3402 stories
Videos
Last year, 2014, was the warmest on record since 1880, according to scientists at NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies in New York. What is even more telling is that nine of the 10 warmest years since modern records began have now occurred since 2000.
African Safaris
From making a Technicolor arm for a little girl to constructing custom pacemakers for people with damaged hearts, 3D printing has provided us with a wealth of medical aids.
Nature & Wildlife
It’s hard to imagine that a tiny, landlocked country in the Eastern Himalayas about half the size of Indiana could be rich in wildlife, but in the Kingdom of Bhutan you couldn’t be more wrong.
Travel Tips
Cuba is the Caribbean’s largest island nation, and for a variety of reasons related to its natural beauty, rich culture and recent human history, it is becoming an increasingly popular destination.
Nature Photography
Every Friday we choose our favorite photo of the week from our Wildlife Photo of the Day website. This week we selected a roseate spoonbill checking out the waters of Everglades National Park. Photographer Cheryl Tyson captured this image while photographing birds in the early light. This spoonbill modeled for 15 minutes before flying off.
Galapagos Islands
It seems like the Galapagos Islands are rarely out of the news these days for long. Earlier this month, for example, Travel + Leisure released its 2015 World’s Best Awards and the archipelago was number one in the islands category.
African Safaris
Africa’s rhinos are up against it; one is killed every seven hours because many people in China, Vietnam and other south Asian countries believe that powdered rhino horn possesses curative and aphrodisiacal powers (it doesn’t).
Alaska
Recently, I traveled with Natural Habitat Adventures on its “Alaska Grizzly Encounter: Kodiak to Katmai.” I can now say that having the opportunity to spend time with Alaska’s big brown bears is one of the most authentic wildlife experiences any nature traveler can have.
Travel Tips
This is a guest post by Matt Kareus, Editor in Chief of The Safarist and About Galapagos, and Executive Director of the International Galapagos Tour Operators Association. Many of our planet’s most iconic species are reeling from the effects of climate change, habitat loss, the rapidly growing illegal wildlife trade, and other serious threats.
News & More
Climate change has caused accelerated calving and melting of tidal glaciers around the world, resulting in a sea-level rise. But that’s not the only consequence: when large chunks of ice break off of a glacier and forcefully splash into the icy water, thunderous shaking often accompanies such events.
African Safaris
This is a guest post be Alex Clark-McGlenn, who is currently earning his MFA in creative writing from the Northwest Institute of Literary Arts. He has been published in eFiction Magazine, Inkwell at Evergreen, Slightly West Literary Magazine, and appeared in Smokebox Literary Magazine July, 2014. He currently lives in Bellingham, Washington.
Conservation
With an increase in Lyme disease in the U.S. this spring, ecologists are searching for ways to control the spread of the disease. Recent evidence suggests that a higher biodiversity within ecosystems may in fact lower a human’s likelihood of contracting the disease, according to a recent NPR report.
