environment

Sales of day passes and schedule changes on Route 331 began Monday, Feb. 2, on Whatcom Transportation Authority buses.

The day pass costs $3, payable on board the buses, and allows unlimited rides all day. For people who need to change buses on both ends of a…

A common algae commercially grown to make fish food holds promise as a source for both biodiesel and jet fuel, according to a new study published in the journal Energy & Fuels.

The researchers, led by Greg O'Neil of Western Washington University and Chris Reddy of Woods Hole…

A young Tanzanian girl sits in a concrete classroom crammed full of blue steel desks. In her hands is a clarinet, the sun reflects off its shiny keys as she shifts her hands to form an F note. The sound of music fills the room.
Although the African Blackwood, known as Mpingo, used to craft…

Clair Bosen watched cattle graze on the stubble of corn he raised for grain — a spectacle he insists would have been nearly impossible on his Preston, Idaho, farm just a couple of decades ago.

It used to be, the 78-year-old farmer and rancher explained, that area producers dared only to…