Death Valley was beautiful, even in boring light. But how can my images stand out from the other hundreds of photographers at Zabriskie Point.

The first hard freeze each year brings a Disney-like display of ice sculpture produced not by man, but by Mother Nature.

“What ifs” offer a playground of experiments and discovery that can help get the creative juices flowing.

Over the past 12 years, children's natual world has been truncated by a linguistic assualt from the Oxford Junior Dictionary (OJD). The OJD, published by Oxford University Press, is intended for children 7-9 years old, and in recent editions scores of natural words have been removed from the dictionary. Acorn, brook, buttercup, heron, pasture, tulip, wren and many living words from nature were lost; replaced by allergic, blog, bullet point, MP3 player, and voicemail.