Where to see Native Australian Animals: an Epic Australia Roadtrip
Where to See Native Australian Animals: an Epic Australia Roadtrip When I was a kid growing up in upstate New York, I had a big …
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The Jumping Jackals of Nossob (and How to Photograph Them)
Jackals are famously adaptable predators, but a few individuals in the South African Kalahari Desert have taken it to a new level with a rather …
Animals That Start With U: Over 130 Animals, Photos
We’ve compiled an ultimate list of more than 130 animals that start with U! Our list uses only common names because scientific names are impossible …
Animals That Start With An E
We’ve compiled an ultimate list of more than 600 animals that start with a E, which took us quite a while. But first of all, …
37 Animals that Start with N
Animals That Start With N Here’s a challenge for you. Try to think of any animals that start with n. Go ahead, I’ll wait. Can …
Animals Beginning With N: Photos and Illustrations
Animals Beginning With N: The Complete List If you’ve ever played the Animal Alphabet game then you know just how hard it is to think …
20 More of my Favorite Animal Crossing Signs in the World
20 More of My Favorite Animal Crossing Signs in the World It’s back! 20 more of my favorite animal crossing signs in the whole wide …
10 Facts about the Bot Fly (The Day I Met a Cuterebra Larva)
Hello, My Name is Cuterebra emasculator (a.k.a. Bot Fly) Yesterday I heard a pitiful screeching outside the window. Cristina and I both looked up from …
How to Identify and Avoid Sea Turtle Shell Souvenirs
If you don’t have time to read the whole article, just do these three things. 1) Watch the video. If you’re traveling to Central America …
4×4 Camping in Botswana
The Kalahari Desert in Southern Africa is our favorite place in the whole world, but getting to wilderness campsites in the Kalahari requires the right …
Traveling to Mabuasehube; Kalahari Camping in Botswana
Kalahari Camping at its Finest When you unzip the flap of your rooftop tent and see a pride of lions padding silently across your sandy …
What Do Elephants Eat?
Elephants are herbivores, meaning they only eat plants, but what do elephants eat exactly? Other large herbivores tend to specialize as either grazers (grass eaters) …
What Do Lions Eat?
Lions are carnivores, which means they eat meat. They are highly opportunistic hunters that can catch and eat anything from mice to elephants and everything …
A Complete Guide to the Mabuasehube Campsites in Botswana
Kalahari Camping in Botswana Mabuasehube Reserve (a part of the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park) has some of the most remote Kalahari camping in Botswana. There are …
How to See a Zillion Horseshoe Crabs Spawning in the Delaware Bay
My friend Mike and I will be the only ones to witness the ancient gathering. Tonight, at high tide, thousands of bizarre-looking creatures will emerge …
A Week in the Orenburg Reserve, Russia
Russia. It’s impossible for an American to even read that word without feeling at least a tiny twinge of emotional response. Since I was a kid …
Return of the Wild Przewalski’s Horse to the Russian Steppe
“You’re the first tourist to ever see this,” Tatjana whispers as she kills the engine on the ATV. The silence is so complete across the vast open …
How Photography and Blogging Can Promote Wildlife Conservation (My Lecture in Russia)
Last week I had the great honor of giving a lecture to a group of enthusiastic students at the Orenburg State University in Russia. The full …
The Living Sea Shells: a Photo Gallery of Sanibel Island Shells
This winter, Cristina and I spent a crazy week at the beach in Sanibel Island, Florida. An unusual combination of events, including a huge offshore …
A Guide to Ethical Shell Collecting
If you love collecting sea shells then you probably also have a fondness for nature and wildlife. The two seem to go hand in hand. …