Beyond the Finish Line: What I Found Walking Across Tsavo National Park

Background:  In September/October 2025, I walked 111 miles through Tsavo West and Tsavo East National Parks in Kenya. The journey followed the Tsavo and Galana Rivers and was

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Visiting Camp Leakey Up-Close with Orangutans in Borneo

The narrow wooden klotok boat glided quietly through the tea-colored river, its engine a soft rumble beneath the jungle’s layered chorus: insects buzzing, birds calling, branches creaking far

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100 Mile Journey on Foot through Tsavo National Park

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Sheldrick Wildlife Trust Nairobi

Who can resist a baby elephant?   With their wrinkly grey skin and wobbly legs with a trunk that flops to and fro because they don't quite yet

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Super Tuskers need our help – (just your signature will make a huge impact for these elephants!)

If you are ready, here is the link to sign the petition to the President of Tanzania. To jump ahead - go here for the "LINKS" sectiongo here

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Lions extinct in the wild by 2050? Is that the fate we want for them?

Note:   All the images in this blog and all of my blogs are animals in the wild unless specifically noted.   This article talks about captive lions

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2023 Year in Review and 2024 Plans

2023 was another intense year of travel with 159 days traveling.    In addition to those days out of my home state, I spent many days and nights

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African Jacana carries its babies

I've seen African Jacanas many many times and never quite understood why my driver guides were always so excited when seeing one. They aren't rare but they are

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A Lion’s Dilemma: Witnessing the Complex Behavior of an Older Male Lion Who Reluctantly Shares A Kill with Two Other Males

- From:  Namiri Plains, Serengeti National Park, Tanzania From a distance, my driver spotted 2 male lions walking across the plains.   Through the binoculars, they looked like

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Leatherback Turtles Nesting in Gabon

As I stroll along the sandy shore, the soft grains of sand shift beneath my toes. The ocean stretches out before my eyes, its surface rippling and glinting

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