Chronic Wasting Disease found in Idaho deer
By Reader Staff The Idaho Department of Health and Welfare and Idaho Fish and Game are encouraging hunters to take precautions when handling deer, elk or moose due to recent detection of Chronic Wasting...
Category: Pets & Animals
Mad About Science: Flocking birds
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist You will often see gaggles of Canada geese flying overhead during autumn, as they migrate from one place to another. These are the most present and noticeable flocking birds...
Wentworth the cat burglar strikes again
By Ben Olson Reader Staff Wentworth the cat burglar is at it again. Two years ago, the Reader published a story about an unassuming cat named Wentworth who was notorious in south Sandpoint for...
Saying ‘goodbye’ to an ‘adventure sister’
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff National media, from the New York Times to CNN, reported the death of Leah Davis Lokan, mauled by a grizzly bear in the Montana wildlands July 6, but Sandpoint...
Mad About Science: A tale of two birdies
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of unfathomably big birds — and it was a lot closer to our...
Mad About Science: Birds-of-paradise
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist Color is a double-edged sword in the natural world. A bright and colorful animal is less likely to capture prey that may see it coming, and is far more...
Among them
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff A camper shot and killed a bull moose in self-defense at a Harrison Lake campsite on June 22, according to a media statement from the Idaho Department of Fish...
USFS comes out on top in Bog Creek Road lawsuit
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff A judge ruled in favor of the U.S. Forest Service and U.S. Customs and Border Patrol in a lawsuit June 4 filed by a number of environmental groups that...
Bringing up the herd
By Ben Olson Reader Staff Amid a hectic Idaho Legislature filled with partisan measures and battles between the legislative and executive branches over everything from citizen-led initiatives to emergency powers, House Bill 166 —...
Mad About Science: Jaguars
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist There are few animals in the world with the capability of preying on humans. Most larger animals will suffer lethal injury if they attempt to hunt humans; because of...
