EditorialJane Witt traveled to a ski resort in Austria for a family reunion and ended up fighting for her life, with severe lung and heart problems. (Andrew Testa/The New York Times)
EditorialOn a wet fall day, a western scrub jay makes a small jump while taking walnuts from the roof of a shed in an orchard near Elkton in western Oregon. The bird was using it's powerful beak to break open the nuts and eat the tender meat inside.