I arrived home about 10 days ago. From the coral reefs of Madagascar, I drifted north to Paris, France. It was the perfect spot to...

Humans are adaptable creatures. Acclimatable is probably more precise, but sure is a mouthful to say. Three months ago, I hit the...

I have no idea where this originally comes from, but Faith used to say this on Buffy, The Vampire Slayer. (Yes, I’m a fan. Let’s move...

Opening Scene: The photographer dreams of photographing the smallest lizard in the world. It is a chameleon that lives only at 1000...

Madagascar is a boiling cauldron of evolution (and other things, as well). It is the world’s fourth largest island. It reached its...

There was a narrative in the early days of the pandemic about how Covid was a salve for the environment. While humans cowered in their...

My brother and I grew up watching Jacques Cousteau and Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom. We’d see Philippe don a wetsuit so thick he...

I don’t think hope ever really dies. It just shrinks to a tiny ember that we wrap in leaves deep within us and portage from place to...

The elegant and majestic bee eater has inspired poets and scribes throughout the ages. Steve Martin was once moved to write the verses...

I awake to the sounds of something eating outside my hut. A Kudu? A Bushbuck? I am not sure. I fall back asleep. Sometime later I...

I was born broken. Perhaps it was some random mutation deep within my genome that when expressed, exposed the flaw. Or my genetics are...

I come from a strange lineage. I don’t mean my immediate bloodline, although my brother and sisters are pretty weird in all the right...

The Queen of England passed away when I was in the Congo. I'm not much of a royal follower, but there was something reassuring about...

We press on deeper into the jungle in search of Kurtz. This time by river. We are the only motorized transportation on the Sangha. ...

Embedded within the Tropical Forest at Odzalla are large swaths of savanna and patches of wet meadow. This creates an interesting mix of...

It's midnight. I lie awake. Marlow haunts my mind. Beyond a thin wall of mosquito netting lies The Congo. Massive black trees linger at...