My trip to the Rio Grande Valley Birding Festival was a self-bestowed retirement gift, fulfilling a desire to experience one of birding’s premier annual gatherings. More directly, it was my chance ...

Every year — sometimes more than just once — established bee colonies get too crowded. A new queen will be born and she, or ...

Because birding requires little gear, and can be done almost anywhere, it’s a great activity for your next trip. Here’s what ...

A dead whale in San Francisco Bay attracted onlookers in Alameda on Sunday, as gulls landed on — and presumably pecked on — the enormous creature. Whales, which are migrating north, have been having a ...