Crimson and gold now blanket the Garden, though staff say a few maples are holding out on turning.

The East Fork Lewis River now flows through new channels near Ridgefield, and chum, coho and Chinook are already spawning there.

The Courts 2.0 opens noon to late Saturday at PSU, with room for skaters as young as five and as old as 50.

Portland Parks gathered Slabtown neighbors this week to shape a new park — one still waiting on arsenic cleanup from its trucking-depot past.

Bird Alliance of Oregon says flipping off outdoor lights could save exhausted flocks from crashing into windows.

A Blue Rock Thrush native to Asia is only the third of its kind ever seen in the region, drawing birdwatchers to North Portland's riverbank.

September events from Eugene to the coast spotlight a decades-long effort to bring otters back after fur traders wiped them out.

A century of wooden steps, WWII radar bunkers and landslides later, Oceanside's cliffside path to Short Beach has a brand-new staircase.

Nearly 1,500 crows have already massed near Pioneer Courthouse Square, with researchers expecting the flock to top 20,000 by winter.

Heavy January rains exposed rot in a weight-bearing post at the 1940s North Portland gym, but preschool and after-school programs stay open.

The 18-month-old calf is the first elephant on the West Coast to get the experimental EEHV shot. A third dose comes this fall.

A new acoustic study found zero spotted owl calls in Washington's Cascades north of Seattle, as invasive barred owls dominate the region.

Fences and warning signs now ring Riverview Park and four other sites after a citizen referendum froze the city's new utility fee.