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Printed Guidebooks: Can Frommer’s Be Successful Again?
There’s no doubt that the print publishing world is rapidly changing, and perhaps nowhere is the revolving nature of the industry being played out more visibly than in the travel guidebook genre. Last year,
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Will the U.S. Destruction of Six Tons of Ivory Truly Curtail Poachers?
Last week, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service pulverized nearly six tons of illegal African and Asian elephant ivory. A conservative estimate of this ivory, which was seized at our nation’s ports of entry
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Using Elephants to Pay for Our Wars
On Monday, May 6, 2013, 17 heavily armed poachers entered Dzanga-Ndoki National Park in the Central African Republic. They then proceeded to a large clearing known as Dzanga Bai, or “village of elephants,” where
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Rhinos Poached to the Brink
A recent article in the South African newspaper Times Live reported that two poachers were sentenced to 29 years each in prison for killing a rhino and its calf in Kruger National Park. The
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Bullfrog Father Knows Best
It’s not easy being green, as Kermit the Frog often reminds us. And that statement is particularly apropos if you’re an African bullfrog (Pyxicephalus adspersus). Found mostly in open grasslands and at low elevations
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Rhino poaching reaches all-time high in South Africa
Despite global efforts to protect the endangered rhinoceros population, WWF has announced that rhino poaching in South Africa is more rampant than ever, doubling annually in the last three years. WWF is engaged in
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White Lions, White Tigers, White Bears – Oh My!
Ever seen a white tiger? How about a white lion? Like the creamy Spirit Bear of Canada's west coast, white lions are not albinos but unusual genetic anomalies. They're extinct in the wild, but
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