Biyadhoo, Maldives
The beauty of the small islands of the Maldives, ProfessorAbe reminds us, is threatened by erosion and rising sea levels.
The beauty of the small islands of the Maldives, ProfessorAbe reminds us, is threatened by erosion and rising sea levels.
A bridge built for safe passage of squirrels took a long time to attract any, but now they are using it regularly
DrFumblefinger enjoys fresh sockeye salmon, plentifully available in the Pacific Northwest during the summer months. He enjoyed see the Copper River in person as this is where most of the salmon he's cooked originate.
DrFumblefinger enjoyed a hike to Blossom Lakes in the Idaho Panhandle, which during the fall offers nice colors to enhance your enjoyment of the journey.
DrFumblefinger enjoys a lovely sunset on the eastern shore of Vancouver Island.
In Santa Barbara, the botanic garden is focused on the flora of California in its historic home on land once part of the Santa Barbara mission.
Cigarette butt collection is being outsourced to a murder of crows in a Swedish experiment.
Judy Barford discovered that this encounter was strictly for the birds.
Ecuador, which owns the Galapagos Islands, has added a large new reserve to protect migratory sea life.
DrFumblefinger enjoyed the lush vegetation and flowers of Kauai, the Garden Island.
DrFumblefinger was lucky enough to spot Mt. Logan, Canada's tallest peak. It is a remote mountain in the Yukon, near Alaska, with no way to access or see it but by air.
ProfessorAbe pays an autumn visit, enjoying more greenhouse time, as well as a well-planted winter garden.
Chobe is Botswana’s first national park, and it has one of the largest concentrations of game in Africa.
DrFumblefinger makes a stop at Gibbon Falls, where the Gibbon River drops 84 feet over the old inner caldera of the Yellowstone volcano.
DrFumblefinger goes on a fall hike to C-level Cirque, a trail that has vivid fall colors, passes an old, abandoned coal mine, and ends in a lovely subalpine cirque.