Category Archives: Wildlife

Crossing the Heart of Africa wins memoir award from ASJA

Posted on April 8, 2011 by admin

I’m thrilled to report that CHA has won the 2011 Outstanding Book Award for memoir/autobiography from the American Society of Journalists and Authors. And in other news, a photo gallery from my 2007 trip is up now on Life.com. (Never … Continue reading →

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Being fed by an Antarctic leopard seal

Posted on November 17, 2009 by Julian Smith

Seals are nice and cute and playful, right?

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Gibbon Ninja

Posted on November 9, 2009 by Julian Smith

Tiger cubs, swinging gibbon, kung fu sound effects? Comedy gold.

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Two words: Lion Drome

Posted on October 28, 2009 by Julian Smith

When the Wall of Death fails to satisfy, add a giant feline predator in a sidecar. Number five in the list of the most badass things ever done by jungle cats: Somebody back in the 1920s thought to themselves, “I … Continue reading →

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Lonesome George fatherhood update

Posted on July 27, 2009 by Julian Smith

Remember Lonesome George, the only surviving Pinta Galapagos tortoise? The rarest living creature on Earth, on whose wrinkled shoulders the fate of his entire subspecies rests? When we last checked in, George had gotten a female in his pen pregnant … Continue reading →

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No more Atlantic bluefin tuna in three years?

Posted on April 15, 2009 by Julian Smith

That's what the WWF predicts if this year's Mediterranean fishing season goes ahead as normal, which it is. The average mature tunas is less than half as big as it was in the 1990s.

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Birds on and off power lines

Posted on April 8, 2009 by Julian Smith

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Dolphins blow bubble rings

Posted on March 24, 2009 by Julian Smith

Dolphins at SeaWorld Orlando create bubble rings out of their blowholes.

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“Extinct” bird found, sold, eaten

Posted on February 19, 2009 by Julian Smith

It sounds like a headline from The Onion: a Worcester's Buttonquail (Turnix worcesteri), thought to be extinct, was just found at a poultry market in the Caraballo mountains in northern Luzon, Phillippines. A local birdwatching group took photos and videos … Continue reading →

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New species of pink land iguana discovered in the Galapagos

Posted on January 6, 2009 by Julian Smith

A new species of pink land iguana–genetically distinct from the normal kind (Conolophus subcristatus) above–has been identified on Isabela Island in the Galapagos. The rosada species is a relict lineage (i.e. used to be widespread but now rare) whose origins … Continue reading →