Alaska
When you hear the term ‘prehistoric animals,’ you likely think of creatures that are long gone. Dinosaurs. Woolly mammoths. Saber-toothed tigers. But plenty of Ice Age creatures still exist—and you might just see some of them on your next trip! Which Ancient Animals Are Still Alive Today?
Conservation
Honoring Endangered Species Day in habitats near and far A multi-generational mashup of readers at my local library recently devoured a cli-fi novel. The story and our ensuing discussion pried open some brave new thinking for a whole bunch of folks.
African Safaris
When Valentine’s Day rolls around in mid-February, many of us can’t help thinking about finding—or staying with—that one, special person; or, as often described, the “love of our lives.” And although there’s nothing wrong with buying chocolates and flowers for ourselves, dreaming about that unique, cherished partner is hard to escape on February 14.
Nature Photography
Every Friday, we choose our favorite photo of the week from our Wildlife Photo of the Day website. This week we chose a crane family in Illinois, USA. When photographer Stan Kirschner saw these sandhill cranes, he ran home to grab his camera. Have you taken some amazing wildlife photos during your travels?
News & More
Drones have become popular conservation tools. The Bureau of Land Management, the Department of the Interior and the U.S. Geological Survey have all used unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to monitor wildlife populations or to map roads or wetlands for land management purposes.
Videos
Each spring, more than 500,000 sandhill cranes come together on a narrow stretch of the Platte River in central Nebraska, as they have for thousands of years.
Nature & Wildlife
As I was driving home from the YMCA yesterday, I saw two sandhill cranes near a small pond that sits along the highway, only about a half-mile from my house. They were my first sandhill crane sightings of 2014.
