Science

Here’s the second of a two-part series on insect-eating birds. In Part 1 I wrote of the importance of insects, and described some of...

Heatwaves in the ocean? We call it Earth even though 71 percent of it is water. We interchange “weather” and “climate” in the context...

Reprinted from Post Alley, used by permission. The marine biologist, philosopher, and pioneer ecologist Ed Ricketts is well-known to fans of John Steinbeck as the...

Last weekend, folks in the Port Townsend area found themselves gawking at Discovery Bay, wondering what to make of the strange turquoise color that...

Citizen scientists brave a hailstorm. Photo by Wendy Feltham. After a career as an elementary school principal, I moved to Port Townsend and surprised myself...

Photographer and naturalist Wendy Feltham from Port Townsend helps us better understand the geese that we so often take for granted.

Was that a sea otter or a river otter you just saw swimming offshore? People often think they see sea otters foraging on our...

Damselflies, Dragonflies, Beetles and Grasshoppers In this final photo essay about local insects, we’ll look at Damselflies, Dragonflies, Beetles, and Grasshoppers. Years ago, as a beginning...

In the second of a three-part series on Olympic Peninsula insects, we’ll look at some flies, a sawfly, a wasp, a few bees, and...