Animals

Week In Review

Week in Review: convention center, gun violence, and bird flu

Bill Radke discusses the week’s news with Northwest News Network’s Anna King, political analyst and contributing columnist Joni Balter, and Insider’s Katherine Long.

KUOW Shorts

Neighbors: the Olympic Marmot

Washington state is known for its variety of flora and fauna. But when it comes to public adoration, it seems like one local animal has been a little jilted - the Olympic marmot. It's ironic, considering the fuzzy rodent was officially declared a state symbol in 2009. But what makes the marmot so worthy of a government distinction? Soundside producer Noel Gasca introduces us to a scientist and a citizen activist who tell us why, and what the process of getting state recognition for the Olympic marmot looked like.

KUOW Shorts

Neighbors: Sea Slugs

Without a boat or special gear, a lot of Puget Sounds’ iconic creatures - from orcas to Dungeness crabs - remain out of our everyday reach. But there is one little guy you can find most any day on your neighborhood dock: sea slugs, also known by their scientific name, nudibranchs. We go looking for sea slugs with Soundside producer Alec Cowan, Luan Roberts and Karin Fletcher.

Deadly flu hits Washington birds

Wildlife officials have found hundreds of dead snow geese around Washington’s Skagit Bay, suspected victims of highly pathogenic avian influenza: bird flu.

KUOW Newsroom

Murder kittens: outdoor cats take heavy toll on wildlife

Despite the wildlife hospital’s best efforts, 80 percent of cat-attack victims brought there do not survive.

Soundside

Could grizzly bears officially return to the North Cascades?

The last confirmed grizzly bear sighting in the North Cascades was in 1996. But that could change.

KUOW Newsroom

The case of the dying newts: an Olympic Peninsula mystery

I can’t tell you where I interviewed Max Lambert, but I can tell you what we saw. It wasn’t pretty.