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Photo of the Week: Weddell Seal, Antarctica
Weddell Seal on Eta Island, Antarctica. I photographed this Weddell Seal lounging peacefully along the icy shoreline of Eta Island in Antarctica. During the several weeks I spent sailing around the...
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Our Favorite Ecolodges in the Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica
Osa Peninsula from the air The Osa Peninsula in Costa Rica holds 2.5 percent of the biodiversity of the entire planet. The entire planet! It is not surprising then that the lodges around this area work...
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Traveling to the Central Kalahari Game Reserve
A cheetah and her cub, always a great sight in the Kalahari Crowded game parks are not the only way to see wildlife in Southern Africa. If you’re an adventurous traveler seeking a real wilderness...
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The Biggest Eggs in the World
Ostrich eggs in the Kalahari Desert, Namibia Think how much easier an Easter egg hunt would be if you were using the biggest eggs in the world: Ostrich eggs! It’s not surprising that ostriches lay the...
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Red-Spotted Newt Eft
This red-spotted newt juvenile is just over 1 inch long! We’ve been camping for the past few days at one of our favorite places in the Pisgah National Forest in North Carolina. We take afternoon...
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A Guide to Wolf Watching in Yellowstone in the Winter
The predawn darkness is silent and clear, and the crisp cold is starting to freeze the tip of your nose. You’ve been waiting an hour for some sign that the wolves are indeed here. They could be right...
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How to Build a Pond for Wildlife
Building a pond can be as easy or as elaborate as you want it to be. Either way, this water feature will attract wildlife to your yard. From birds to foxes to frogs, they’ll all be visiting your yard...
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Four Musk Ox Facts
Musk Ox grazing on the Alaska tundra. The Musk Ox (Obivus moschatus) is found in cold, remote areas of the Arctic. From Alaska to northern Canada, and even Siberia, Sweden and Norway, these huge shaggy...
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Fattail Scorpion Facts
Imagine waking up one night and finding one of the world’s most dangerous scorpions strolling by your tent door. Shivers! This actually did happen to us one night in the Kalahari Desert of South...
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How to Swim with Belugas in the Wild
If you asked me what my favorite wildlife encounter was, I would have no doubt: swimming with belugas in the wild. When we arrived in Churchill I thought that swimming with belugas would be like...
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Nanuk Lodge, a Land of Polar Bears and Wolves
Somebody once told me that the words “luxury” and “wilderness lodge” don’t belong together. His reasoning was that one shouldn’t spoil the wilderness by mixing it with luxury items. Wilderness should...
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The Beautiful Face of the Florida Fighting Conch
I knelt down in the wet sand to peek under the edge of a knobby orange shell. Inside, a slimy-looking gray marine snail was slowly moving its mysterious anatomy. Two stalks waved round in my direction...
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How To Shoot an Underwater Time Lapse of Starfish With a GoPro
When we visited the Great Bear Rainforest a couple of years ago we were hoping to see grizzlies and, if we were very lucky, a wolf or two. But once we arrived we discovered a whole new world, the...
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How to Make a Butterfly Garden and Other Ways to Help Save Monarchs from...
Monarch butterflies are in trouble. The global monarch population has plummeted in the past 20 years, shrinking from 1 billion to just 55 million. This has been caused by changes in agriculture, use...
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Bison Named National Mammal of the United States (and our Best Bison Photos)
Nothing symbolizes the American wilderness like the howl of a wolf, a grizzly fishing for salmon, or the sight of a bison herd grazing the great plains. But only one can be the new National Mammal....
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How To Tell if a Sea Shell, Sand Dollar, Starfish, Egg Case, or Urchin is...
How To Tell if a Sand Dollar, Starfish, Egg Case, Urchin, or Sea Shell is Alive or Dead Here are some quick tips on how to determine if a sea creature you find on the beach is alive or dead so you...
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How to Build a Pond for Wildlife
Building a pond can be as easy or as elaborate as you want it to be. Either way, this water feature will attract wildlife to your yard. From birds to foxes to frogs, they’ll all be visiting your yard...
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Four Musk Ox Facts
Musk Ox grazing on the Alaska tundra. The Musk Ox (Obivus moschatus) is found in cold, remote areas of the Arctic. From Alaska to northern Canada, and even Siberia, Sweden and Norway, these huge shaggy...
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Fattail Scorpion Facts
Imagine waking up one night and finding one of the world’s most dangerous scorpions strolling by your tent door. Shivers! This actually did happen to us one night in the Kalahari Desert of South...
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How to Swim with Belugas in the Wild
If you asked me what my favorite wildlife encounter was, I would have no doubt: swimming with belugas in the wild. When we arrived in Churchill I thought that swimming with belugas would be like...
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