Devil’s Coach Horse (Ocypus olens)

I love the diversity of Pacific Northwest birds and insects. This is a two-part photo essay about both— Insectivore Birds. (Of course, the lovely...

Spider Web Colors Lasers? Northern Lights? Woven belts? No, this is a spider web. Lately I’ve been fascinated with one of the eight-legged arachnids—...

Gulls are not the only feathered friends found on our local beaches. Some birds spend most of their time foraging along the beaches, including...

PART 2 TOP: Frilled Dogwinkle (Nucella lamellosa) This second in a four-part series on beach eggs will look at some unusual marine snail eggs, starting with...

Editor's note: With the launch of Oppenheimer, we are once again reminded of the legacy of the atomic bomb, and of the people and...