African Safaris
Despite the challenges today’s world faces, Planet Earth is the gift that keeps on giving. That’s good news for scientists who relish the rush of discovery, as some think there are approximately 8.7 million species left to be found.
Canada & the North
In the winter, those of you who live in Northern regions understand the importance of traction—especially on ice and snow.
Nature & Wildlife
Following New Year’s Day, it’s traditional to look back at the year just passed and reflect on our personal and communal accomplishments and setbacks. Putting our collective disappointments aside for the moment, I think there are several areas where we made major strides in 2022: • Robots are now helping us connect with nature.
Conservation
Wildfires. Global warming. Floods. Pollution. Mass extinctions. With the 24-hour news cycle constantly spouting negative headlines about the state of the planet, it’s easy to feel down, especially during the winter months.
Nature & Wildlife
Throughout time, reindeer have been used for economic purposes by various circumpolar peoples, including the Chukchi, Evenks, Khants, Nenets and Sami. Long heralded for their dependable and docile natures and their dexterity in a range of tasks, reindeer were even widely used during World War II by the Soviet forces to help transport injured soldiers.
Conservation
Maple syrup, the sweet delicacy known best for being smothered on top of our favorite breakfast treats: pancakes, waffles, and French toast. Its infamous origin, the sugar maple tree is one of America’s most-loved trees with it ringing in as the highest claimed state tree compared to all other single species.
Canada & the North
Rising temperatures are causing Earth’s coldest forests to shift northward, raising our concerns about biodiversity loss, an increased risk of wildfires and the mounting impacts of climate change on the people who live in the region. But it’s not only the planet’s forests that are marching northward.
Conservation
In the face of ever-diminishing wildlife in the sixth mass extinction and increasing political complications, it’s gratifying to know that there are still a few, straightforward conservation measures we can undertake right now to protect the wildlife that lives alongside us.
Videos
There are some who just love flight. The ones that I’m thinking about have the longest wingspans in the animal kingdom, and they are masters at using them efficiently. They can fly 50 miles per hour. They go years without touching land; in fact, most of their time is spent up in the clouds.
Alaska
Fat Bear Week recently announced the 2022 champion: 747 (aka “Bear Force One”).
Conservation
The Pantanal region of South America might seem, at first, to share few similarities with the Northern Great Plains (NGP) region of North America.
African Safaris
Staggering natural wonders—such as Victoria Falls, considered to be the world’s biggest curtain of falling water (not because of a singular dimension, such as height or width, but because of all dimensions taken into account, including flow rate)—and a massive network of remote national parks where you can encounter most of Africa’s iconic wildlife…
