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 …
Hal Brindley
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. …
What the Wild Things Were (a Visit to Gray Fossil Site)
We are standing on a walkway, overlooking a small hill. Tent canopies cover a few muddy-looking pits. A wildflower meadow rolls toward us where monarch …
Shark Attacks: What You Need to Know
The Truth Behind the Increase in Shark Attacks In the wake of a recent string of attacks against innocent sharks along the coast of North …
Fattail Scorpion Facts: Identification, Biology, Venom
Imagine waking up one night and finding one of the world’s most dangerous scorpions strolling by your tent door, the fattail scorpion. Shivers! This actually …
Four Musk Ox Facts
The Musk Ox (Obivus moschatus) is found in cold, remote areas of the Arctic. There are some musk ox facts that are pretty obscure. For …
My 20 Favorite Animal Crossing Signs in the Whole Wide World
When I was a kid in upstate New York I passed a deer crossing sign every day. The big yellow square with a black silhouette …
Filming Beavers Swimming Underwater
We were standing on a small foot bridge that spanned a pool in the creek. It was a midsummer sunset in the Blue Ridge Mountains …
The Biggest Eggs in the World
Think how much easier an Easter egg hunt would be if you were using the biggest eggs in the world. It’s not surprising that ostriches …
Traveling to the Central Kalahari Game Reserve
Crowded game parks are not the only way to see wildlife in Southern Africa. If you’re an adventurous traveler seeking a real wilderness experience, the …
Photo of the Week: Weddell Seal, Antarctica
I photographed this Weddell Seal lounging peacefully along the icy shoreline of Eta Island in Antarctica. During the several weeks I spent sailing around the …
Vulture Extremes in Botswana
Different species of vultures play very different rolls at a carcass. What I love about this photo is that it shows the two extremes of …
Bat-Eared Fox Facts
One of my favorite animals, the Bat-eared Fox (Otocyon megalotis), lives in one of my favorite places: the Kalahari Desert in Southern Africa. (There’s a …
Photo: African Wild Dog Puppy
There’s hardly anything in the world cuter than a puppy. Except maybe an African Wild Dog puppy. These highly endangered carnivores (also known as African …