coyotes

The Olympic marmot is endemic to the Olympic Peninsula — it is found nowhere else in the world. Now, the federal government is considering listing it as an endangered species.

Nighttime coyote sightings are not uncommon in Western Washington. But a recent bump in reports of daytime encounters has some Seattle residents near Volunteer Park and the Washington Park Arboretum concerned.

In the last few months, some Tacomans have embraced an unlikely mascot: a mangey, disfigured coyote.

The slowdown of daily life under stay-at-home orders because of the coronavirus has many of us feeling more connected to nature. We hear more birdsong in…