Over the past half-century, North America has lost more than a quarter of its entire bird population, or around 3 billion birds. That’s according to a new estimate published in the journal Science by researchers who brought together a variety of information that has been collected on 529 bird species since 1970. “We saw …
In this photo taken June 8, 2018, craft donut shop owner Amy Pruchnic, right, talks with an employee at her busy new store in downtown Spokane, Wash. SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Ramsey and Amy Pruchnic lived in the Seattle area for five years before deciding they wanted to escape the …
June 19 (UPI) — New tests confirm the Anzick-1 remains and the artifacts recovered from Montana’s Clovis burial site are the same age. The remains of a human infant were first discovered at the Anzick site by construction workers in 1968. Some archaeologists argued the infant represented the only known burial …
New maps seek to update the historical range of our continent’s toughest canids, which have thrived as other predators experienced decline. Coyotes are excellent colonizers. They breed fast, eat almost anything and live just about anywhere. You can find them in fields, forests, backyards, parks and even parking decks. They’re living in cities like Los …
“The findings of these fluted spear points provide archaeological evidence supporting new genetic models explaining how humans colonized the New World,” researcher Heather Smith said. April 3 (UPI) — New analysis of ancient spear points suggests the first people to settle North America took the Pacific coastal route, while the interior …
FILE – In this Aug. 7, 2017 file photo, is an overview of the Presidio Terrace neighborhood in San Francisco. SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Residents of an exclusive San Francisco neighborhood who failed to pay taxes on their private, gated street for two decades got the street back Tuesday after …
In this Oct. 30, 2017 photo, Dave Chung, who says he has been homeless for five years on the streets of California and Washington state, eats a meal before bedding down in a bus shelter in view of the Space Needle in Seattle. SEATTLE (AP) — In a park in …
Everything people post on Facebook actually lives somewhere in real life — like a small town in central Oregon that was once decimated by the loss of manufacturing industries. The people of Prineville live deep in a valley surrounded by dense forests. In the 1800s, it was the first place in …
There are some epic public apologies out there: the church’s apology to Galileo, for instance, or Tiger Woods’ apology to his wife. This one, below, is a personal favorite. But even with the Bill Clinton lower-lip bite, this one pales in comparison to the historic mea culpa issued this weekend. More than 50 …
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) — The Lighthouse Christian Academy promises to provide an exemplary education, a caring atmosphere and service to God — but not for everyone. The school says in its admissions brochure that it reserves the right to deny admission to LGBT students because their lifestyle is prohibited by …
FILE–In this Nov. 15, 2016, file photo, structural engineer Eric McDonnell shows diagrams of skyscraper construction using cross-laminated timber, or CLT, at Portland State University in Portland, Ore. PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Officials in Oregon have approved construction permits for the first all-wood high-rise building in the nation. Construction on …
In this April 18, 2017, photo, the Red Bridge pedestrian bridge is seen over the Des Moines River in Des Moines, Iowa. A little more than a decade after it was restored, crews went back to the site with a crane to hoist the span more than 4 feet higher, …