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Bison-Tossed Grandpa Now Speaks: He's OK
3+ hour, 54+ min ago (376+ words) That's a heck of a guy, right there. Mr. McDaniel, who has now earned his Man Card for the rest of his life, is banged up but, as we learned on Monday, is resting well despite his injuries and reached…...
Wyoming’s Golden Eagles Now Facing Extinction Risk From Wind Farms
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (390+ words) File this one under "unintended but entirely foreseeable consequences." In Wyoming, a group that monitors the populations of eagles and other raptors is sounding a warning: The Cowboy State's population of Golden Eagles (Aquila chrysaetos) is crashing, having dropped by…...
Yellowstone Tourist Provides Object Lesson: Leave Big Critters Alone
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (301+ words) In this latest such episode, the tourist in question was in Yellowstone National Park when she tried to get too close to a bison. The bison, being a bison prone to doing bison things, charged to scare her off. Scared…...
Alaska Bear Cull Now Faces Emergency Court Halt
2+ mon, 5+ day ago (422+ words) Alaska is a very different place from almost anywhere in the lower 48. The size and wild nature of much of the Great Land mean that many of the people, mostly Natives, who live out in the bush communities depend, as…...
Alaska Man Monday: Sad Case Involving Dogs, and a Dumb Crook
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (418+ words) Two things today, coming off of what was a chilly, wet Alaska weekend. First, the news from the Great Land isn’t always good. In this case, it’s saddening and angering, especially if you’re a dog person. A Mat-Su woman whose…...
Alaska Man Monday: Instructive Otters and a JBER Bear Attack
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (362+ words) Now then: Who better than an otter to teach Alaska kids how to float? Grogan said the in-pool events are designed for children ages 3 to 6, but there is not a strict age cutoff. “If they’re older, that’s fine. If they’re…...
Things I Didn’t Think I'd Be Writing About Today: A 6-Foot Statue Honoring Magawa the Hero Rat
3+ mon, 1+ day ago (694+ words) There are certain things I don’t imagine writing about when I sit down at the computer to cover the news. After all, we’ve got Swalwell, we’ve got Hormuz, we’ve got Iran, we’ve got all sorts of things going on. But…...
California's Nutria Nightmare: Someone Really Likes These 20-Pound Rats
3+ mon, 1+ day ago (389+ words) Now there's a new wave of immigrants, and they are something different: An invasion of 20-pound aquatic rodents. California is under invasion from a 20-pound rodent once believed to have been eradicated from the state – and officials now fear humans…...
Bahamas 'Cocaine Sharks' Now Testing Positive for Cocaine and Caffeine
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (396+ words) First, it was cocaine hippos. Then it was a cocaine bear. Now it's cocaine sharks. Sharks in the Bahamas are testing positive for the devil's dandruff and caffeine, and it's not as though they are being deliberately dosed with snow…...
Smithsonian’s Bold New Bronze Bison Tribute to America’s Wild Heart for Her 250th Anniversary
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (431+ words) Three bison statues cast in bronze have taken up a permanent display outside the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History in Washington. The pieces — which are larger than real-life bison — made their public debut in the nation’s capital on Friday....