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What is the "Perfect" Daypack for Nature Travel?

Choosing a good backpack to bring with you each day during nature adventures is crucial—maybe one of the most important bits of gear we...

Make Your Miles Count

I’m often asked about the impact of travel, tourism, and even this special brand of “conservation travel” I’m so immersed in. The...

The single best thing you can do to travel more sustainably

Sustainable travel can be complex. From carbon offsetting, to minimizing waste, to choosing services owned by local businesses, the list...

New Nature Photography Tutorials

Well it's now been about a month now of recording and posting podcasts, and wow, things are going swell! Thanks so much to all of you...

New Photography Podcast - Ready!

This has been an exciting journey--getting a new podcast recorded, edited, honed, and ready for listening! I'm actively in the process of...

Aye-aye Found!

What a sensational Madagascar wildlife expedition I embarked on this past June. As expected, the wildlife started off with a bang....

A Conservation Victory

When you get news as good as this, it must be shared. This past week, scientists in Mexico determined that the overwintering monarch...

Has the modern day Homo sapien taken a new evolutionary path?

I get this question a lot, about whether humans are still evolving. It often goes like this…”If natural selection were real, why have we...

What's your WHY?

I'm re-reading one of my favorite books, again, and it's giving me all the inspiration it did the very first time I picked it up. It's a...

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