Pat Neal is a Hoh River fishing and rafting guide and “wilderness gossip columnist” whose column appears here every Wednesday. He can be reached at 360-683-9867 or by email via ...

Spring ushers in myriad migrating birds. Some remain and claim breeding territories and others use our wetlands, woodlots and forests to find food to fuel the rest of their migration farther north.

The Western North Carolina Nature Center is leaping into the new year with some new animals. The WNC Nature Center has ...

Celtic Rewilding wants to bring back the agile frog (Rana dalmatina), the moor frog (R. arvalis), and the European tree frog ...

While a wildlife encounter can be startling, some little visitors in your backyard can mean that you're doing something right. "Are frogs good or bad for gardens?? Any advice? I have lots of pests and ...

Have a favorite Christmas ale from an Akron-area brewery? Beacon staffers did a blind taste test of 14 Christmas ales, and ...

An unexpected guest appeared in this Redditor's garden. If you're lucky enough to have access to outdoor space, you may come across a few little visitors from time to time. A post in the r/gardening ...

I found this green tree frog perched in the limbs of a banana pepper plant in my garden. The tree frog is providing a service to the vegetables by eating all sorts of small insects. I do not use ...

When you get to be a certain age (cough, cough), you start becoming interested in things like gardening and what sort of critters you can attract to your yard by planting bushes and flowers. One ...

From African dwarf frogs and fire belly toads to tiger salamanders and pacman frogs – contrary to what you might have heard, there are many amphibians that are easy to keep. Due to their need for a ...