A refurbished tugboat is the perfect way to explore Alaska’s natural charisma and witness its unforgettable wildlife.

As I am fond of telling anyone who will listen, The Columbian is a family-owned small business, not part of a corporate newspaper chain like The Oregonian is. But there is one asterisk. Since 2004 ...

Mitt Romney delivered his farewell speech before the U.S. Senate in early December. It isn’t hyperbole to say it marked the end of an era. Romney’s time in public service, which has spanned ...

The snail darter is not a thing. It was just a common perch, say scientists. Fraud or bad science? From David Mastio: ...

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I again drew Montana’s nonresident big-game combo tag that offers deer and elk hunting, along with a small game license and annual fishing license.

“Hold still. Hold still,” he whispered. Simms carefully aimed at the cluster of three or perhaps four deer and slid his finger to the trigger. He didn’t fire. The deer trotted away down the ...

A starving sambar deer crossed the India-Pakistan border and wandered into a residential area near Narang Mandi in Lahore, where locals captured it and alerted Punjab Wildlife officials.

Just like the human eye, a deer’s eye contains rods and cones. Rods work to absorb light and cones are for seeing color and distinguishing details. The human eye is packed with cones ...

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Use of dogs in deer hunting has a long history on the coast but “still” hunting from elevated blinds is the norm these days.