January 7, 2009

    Twittering for Food, Hunting for the Ecosystem, and Other Food News

    I dedicate this food news roundup to the future. Because there's nothing quite so awful as the present:Tweating Out by Katharine Shilcutt (Houston Press blog): Not pronounced like "sweat," "TwEATup" is a Twitter-based service in Houston that allows you to post a tweet and find a dinner partner -- in ... More >>

  • Calendar

    December 3, 2008

    Paul Bannick

    I dedicate this food news roundup to the future. Because there's nothing quite so awful as the present:Tweating Out by Katharine Shilcutt (Houston Press blog): Not pronounced like "sweat," "TwEATup" is a Twitter-based service in Houston that allows you to post a tweet and find a dinner partner -- in ... More >>

  • Calendar

    November 12, 2008

    Paul Bannick: The Owl and the Woodpecker

    I dedicate this food news roundup to the future. Because there's nothing quite so awful as the present:Tweating Out by Katharine Shilcutt (Houston Press blog): Not pronounced like "sweat," "TwEATup" is a Twitter-based service in Houston that allows you to post a tweet and find a dinner partner -- in ... More >>

  • News

    October 8, 2008

    The Lost Cats of Poverty Gulch

    Felines and their owners struggle to survive along Seattle’s wildest corridor.

  • Blogs

    August 8, 2008

    Chai's Miscarriage

    Felines and their owners struggle to survive along Seattle’s wildest corridor.

  • Music

    August 6, 2008

    Touch Me, I’m Going to Scream

    Taking sides in the Ballard panda controversy.

  • Blogs

    June 5, 2008

    Murderer on the Loose in Ballard

    Taking sides in the Ballard panda controversy.

  • Blogs

    May 12, 2008

    There's No Such Thing As a Free Lunch

    Taking sides in the Ballard panda controversy.

  • News

    February 13, 2008

    Ten Questions Before You Participate in Bunny Rescue Month

    You won't all be ready to take one home.

  • Blogs

    February 5, 2008

    Month of the Lepus!

    You won't all be ready to take one home.

  • Food

    January 30, 2008

    Do I Taste Worse Than Jin Yang Silkworm Pupa?

    I don’t have a ready vocabulary to describe what’s taking place inside my mouth.

  • Blogs

    January 17, 2008

    Bush to Fish: Drop Dead

    I don’t have a ready vocabulary to describe what’s taking place inside my mouth.

  • Calendar

    January 9, 2008

    Mirah and Spectratone International Present “Share This Space”

    Wednesday, January 9

  • Calendar

    November 28, 2007

    Seattle Aquarium Family Day

    Take a lesson from something with no backbone, go figure

  • Blogs

    November 13, 2007

    One for the Mammals

    Take a lesson from something with no backbone, go figure

  • Arts

    October 10, 2007

    "Shu: Reinventing Books in Contemporary Chinese Art"

    Take a lesson from something with no backbone, go figure

  • Blogs

    April 2, 2007

    Press Release of the Week

    Take a lesson from something with no backbone, go figure

  • Diversions

    September 20, 2006

    Lord Zoltar, 1950–2006

    Remembering a killer zebra regarded as the Idi Amin of Michigan's Upper Peninsula.

  • Film

    May 17, 2006

    Over the Hedge

    Opens at Metro and others theaters, Fri., May 19. Rated PG. 96 minutes.

  • News

    March 1, 2006

    The Elephant Turf War

    "...[P]eople are not inspired by seeing unhealthy, neurotic elephants in tiny zoo enclosures."

  • 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.

  • 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

    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 11, 2002

    Owl's Not Well Up North

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

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