Chances are that you have seen the scarlet macaw in movies, pictures, or resorts. Its image conjures up ideas of warm weather, relaxation, and paradise. In the wild, it is even more majestic, attracting conservationists, biologists, and aviculture enthusiasts alike and drawing the eye to its striking plumage colors of red, yellow, blue, and green.…
Chance moments of wonder in nature have all been but removed in our day to day existence, especially in urban and suburban environments. They are still there to be enjoyed, however. You just have to work a little harder to find them. By taking a trip to the nearest brushy lot, wooded park, or wild…
In March 2019, the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) officially listed the mako shark as an endangered species. This comes after its status was updated from “near threatened” to “vulnerable” back in 2007. Now, both the longfin mako shark and the shortfin mako shark have made it to the list, with the…
Seen from a bird’s eye view, the beautiful limestone islands found throughout Raja Ampat, Indonesia, look idyllic. In reality these are extremely rugged, karst formations formed underwater tens of millions of years ago by generations of marine organisms that secrete calcium carbonate. Subsequent tectonic plate activity caused these ancient reefs to uplift out of the…
A rare leucistic chick was spotted and photographed among a breeding colony of 200,000 king penguins, Aptenodytes patagonicus, on Salisbury Plain, Bay of Isles, South Georgia. South Georgia is a remote, cold island in South Atlantic Ocean that is a British Overseas Territory, and known for its high level of biodiversity among all the ecosystems…