Six Months in South Africa: Exploring Addo Elephant National Park

A winter day exploring Addo Elephant National Park yielded fantastic views of elephants, zebras, lions and other classic South African wildlife, as well as a host of native birds, such as ostriches, g...

Groundhogs and Waiting for Spring

Chunky groundhogs hibernate during winter and, according to North American folklore, predict whether spring will arrive early or there’ll be six more weeks of winter. This year’s groundhog...

Cruising Alaska’s Prince William Sound

In May, Vilis and I spent five days in southeastern Alaska, based in Anchorage. On our fourth day, we bussed 100 kilometres south from Anchorage through mountainous Chugach National Forest to the port...

Red Fox on the Hunt

  Spring has sprung, the grass is riz, Red foxes are pouncing where meadow voles is. Poor poetry, but true. During the past week, I’ve watched a red fox, Vulpes vulpes, hunting in the parkl...