Fake service animals: real social consequences? Last week's viral story of an ersatz emotional support peacock sent waves of hilarity ricocheting across the internet and late night talk shows. But The... Adwoa Gyimah-Brempong Bill Radke
That fake emotional support peacock might cost you $250 This week a woman and her peacock were turned away from a cross-country flight. She'd pleaded that Dexter was an emotional support animal, to no avail.... Adwoa Gyimah-Brempong Bill Radke
Blue eyes, caramel wings and other crazy facts about crows Kaeli Swift specializes in corvid thanatology (translation: stuff crows do when they die). A PhD candidate at the University of Washington with a knack... Kaeli Swift
Jane Goodall: 'How is it possible the most intellectual species is destroying its own home?' Dr. Jane Goodall hasn’t been in one place for more than three weeks since October 1986. That’s when she says she went from being a scientist to an... John O'Brien
Snakes on an overpass: I-90 installs wildlife crossing near Snoqualmie Bill Radke speaks with Charlie Raines, director of the I-90 Wildlife Bridges Coalition, about the wildlife overpass that is being built east of... Matt Martin Bill Radke
Olympia neighbors band together to save great blue herons Booming development in the Pacific Northwest is pricing out a lot of residents. But one Olympia neighborhood has plans to protect some of its longtime... Casey Martin
We should just call them Washington's 'under-performing beetles' KUOW listener Tom Miller relocated to Seattle from Minnesota, looked around and wondered, “Where are all the mosquitos and fireflies? We brought... Matt Martin Bill Radke
What should we do about the goats in Olympic National Park? Bill Radke speaks with Rob Smith, the Northwest regional director of the National Parks Conservation Association, about the Olympic National Park's plan... Matt Martin Bill Radke
What it's like to perform surgery on a 450-pound gorilla Vip the gorilla needed emergency hernia surgery. Dr. Andrew S. Wright explains his process, from inspecting Vip in the smelly gorilla enclosure to... Bill Radke Shane Mehling
Why are potbellied pigs banned from Seattle schools? Louren Reed first saw the sign at Eckstein Middle School in north Seattle: “No dogs, cats, or pot bellied pigs.” Matt Martin