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Galapagos Islands
The crew of the the E/V Nautilus recently visited the Galapagos Rift and had the opportunity to film some of the creatures that live near the hydrothermal vents on the seafloor there. A recently posted video includes rare footage of the bizarre and beautiful flamboyant squid worm, a species that was only discovered in 2007.
African Safaris
Everyone knows a group of lions is called a pride and a bunch of elephants hanging out together is referred to as a herd. But what do you yell out when you see more than one cheetah? How about two or more leopards? Three hippos? Four hyenas?
Nature Photography
Every Friday we choose our favorite photo of the week from our new Wildlife Photo of the Day website. This week we chose a couple of chatty carmine bee eaters. Photographer Judy Moncrief captured this photo while on safari in Botswana with Nat Hab. Have you taken some amazing wildlife photos during your travels?
Galapagos Islands
We’ve seen quite a few photos of the recent eruption of Wolf Volcano on Isabela Island. Unfortunately, volcanic eruptions, though usually dramatic and spectacular to behold in person, are notoriously difficult to capture on film.
Travel Tips
Do you miss more, or miss out, when you’re too intent on not missing a shot? Join our discussion on travel photography as we ponder when or whether to put your camera aside.
Nature Photography
Every Friday we choose our favorite photo of the week from our new Wildlife Photo of the Day website. This week we chose this beautiful saddle-billed stork in Botswana. Photographer Bob Thomas captured this photo while cruising the Okavango Delta with Nat Hab. Have you taken some amazing wildlife photos during your travels?
Travel Tales
I’ve wanted to go to Antarctica ever since I first heard about it when I was a young child, probably in a children’s book about penguins or on TV. I thought it looked like a winter fairyland: so white, so pure, so beautiful. I dreamed about it for decades.
Nature & Wildlife
The planet’s largest land predator looked disarmingly cuddly.
African Safaris
Have you ever been to the Peabody Hotel in Memphis? It’s famous for the resident flock of ducks that march through its lobby twice a day. Mfuwe Lodge in Zambia’s South Luangwa National Park has Africa’s super-sized answer to the Peabody’s ducks.
News & More
To help meet our growing energy needs, in recent years we have increasingly turned to wind power. The U.S. Energy Information Administration estimates that in 2014, 4.4 percent of the electricity we generated came from wind. However, the wind industry is set to expand exponentially from the current 60,000 megawatts of capacity to 300,000 by 2030.
Conservation
This is a guest post by Anne-Marie Pritchett, a freelance writer, storyteller and idea girl who has lived in six states and two countries. She has a great passion for sustainability and dancing in the rain. She writes handwritten letters to her parents and believes that music can connect souls.
Galapagos Islands
Last week the Galapagos National Park Directorate announced that a landmark decision has been reached in a illegal fishing and shark finning case from 2011.
