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"One day we'll just disappear, but the parks will still be here."
There's a reason nobody plans a trip to the world's greatest waste disposal sites.
It was the first time I heard the howl of coyotes, the first time I slept under the open...
Over 100 flip flops have washed ashore, just on this beach, in the last year.
My shutter finger reacted before I realized the noise was coming from dIrectly in front...
If you live in, eat in, or visit the United States, you're connected to the Colorado...
We wanted a house that wasn’t a ‘look’; we wanted a house that actually is...
"This is my family. They don't have to be my blood."
“This house should be an observation shed for the changing landscape beyond.”
One of the biggest challenges this area faces is its isolation from the rest of the world.
There is no way to measure the necessity of wilderness to the human soul.
Chi Phat offers an alternative vision for villages on the edge of protected areas.
I find this part of the world wildly inviting, and I must not be alone.
Katmai National Park is known for two things: the volcanic landscape…and bears.
A vast mosaic of wetland habitats, the Yacuma is almost unrivaled in scope and diversity.
The idea of small-town merchants disseminating saved seeds is a thing of the past.
We floated on the glassy lagoon observing the creature, its head poking out for a breath.
Some pretty crazy-looking critters inhabit Australia's GBR.
Over the past 10 years, I’ve had the opportunity to visit South Georgia as a naturalist...
A report on the environment from one of the world's most dangerous countries for...
The current rate of extinction is greater than at any other time since the dinosaurs...
Stalking the water-going creatures of the Galápagos.
A set of beautiful polar bear photos accompanied by some trivia.