My favorite part of fall is early fall… really early, like not even officially autumn yet. Not only does this time of year suit...

Each year around the end of August we eagerly await the return of the Oriental Plovers. We usually have our first encounter with them...

Poas Volcano isn’t just a mountain built with magma. In common with so many other volcanoes, Poas also houses farms, people, and forests full...

Mengbishan is about five hours away from Balangshan by car, on a road that is partly excellent, partly horrible. The horrible essentially meaning half-an-hour...

When out birding, I prefer completely wild habitat. There is something about a mature rainforest, for example, that cannot be replicated by any human....

“I am not a psychologist, but I portray one in my role as the pastor of a small church.” Actually, my wife and I...

Last year, I wrote about the rulemaking process used by the Trump Administration to change the requirements of the art contest for the Federal...

Ruoergai is a large grassland in Sichuan on the far eastern edge of the Tibetan plateau. This is a wetland with an altitude mostly...