Carson High student Trevor Frazier assists Matt DiFrancesca of the Wilderness Medicine Institute with a patient assessment demonstration in Wilderness First Aid during The Nature Conservancy's High Sierra Carson River Workshop in June.

Don and Joyce Varner had good reason for associating bluebirds with happiness.

Watching our little avian neighbors like the backyard birdbath and feeder is one of life's silent pleasures. But when night falls, they too need a place to snooze.

After a seven-year transatlantic relationship, lifelong New Canaan resident Christopher Brooks brainstormed new ways to persuade his Belgian girlfriend, Catherine, to set up life in America.

It's a pinnacle moment for birders to find a species never recorded in a certain area.

Are you a fledgling birder? Would you like to learn more about the feathered flocks that visit your feeder and grace your yard? Join Simon Thompson at the North Carolina Arboretum in Asheville on Wednesday, Aug. 4, at 8:15 a.m. for a very informative and personal Introduction to Bird Watching.

As hummingbird season heats up in the Davis Mountains, the Chihuahuan Desert Research Institute is offering a Chuparrosa Workshop. The event is scheduled to run Aug. 57. Those who attend will learn about hummingbirds in the sky islands of West...

Tropical Birds (illustration for The World of Birds). Original gouache on paper, 8 x 14.5 inches. Estimate: $15,000-25,000. Photo: Christie's Images Ltd 2010.

Bird walks, camping, dinners for families in the Naches Ranger District of the Wenatchee National Forest.

If you've got a kayak and a fishing pole, you could be halfway to winning some chilly prizes.