Travel Tales
Reading the Empty and Open Places
The long waits now common at airports do have one advantage: they give us a chance to catch up on our reading while getting to and coming back from our travel destinations.
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Travel Tales
Leave the GPS behind: Why it’s important to take risks when we travel
I just returned from a delightful family reunion in suburban Minneapolis – not an event or a setting one would associate with ‘adventure travel.’
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Nature Photography
Wildlife Photo: Smiling Grizzly Cub
Is this grizzly cub smiling? Possibly, according to bear behavioralist Else Poulsen. In an article published in National Geographic magazine in 2016, Poulsen was quoted as saying: “Bears smile just like we do. They pull each side of their mouth upwards.
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Conservation
Happy Birthday, Global Warming
Happy 35th, global warming. No, I’m not implying that the Earth started to warm up just 35 years ago, but that this month marks the birthday of the two-word term.
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Asia & The Pacific
A Biodiversity Hotspot in the Philippines
By Lee Goldman The Philippines is a cluster of more than 7,000 islands, lying north of the Malay Peninsula in Southeast Asia. From north to south, the archipelago extends more than 1,850 kilometers. The Philippines are of volcanic origin; a large part of the terrain is mountainous, with fertile soils and spectacular landscapes.
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Nature & Wildlife
Animals Just Want to Have Fun
In a fourth grade science unit, I can remember my teacher telling the class that making and using tools was one of the most significant things that set human beings apart from all the other animals on the planet. But that was before YouTube (or even the Internet, for that matter!).
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Nature & Wildlife
Do Big Cats Love Catnip? Watch and Learn!
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Nature Photography
Man vs. Nature (Or: Why Is Your Elbow in My Nature Photograph?)
I have lots of photos of people parts: the tops of heads adorning the bottom of a frame; errant elbows jutted into the right or left side of an image; a disconnected leg caught in full stride, emerging from an otherwise deserted landmark.
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Nature & Wildlife
Master of Disguise
I had to share this picture from my recent climb of Oklahoma Mountain here in Colorado. But why would I post a photo of a pile of rocks? Look closer!!
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News & More
Adventures into Other Lives
Sitting on a pretty hilltop on the Bonavista Peninsula of Newfoundland, there’s a little bed-and-breakfast in the quiet, seaside village of Trinity. I stayed there one night, in the summer of 2007, surrounded by meadows and the Atlantic Ocean.
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News & More
Inspiration for modern-day explorers
I saw the IMAX film Hubble last weekend and was astounded anew by the human propensity for exploration. As astronaut Frank Borman has said, “Exploration is really the essence of the human spirit.” But obviously we don’t have to fly into space to embark on journeys of adventure and discovery.
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Nature & Wildlife
Let a baby polar bear capture your heart!
I may be one of the few people on the planet – with access to television, at any rate – who had never seen footage of the baby polar bear orphan Knut until a few days ago.