Nature & Wildlife
Lonesome George died this past Sunday morning. His caretaker, Fausto Llerena, found the giant tortoise’s remains stretched out in his corral, facing his watering hole, at the Charles Darwin Research Station (CDRS) in Puerto Ayora on Santa Cruz Island in the Galapagos Islands. I didn’t know George personally, but I grew up knowing about him.
Travel Tales
If you’re a parent, brother, sister, aunt, uncle, grandparent or friend, you probably know someone who was part of Graduation 2012. And at this time of year, young, degree-holding students are being bombarded with tips and advice during countless graduation speeches across the country.
Travel Tales
Now, about the middle of January, is the time when I start to dream about the places I’d like to visit.
Videos
Curiosity can lead to wondrous things, as every scientist knows. And it certainly did recently for Dr. Howard Falcon-Lang at the British Geological Survey. Poking around in a dusty corner in the survey’s archives, Falcon-Lang happened to come across an old cabinet.
Conservation
In 1572, a group of Spanish sailors that was fleeing South America was pushed by the South Equatorial Current into the Galapagos Islands.
Videos
It seems that NatHab travelers overwhelmingly agree that animals like to play.
