BELLEVILLE, Pa. — The office of Robert K. “Buck” Metz looks like the den of an avid sportsman. Mounted on one pine-paneled wall is a huge, brightly speckled 6 1/2 -pound brook trout he caught in ...

Bright, bold, and beautiful—bird feathers are some of nature’s most fascinating works of art. National Geographic photographer Robert Clark gives them special attention in his new book Feathers: ...

Judy Enright, 54, is a professional artist, currently exhibiting in Chicago. Usually she works in oils. But recently she tried something a little different: genuine bird feathers. Like much artistic ...

Decorating a live Christmas tree is a tradition that started in Germany in the early 1800s. White pine was the tree of choice, and almost every family cut a live tree each year. Some decorated with ...