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 …
Hal Brindley
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. …
How To Tell if a Sea Shell, Sand Dollar, Starfish, Egg Case, or Urchin is Alive or Dead
How To Tell if a Sand Dollar, Starfish, Egg Case, Urchin, or Sea Shell is Alive or Dead Here are some quick tips on how to …
Why Cedar Key is our Favorite Place to Kayak With Dolphins in Florida
Kayaking with dolphins in Cedar Key is easy! You stroll into town as the warm sun rises over the calm water of the Gulf of …
How to Tell the Difference Between Black and White Rhino
On an African Safari, each person makes a personal list of the dream animals they wish to see, and the rhinoceros is usually on it. …
How To Shoot an Underwater Time Lapse of Starfish With a GoPro
When we visited the Great Bear Rainforest a couple of years ago we were hoping to see grizzlies and, if we were very lucky, a …
The Beautiful Face of the Florida Fighting Conch
I knelt down in the wet sand to peek under the edge of a knobby orange shell. Inside, a slimy-looking gray marine snail was slowly …
How To Edit Videos of Wildlife with Adobe Premiere Pro Tutorials
Learn How to Edit Videos with Adobe Premiere Pro Tutorials. I’ve been making films since I was a little kid. Back then I would shoot …
Slapped by a Sea Turtle (a Conservation Vacation in Costa Rica)
It’s a hot July day on a remote beach in Central America, but I am far from relaxed. I am intensely focused on the job …
King of the North, our Best Polar Bear Photos
Polar bear season is upon us! Every October, polar bears begin to gather along the Hudson Bay shoreline and wait for the ice to form. …