4+ hour, 30+ min ago  (880+ words) Like many of their generation in the south, Tonya and Larry Smith, both 69, commissioned oil paintings depicting each of their six grandchildren, the girls wearing frilly dresses, the boys in slacks. But only one portrait currently hangs in their Valdosta,…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago  (651+ words) The work to restore fishers to Western Washington seems to be paying off, with the small carnivores exploring new habitat and finding a way to make a living in places where they were once trapped to extinction. Jeff Lewis, the…...

3+ day, 17+ hour ago  (691+ words) It was supposed to be a joke. And, boy, were people interested. "It was, like, potentially over a thousand requests," Gunn told the Washington Post. "I can't even scroll to see them all." But since he's started offering his "labvertisements,…...

6+ day, 10+ hour ago  (194+ words) Two new furry friends are joining former President Joe Biden's family. The Biden family adopted two black Lab mixes on Tuesday from Rescue DOG & End of Life Sanctuary in Tennessee, the organization said in a social media post alongside a…...

6+ day, 15+ hour ago  (536+ words) If you've been watching the goings-on at your backyard feeder, you may have noticed: Birds become bullies in spring. They played nice during winter. But now they're squabbling, lunging and chasing each other away. Sometimes they intimidate by expanding their…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (1198+ words) Few things upset Merlin the pig more than being denied a treat. He will press a purple button with his nose that says "I'm mad" aloud. Sometimes he will walk into the laundry room and angrily shut the door with…...

1+ week, 23+ hour ago  (1230+ words) Life's misfortunes are often written on a body's bones. The fall from a wall that cracked a construction worker's skull. That whitewater canoe trip when your friend's finger was smashed between the gunnel and a boulder. The tyrannosaurus tooth lodged…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (549+ words) Dr. Universe: Why are butterflies considered a pest by some farmers? " Opemipo, 11, Texas We usually think of adult butterflies. Those fluttery insects flit from flower to flower. They sip nectar and move pollen. They're beneficial insects. They help plants and…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (621+ words) Standing 4 feet tall, covered in stately gray feathers and wearing a red skull-cap, some 30,000 sandhill cranes have converged in Eastern Washington, just as they do each spring. While here, they fatten up and rest before continuing their northward migration. And…...

2+ week, 19+ hour ago  (838+ words) Otis Orchards resident John Sahr wanted to put a memorial bench dedicated to his friend, Kerry Brown, in the county's first off-leash dog park. It's where they became friends and eventually roommates. Brown was homeless when they first met at…...