Environment
Human Elements: When giraffes speak, this scientist listens
Animal welfare scientist Dr. Bonnie Baird helps zookeepers by using numbers and graphs to learn what animals are trying say.
Beatriz Costa Lima
Beatriz Costa Lima is a former video producer at Crosscut and KCTS 9 focusing on science and the environment. She came to Seattle from Portland, Oregon, where she was an assistant editor for Blue Chal
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Environment
The world's first commercial electric aircraft could take off in the PNW
An ambitious partnership between Redmond's MagniX and Vancouver's Harbour Air could fly passengers on all-electric planes as soon as 2020.
Focus
Girls hockey is growing in Washington — and it isn’t dependent on boys programs anymore
After years of sticking with the sport, female players are thriving — and helping turn the state into a hockey hub.
Focus
'I'll always be Lightning Bill': A lookout reflects on 29 seasons of smoke and fire
When Bill Austin started as a fire lookout, he was one of three watching over the Methow Valley. Today he's the last one.
Environment
Old nets kill marine life every year, but the Army is diving to the rescue
Hundreds of derelict nets are tangled deep in Puget Sound, threatening delicate marine habitat. So Washington Department of Natural Resources officials enlisted the Army's deep-sea dive team for help.