He'd never drawn before. Then he was asked to depict the Colombian rain forest he knew so well. Naturalists cherish the ink-and-watercolor works of Abel Rodriguez. And so do art lovers.

Every winter, when sunlight hits at the right angle, visitors to Virginia's First Landing State Park are treated to a mesmerizing rainbow light show courtesy of the park's bald cypress swamp.

You'll need a boat to navigate the flooded forest at this Vermont bird sanctuary In springtime, a wildlife refuge in northern Vermont is a paradise of migratory birds where you can paddle through ...