June 3, 2016, 9:53am Life
When a 400-pound gorilla grabbed a 3-year-old boy at the Cincinnati Zoo, the sharpshooter who killed the ape wasn't from the police. Instead, the shooter was a specially trained zoo staffer on one of the many dangerous-animal emergency squads at animal parks nationwide. Read story
June 3, 2016, 9:51am Life
JOHANNESBURG -- In some parts of Africa, tourists and researchers routinely trek into the undergrowth to see gorillas in their natural habitat. There are no barriers and no enclosures, and the apes, many of whom are accustomed to people, sometimes move past first-time visitors frozen in place, their awe mingling… Read story
June 3, 2016, 6:06am Life
It’s hardly a dog’s life of just eating and sleeping for President Barack Obama’s pets, Bo and Sunny. Read story
June 3, 2016, 6:03am Life
Early this summer, crews at Glacier National Park will plow away the snow that leads to Logan Pass, where trails wind through fields of wildflowers. By July, masses of people will be driving and taking shuttle buses to the parking lot and visitors’ center at the top. Read story
June 2, 2016, 9:39pm Life
Fishmongers from Seattle’s iconic Pike Place Market tossed salmon to grizzly bears at the Woodland Park Zoo to help raise awareness about the animals. Read story
June 2, 2016, 11:07am Nation & World
The Cincinnati Zoo said Thursday it will re-open its gorilla exhibit next week with a higher, reinforced barrier after a 3-year-old boy got into the enclosure, leading to the primate’s fatal shooting. Read story
June 2, 2016, 6:06am Life
Everyone’s heard of Schrödinger’s cat, and if you’re not a physicist or a liar, you can probably admit that you don’t really get it. Well, hold onto your hats: A new study pushes the thought experiment into even stranger territory. Scientists gave the kitty a second box. If the infamous… Read story
June 2, 2016, 6:04am Business
Melissa Tatro’s “hobby farm” outside Seattle supports three pigs, 25 chickens and a bunch of honeybees. It has 25 fruit trees, 45 blueberry bushes and hundreds of vegetables. Read story
June 2, 2016, 6:03am Life
Aaron Thode, a research scientist at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in San Diego, believes he’s uncovered the key to the high-pitched “clicks” that make dolphin echolocation possible. And, well, it’s snot. Read story
June 1, 2016, 9:02pm Nation & World
Confusion and panic set in after a 3-year-old boy plunged into the Cincinnati Zoo’s gorilla exhibit, according to 911 recordings released Wednesday, with the boy’s mother pleading for help while repeatedly shouting at him: “Be calm!” Read story
