Outdoors

Invasion of the sea pickles: Common in warmer waters, now adapting to cooler Pacific Northwest

Tubular colonial jellies known as pyrosomes that arrived in 2014 along North America’s Pacific Northwest Coast appear to…

Outdoors

Birdwatching A 25-year quest finally succeeds!

I have been birding on the Peninsula and the Willapa Wildlife Refuge for many, many years. During this…

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Northwest cougar encounters on the rise

Northwesterners are hearing a lot about cougars lately. Since May, an extremely rare fatal attack in the Washington…

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Buoy 10 expected to start slow; run sizes about half average

With a run-size roughly half of the 10-year average, recreational anglers on the mainstem Columbia River will begin…

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Birdwatching Are our cedar waxwings late nesters?

The scientific literature suggests that cedar waxwings breed late in the year, coincident with the availability of summer…

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Super-low tides expose unfamiliar sights

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Keep dogs away from washed up jellyfish

LONG BEACH — Beachgoers on Saturday noticed an unusual number of jellyfish washed up on the Long Beach…

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Birds of summer: Still on the gravy train or independent?

Summer is a different time for us and for the birds. It requires a watchful eye to spy…

Outdoors

Birdwatching Bathing beauties: ‘The Rest of the Best!’

PENINSULA — The parade of the “bathing beauties” continues here at the north end of the Peninsula. Our…

Life

What makes a good farm dog?

CHINOOK — “A good farm dog does not chase the chickens, ducks, livestock or the resident barn cat,”…

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