The Outdoors section offers news, ideas and information that will help you make the most of the Pacific Northwest's abundant outdoors offerings.
Seattle Times reader Bob Ross’ photo of The Mountain at sunrise, as seen from his Gig Harbor home.
Halloween season is a ripe time to explore the dank, dark and spooky passages of deserted batteries that once guarded the entrance to Puget Sound.
After a relatively benign first half of the month — with only about a half-inch of precipitation in two weeks — we're likely to get...
You know autumn is here for good when the farm fields of the Skagit Valley turn white -- with snow geese. As I drove through...
A remote wildlife camera in Oregon led officers to the suspects. Then texts, videos and social-media posts on the suspects’ phones led the officers into...
Seattle Times reader Tim Nicol’s image of a chipmunk balancing on an autumn-browned sunflower.
Abundant in the Cascades, Pacific martens seem to have virtually disappeared from the Olympics? We hit the trail with scientists trying to learn what’s really...
During fall, the moon rises slightly sooner than average and at a narrower angle, making it appear to be dramatically fuller and more orange than...
Access to Olympic Hot Springs has reopened, and you can look for autumn beauty at Hurricane Ridge and the Quinault Valley.
