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Utah’s Canyons: Structures, Spectacles and Straight-Up Lands
A strange, three-sided, metallic monolith was discovered in an undisclosed spot somewhere in Utah’s canyons during a helicopter survey of bighorn sheep on November 18, 2020. The Utah Department of Public Safety workers who
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Botswana’s Changing Lands: Elephants Not to Blame
The African nation of Botswana is believed to have the world’s largest population of wild elephants. While the exact number is hard to pinpoint, estimates are that there are between 118,000 to 130,000. While those
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Three Laws I’d Enact If I Ruled the World
With the presidential election coming up next week, I can’t help but think about the future of our world—mostly the next four years—and what it will look like. There are so many things that
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Our Needs to Walk and to Talk Are Satisfied by Travel
The human body was designed to walk. In fact, humans walk better than any other species on Earth. And very few things in our lives boost health, instill creativity and relieve stress more than taking
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Video: Nature’s Force in Full View at Victoria Falls
Nature is powerful. It exists by the rules that it alone sets, and it progresses on its own trajectory. Its force is far stronger than we are. The coronavirus pandemic has certainly shown us
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The Worth of a Whale and the Price Tag of a Panda
In prepandemic times, those of us who cherish wildlife and wild places tried to quantify them in economic terms, hoping to convince those who didn’t care about protecting nature that not doing so would
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Video: Zion National Park, Where Color Lives
For me, Zion National Park is the place where color lives. That’s how I connect to it. While other great national parks—such as Grand Canyon National Park at 1,904 square miles—instill awe in us by
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10 Tips for Ethical Wildlife Photography
Those of us who like to dabble in wildlife photography have never been luckier. Today, we have unprecedented opportunities and tools to find animal subjects. Online databases, photography forums and social media yield information—sometimes
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