Environment Grizzlies in the North Cascades: Do we want them back? A captive grizzly bear at Washington State University's Bear Center. Before hibernating, grizzly bears can put on 10 pounds a day. by Courtney Flatt for EarthFix / February 13, 2017
Tech Robot cars: panacea or plague? Driverless cars could make air pollution worse and cost the city millions in lost revenue, according to a new study. by Samantha Larson / March 29, 2017
Politics Tribes could lose big with EPA cuts Tribal environmental programs, like water quality monitoring, could be hard hit under proposed cuts to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. by Courtney Flatt for EarthFix / March 13, 2017
Environment Birth defects a mystery in Eastern Washington Sally Garcia Acosta shows her son Daniel, 3, photos of his sister. Maria Rosario Perez died from anencephaly, which is affecting three Eastern Washington counties at four times the national average. by Courtney Flatt for EarthFix / May 14, 2017
Environment Attention: the public octopus sex act has been cancelled “Sometimes they’ll ‘hang out’ with each other for an hour,” says the Seattle Aquarium’s Tim Carpenter. “Sometimes it’s 12 hours.” by Samantha Larson / February 12, 2016
Politics Mini microscope could detect cancer right in the operating room by Samantha Larson / January 31, 2016
Politics Don't freak, but sinkholes have opened up all over Seattle The Great Ravenna Sinkhole of 1957 by Samantha Larson / January 24, 2016
Environment Climate scientists take their message to the slopes by Samantha Larson / January 14, 2016
Environment Do local orcas need a room of their own? A female orca in L pod, born in 1995, rears her head in Boundary Pass. by Samantha Larson / January 5, 2015