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Slovenia: One of the World’s Greenest Countries
How Slovenia, a tiny unspoiled mountainous country nestled between Croatia, Austria and Italy, has managed to stay relatively under the radar for nature tourism is a mystery. Three-fifths of this environmentally-friendly country is covered
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Where to See the Most Beautiful Places in Switzerland
With sky-soaring Swiss Alps that include such recognizable names at the Mattherhorn and the Jungfrau, and its high-country meadows dotted with grazing cows whose bells tinkle in the breeze, Switzerland is unapologetically beautiful. The
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Top Places to Visit & Things to Do in the Cotswolds
If you have ever researched a holiday to the United Kingdom, it probably didn’t take too long before you discovered a place called the Cotswolds being recommended as a must-see destination. You may well
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Zermatt to Murren: Enchanting Villages of the Swiss Alps
The Swiss Alps are a region of untamed beauty, dramatic peaks rising above pastoral villages. This fairytale realm is filled with sapphire lakes, wildflower meadows and sparkling waterfalls. After a scenic railway journey on
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Watching Icebergs in Greenland
We were zipping across Sermilik Fjord on an impossibly blue-sky day. I had convinced myself that it was going to rain every day that I was in Greenland, so this weather was an unexpected
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Coronavirus: Good News for Air Quality? Yes—and No.
Almost every aspect of life has changed dramatically since the coronavirus pandemic began months ago. Today, we are still social distancing from family and friends; learning via remote, online platforms; and attending conferences, music
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The New Mini Frogs of Madagascar
More than 350 types of frogs live in Madagascar, the world’s fourth largest island after Greenland, New Guinea and Borneo. The nation stretches across 226,917 square miles (approximately the size of France or Texas) off
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Saiga Antelope Now Victims of Climate Change
In 2015, on the steppes of Kazakhstan, at the crossroads of Asia and Europe, more than 200,000 critically endangered saiga antelope suddenly died in a span of just three weeks. In less than a
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