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Where to see the total lunar eclipse this weekend
Amid the hype about a “super blood wolf moon,” there's a legitimately interesting celestial event coming: a total lunar eclipse, which occurs when the sun,...
Reader’s Lens | Reflections under a busy bridge
Seattle Times reader Michael Uschold captured a quiet moment under the I-90 bridge.
Goodbye, clear skies: Dense fog Tuesday morning will lead to clouds, then rain
After Tuesday morning's fog in some parts of the Puget Sound area, rain is expected to return Wednesday or Thursday.
New orca calf seen among Puget Sound’s critically endangered killer whales
The J, K and L pods have not had a successful pregnancy in three years. Scientists caution the new calf might not survive, meeting the...
As U.S. parks go understaffed, people are destroying California’s protected Joshua trees
"I don't care if you're a Democrat or Republican, what's going on at Joshua Tree National Park is a travesty to this nation," one person...
Ocean warming is accelerating faster than thought, new research finds
A new analysis finds that the oceans are heating up 40 percent faster on average than a U.N. panel estimated five years ago. “2018 is...
U.S. orders refuges, including Nisqually in Washington state, to staff for hunters and others despite shutdown VIEW
The partial restaffing of 38 wildlife refuges is angering wildlife groups, who accuse the Trump administration of trying to minimize the public impact of the...