Although rattlesnakes are not widespread throughout the state, they have found suitable habitat throughout Washington. Western rattlesnake (oregano rattlesnake), also known as the North Pacific rattlesnake, spends most of its life without encountering humans. Despite its elusiveness, its range overlaps with popular recreational spots such as Sun Lakes Dry Falls State Park and the trails … Read more
Physicists have used machine learning approaches to uncover unexpected details about how particles interact within complex systems. Their research focuses on non-reciprocal forces, where one particle affects another particle differently and vice versa. The survey results are PNASthe result of a collaboration between experimental and theoretical physicists at Emory University. By combining a custom neural … Read more
(The Center Square) – Washington is inching closer to removing gray wolves from the list of endangered species. If wolves were to establish habitat in the Southern Cascades, they would meet all the criteria for Washington State to be delisted as an endangered species under state law. Wolves were almost completely eliminated from the state … Read more
A little-known federal agency that kills wild animals at the request of ranchers and farmers accidentally killed two federally protected wolves in southern Oregon last summer. The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife’s annual wolf population report, released Friday, reveals for the first time the accidental killing of gray wolves. It is only mentioned in … Read more
SACRAMENTO — A month after the public uproar over the euthanasia of a mother bear that mauled a resident in Monrovia, state lawmakers are considering mandating the use of non-lethal methods to allow wildlife and humans to coexist. Sen. Katherine Breakspear (D-Encinitas) said she believes the bears are dead, and the state’s decision to kill … Read more
When Franz Ingelfinger took over as Kalispell area biologist for the Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks four years ago, he kept hearing the same suggestions from hunters and outfitters. Find out what’s happening in the South Fork Flathead River drainage. “They were interested in my schooling and what was going on there,” Ingelfinger … Read more
Muon-catalyzed fusion is one of those strange concepts that holds enough promise to intrigue researchers, but stubbornly resists practical application. The central idea underlying this process is to replace the electrons in the hydrogen with heavier particles called muons, which draw the atomic nuclei so close together that nuclear fusion (a process that occurs at … Read more