cougar Archives

Black Footed Ferrett photo by USFWS J. Michael Lockhart. Source: www.biologicaldiversity.org.

Taxpayer-funded Wildlife Services Killing Coyotes, Bears, Wolves, & Other Animals

March 14, 2017 Kay Whatley

2.7 Million Animals Killed by Federal Wildlife-destruction Program in 2016 By Center for Biological Diversity The highly-secretive arm of the US Department of Agriculture known as Wildlife Services killed more than 2.7 million animals during 2016, […]

Leith's Cougar in Zebulon, North Carolina. Photo: Frank Whatley.

The Zebulon Cougar

August 1, 2015 Frank Whatley

Originally published in The Grey Area newspaper (printed) August 1, 2011. ___________________________________________________________ By Frank and Kay Whatley In the July 1, 2011, issue of The Grey Area, we reported cougar sightings within Eastern North Carolina over […]

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The Strange-ness: Tar River Banshee

August 2, 2013

The banshee, known as a messenger of death, is known for its wailing and shrieking. While its origins are mostly Irish, banshees have been reported in several countries including the US — and NC has one too. The […]

The Strange-ness: NIST Team Breaks Distance Record for Quantum Teleportation

September 25, 2015

By Laura Ost, NIST Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have “teleported” or transferred quantum information carried in light particles over 100 kilometers (km) of optical fiber, four times farther than […]

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The Strange-ness: Tiger Finds Friend in Goat

December 3, 2015

While the Bible may say that the leopard will lie down with the goat, at an animal park in Russia it is a tiger that has adopted a goat as a bunk mate. Right around the date […]