In December 2021, a group of 39 youth and adults from Venturing Crew 744 of Southern California, a co-ed “branch” Boy Scouts, embarked on an epic, once-in-a-lifetime adventure: an expedition to the magical continent of Antarctica to study its wildlife.
Read MoreAfrican raptors.. Sure, Africa has sweet, colorful, songbirds - but then there are the bad boys of the air. From acrobatic eagles to strutting, snake-stomping raptors to the fabulous fishers, the outrageous behaviors of these birds can leave you speechless. I can not get enough of South Africa’s bad-ass birds! You have to be tough to share your home with lions, leopards, elephants, and jackals. In sub-Saharan Africa, birding has drama all its own.
Read MoreGrasslands National Park, in Saskatewan, Canada may be everything a nature lover wants in a park: Camera-ready landscapes, extraordinary topography, photogenic wildlife, endangered species, and no crowds!
The Park preserves one of North America’s largest remaining expanses of native grasslands and supports a wide variety of plains wildlife – including a surprising number of endangered species. To stand in the endless plains is to feel both incredibly small and at one with nature. But if that is not enough, here are nine more reasons to visit Grasslands National Park. New, updated information and images included
Read MoreThe grizzly bears of the Grand Tetons have gained fans across the globe. Wildlife photographer, Jorn Vangoidtsenhoven, catches up with grizzly 399, 610, Felicia and all their cubs.
Read MoreThe Bosque del Apache Wildlife Refuge turned out to be the perfect place for a wildlife photographer to escape from the winter cold. A slim refuge on the Rio Grande in New Mexico, the Bosque del Apache is a famous sanctuary for sandhill cranes, snow geese, and many other birds. But mammals such as coyotes and bobcats live there, too - and then there is the javelina! Tips on finding and photographing javelina and where to stay in the Bosque del Apache area.
Read MoreThe kids in Mr. Waghchoure’s class of 3rd and 4th graders in Canberra, Australia have a mission – they want to save the largest fish on the planet: whale shark. It's a tall order for a group of young primary school students, but these caring kids have enthusiasm and ideas they want to share. And that is where sustainable change begins.
Read MoreThe best time to study wolves is deep in winter when most of Yellowstone National Park is closed. Follow five women and their wildlife biologist guide as they braved the cold for The Exploring Women’s Winter Wolf trek.
Read MoreNeither COVID nor a hip replacement could keep this photographer from following his heart to Africa and the mountain gorilla’s of Bwindi Impenetrable Forest. Larry Blau found elephants, lions, rhinos and birds, discovered the gerenuk, and met a silverback. And he found time to write home about it all.
Read MoreWhen federal Endangered Species protection was removed from grey wolves, five states immediately reinstated seasonal wolf hunts. By February 2021, less than halfway through the hunting season, 24 Yellowstone wolves had been killed. In the same month, a judge reinstated protection, but exempted Yellowstone’s home state and three border states, exactly where the wolves are being killed. Why are wolves being hunted and what can we do to stop the killing?
Read MoreYellowstone National Park and the Grand Teton Mountains have a secret treasure: wildflowers. Hundreds of varieties of flowers bloom along the roads and paths, and among the trees and in the clearings and grasslands creating great swaths of jewels-tone blossoms. Wildflower lover Jovial Lewis introduces us to a few of her favorite wildflowers in the Yellowstone - Grand Teton ecosystem.
Read MoreKissed by both the Atlantic Ocean and by the Caribbean Sea, it is the beaches on the island’s 300 miles of beautiful coastline that usually bring visitors. But Puerto Rico is more than sunbathing and mega-resorts. Puerto Rico has 17 endemic bird species, eighteen if you count the Bananaquit (Coereba flaveola) about whom debate rages. Plus another 330+ species migrants, introductions, and accidentals. This is a birder's paradise. Hurricane Maria made a mess of Puerto Rico in 2017, flattening the vegetation as well as the buildings. But nature is amazing. The rainforest and wildlife are rebounding in miraculous ways.
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