Out in the wide world

I haven't posted in a year, so it's time to either revive this blog--or bury it. Think I'll bring it back. Two weeks ago I pub...

Am back in the crazy, mass-of-humanity cacophony of Delhi, horns honking, maniacal traffic, air choked with wood smoke. Great to see old fri...

We started our day today with a 7:00 AM ride on elephant back to a clearing where a tiger was devouring the sambar deer he’d killed during t...

Am in Bandavgarh, staying on the periphery of the famous tiger park. We head in each morning as predawn light pales the sky, driving in an o...

This "flooded landscape" is as dry as it ever gets, the rivers down some 12 to 15 feet. It's the end of the dry season amidst ...

This is from my article "Dirty Water: India and China share a grave environmental problem—extreme water pollution" that was just p...

I've written on the Asian wildlife trade many times over the last years: the Asian turtle crisis, with turtles of many species being vac...