Nature & Wildlife
Meteorologists spotted two large ‘blobs’on radars last Friday that cannot be readily explained. Spanning 200 miles and traveling 6,000 feet above the ground, the blobs appeared on radars at the same intensity as a moderately heavy rainstorm does, except that it was dry and clear outside.
Nature & Wildlife
Africa’s Great Migration has long been a symbol of the continent’s abundant wildlife. The Serengeti Plains fill with millions of wildebeests and other animals, all traveling from the Ngorongoro region in Tanzania to the Maasai Mara in Kenya in search of food and water as the seasons change.
Conservation
The old schooner purchased from a fisherman, cut through the icy waters of Glacier Bay, cruising along the picturesque Alaska coastline towards a pod of six massive humpback whales bubble-feeding at the surface of the water. Getting closer, the salt sprays over the travelers in the boat, as the whales breach over and over again.
Nature & Wildlife
“Being inside a kaleidoscope!” That is how I describe the feeling of standing amongst millions and millions of butterflies in the sanctuaries outside of Mexico City during the great migration. You can even hear the sound of their wings beating.
Videos
When you hear about the great journeys undertaken by some of nature’s smallest creatures, you can’t help but feel inspired to step into adventures of your own that may be outside your comfort zone. And no odyssey is greater than that of the Arctic tern (Sterna paradisaea).
Nature & Wildlife
After missing for more than eight years, Petunia, an American Staffordshire terrier, was found. She had disappeared from her home in Virginia sometime around Thanksgiving 2003. Last weekend, she was located in an animal shelter in California, more than 3,000 miles away. How do we know the dog is truly Petunia?
Nature & Wildlife
Denali National Park and Preserve, established in 1917 as Mount McKinley National Park, is known the world over for its stunning scenery, wild and remote frontier regions, and Denali—at 20,320 feet, the highest point in North America.
Conservation
You’d think it would take something very big or potentially catastrophic to stop an Airbus A380 or a Boeing 747 from taking off at New York City’s John F. Kennedy International Airport, the busiest in North America in terms of international traffic.
Nature & Wildlife
If you dread overseas flights because you always land intolerably tired and exceedingly hungry, I have some facts that might help you put such ordeals into perspective. It was recently discovered that a female bar-tailed godwit flew 7,145 miles from Alaska to New Zealand—without taking a single break for food or drink.
Videos
The top nature hoax—according to Animal Planet, the popular TV channel created by the BBC and Discovery Communications—is the suicidal nature of lemmings.
Nature & Wildlife
One of the many joys of spring that I look forward to is the return of migratory birds to our yard.
Nature & Wildlife
If you’ve been watching National Geographic Channel’s “Great Migrations” documentary, you’re learning a lot about one of the most amazing phenomena in the natural realm. But there’s nothing like being there to witness migrating wildlife firsthand. We’ve got some suggestions for you!
