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...
View ArticleThe 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...
View ArticleHow 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...
View ArticleHow 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...
View ArticleBison 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....
View ArticleHow 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...
View ArticleHow to Identify and Avoid Sea Turtle Shell Souvenirs
If you don’t have time to read the whole article, just do these three things. 1) Watch the video. If you’re traveling to Central America or the Caribbean, watch this video first. You could save a sea...
View Article10 Disgusting Facts about the Bot Fly (The Day I Met a Cuterebra Larva)
Hello, My Name is Cuterebra emasculator Yesterday I heard a pitiful screeching outside the window. Cristina and I both looked up from our computers with the same wide-eyed look and rushed out the door...
View ArticleKieliekrankie Wilderness Camp, Under the Full Moon
When you first lay eyes on Kieliekrankie Wilderness Camp, just one thing comes to mind. Wow, I wonder what the views are like from up there. Perched on top of a tall sand dune, this Kalahari camp has...
View ArticleCool Backgrounds & Animal Wallpapers for Phone and Desktop
Cool Backgrounds & Animal Wallpaper! Everybody loves to open their iPhone or desktop computer and see beautiful nature wallpaper spring to life. It brings a smile to our faces and gives us...
View ArticleHow To Edit Videos of Wildlife with Adobe Premiere Pro Tutorials
Learn How to Edit Videos with Adobe Premiere Pro Tutorials. I’ve been making films since I was a little kid. Back then I would shoot roll after roll of super 8 film and hand splice the pieces together...
View Article20 More of my Favorite Animal Crossing Signs in the World
20 More of My Favorite Animal Crossing Signs in the World It’s back! 20 more of my favorite animal crossing signs in the whole wide world! There are more than just deer crossing signs out there my...
View ArticleAnimals Beginning With N: The Humongous List
Animals Beginning With N: The Humongous List If you’ve ever played the Animal Alphabet game then you know just how hard it is to think of animals beginning with n. Most people can’t think of a single...
View ArticleAnimals That Start With N: an Illustrated Guide
Animals That Start With N Here’s a challenge for you. Try to think of any animals that start with n. Go ahead, I’ll wait. Can you do it? No? Most people can’t think of a single one! I used to play the...
View ArticleAnimals That Start With an E: the Enormous List
Animals That Start With an E If you’re trying to make an animal alphabet, then you know it can be tricky to think of animals that start with an e. We’re here to help! Of course you thought of elephant...
View ArticleAnimals That Start With U: the Ultimate List!
What are some animals that start with U? Uakari (a monkey) Unau (a sloth) Urial (a wild sheep) Urchin (a spiny marine creature) Umbrellabird (a bird with a large crest) Unicornfish (a fish with a long...
View ArticleKalahari Anib Lodge, Namibia
If you ask me about my favorite lodges in the world, I could probably count them with just one hand. The Kalahari Anib lodge is one of them. The beautiful setting in the Namibian Kalahari, the...
View ArticleThe Jumping Jackals of Nossob (and How to Photograph Them)
Jackals are famously adaptable predators, but a few individuals in the South African Kalahari Desert have taken it to a new level with a rather unusual hunting technique: they snatch doves out of the...
View ArticleAnimals That Start With X: the Authoritative List
What are some animals that start with X? X-Ray Tetra (also known as the X-ray fish) Xanthippe’s Shrew (a shrew in Kenya & Tanzania) Xantic Sargo (a fish in the grunt family) Xantus’ Becard (a bird...
View ArticleAre Sharks Mammals? (And Other Shark Facts You Thought You Knew!)
Are Sharks Mammals? Sharks are not mammals. Sharks are fish! So why do so many people find themselves asking the question are sharks mammals? Probably because sharks look a lot like dolphins, and...
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