It was my second day gorilla trekking in Rwanda’s Volcanoes National Park and I thought I knew the gig. My first hike, in the medium difficulty category, had been an easy stroll through bamboo and montane forest into an open glade where our assigned gorilla...
While I’ve always been an animal lover, my preference has been for wild animals. Leave the wild in the wild was always my motto, though perhaps that had something to do with the fact that once upon a time even a potted plant felt like...
After three stories each from Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, South America and now Antarctica, we come to the end of my "official" tour of nature on the seven continents; though I assure you that the travel tales will continue. I end with a...
We’ve explored nature in Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, and South America on this tour of the continents. Our final destination, Antarctica, is a continent like no other. One of the hardest to reach, ice and penguins dominate this land. Adelie Penguins marched across the...
After Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe and North America, we now head to South America for the next continent in this exploration of nature around the world series…Immersed and adrift in the Galápagos’ Humboldt Current, I gazed through my snorkel mask at a blanket of water...