The Enduring Age of Exploration: Bound for Antarctica
The age of exploration, we’re told, is over. We will never be the first to sail the Drake Passage, cross the Sahara, or trek the Himalayas. But we can still discover new frontiers....
The age of exploration, we’re told, is over. We will never be the first to sail the Drake Passage, cross the Sahara, or trek the Himalayas. But we can still discover new frontiers....
There are more than 100 different varieties of lemur that live in Madagascar—and only in Madagascar. Finding them entails a trek through the island’s rain forests… ...
In these autumn landscapes, the colors of fall foliage are sending us a message....
Patagonia is a place of soaring beauty and soul-healing expansiveness. Nothing can prepare you for the reality of experiencing it in person. The only thing you can do in such a sacred place is surrender. And so I did....
In China, you can marvel at giant pandas, volunteer alongside keepers, snuggle with a panda to fund conservation, even search for wild pandas in the forest...
There’s a certain stigma associated with exploring the spaces where you grew up, or even your home country. While it’s true that there’s a certain allure to being an “international” explorer, there are also plenty of adventures to have on your home turf. Today, we’re...
Wendy Redal's most vivid memory of Churchill, Manitoba, is the image of her daughter’s face, nose to nose with an enormous polar bear...
Only two wolves remain in Michigan's Isle Royale National Park. Should we intervene to keep wolves in that landscape?...
Millions of butterflies cluster; centuries of cultures congregate; snowmelt thunders to the coast; caribou dash through the tundra; wildebeest run for their lives. The jaw-dropping phenomenon of migration is around us — don’t miss it...
Documentary filmmaker Garrett Martin and three other young travelers spent four months in the wilderness of Patagonia, and joined one of the strongest conservation movements in the world....