February 12, 2018, 11:26am Northwest
A bill under consideration in the Legislature would prohibit Oregon pet stores from selling dogs purchased from breeders. Read story
February 11, 2018, 2:16pm Northwest
Cougars are far more social than previously thought, a Sequim scientist told a Peninsula College audience. Read story
February 9, 2018, 10:22am Life
Canadian figure skater Meagan Duhamel is hoping to win a gold medal in South Korea this month — though no prize could be more life-changing than her previous Pyeongchang souvenir. Read story
February 9, 2018, 6:02am Life
The two paleontologists dissolving rock cores more than 200 million years old were looking for freshwater algae. Instead, fragments of insect scales caught their eye — remnants that a report published recently in Science Advances identifies as the oldest evidence of butterflies and moths. Read story
February 9, 2018, 5:42am Business
You love your pet. He’s like your child after all. But the IRS doesn’t quite see it that way. The IRS takes the position that the money you spend on Fido or Fluffy is generally a personal expense. Your pet gives you pleasure like that latte you bought on your… Read story
February 9, 2018, 5:42am Health
Since last summer, the adult participants in the Giant Steps Canopy program have been getting to know Barney, Bazuka, Dixie, Thelma and Louise — all horses at Rich Harvest Farms near Sugar Grove, Ill., who were chosen to work with the adults who have autism. Read story
February 8, 2018, 6:03pm Life
A Florida woman says an airline told her to flush her hamster down an airport toilet because the emotional support rodent wasn’t allowed to fly with her. Read story
February 8, 2018, 9:43am Life
Gibbons Jimmy and Yoda, Max the Eurasian eagle owl and Bhanu the lion have stood up to be counted as London Zoo conducts its annual audit of creatures big and small. Read story
February 2, 2018, 1:17pm Northwest
With the number of endangered Puget Sound orcas at a 30-year low, state lawmakers want to protect the fish-eating killer whales that spend time in the inland waters of the Salish Sea. Read story
February 2, 2018, 6:05am Nation & World
Some polar bears in the Arctic are shedding pounds during the time they should be beefing up, a new study shows. It’s the climate change diet and scientists say it’s not good. Read story
