The okapi, a positively wild quadraped from the Congo’s deepest jungles and feared to be extinct in the wild, has been photographed in its natural environment for the very first time.
 
I shared Slate.com’s story about http://www.sciencesays.net/2008/08/awesome-articles-for-you-to-read-today/#mce_temp_url# with you a couple of weeks ago. At the time, I mentioned that there were certainly unique opportunities to photograph rare [...]

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Hi guys-
Sorry there was no update yesterday; I’m visiting family and couldn’t get to the computer. Since I can’t write today, I thought I’d pass along the two best articles I’ve read this week. I hope you enjoy them; I’ll be back to posting tomorrow.
From Slate.com
“Paparazzi in the Woods”
Are camera-traps pestering wildlife?
Camera traps have been [...]

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In a study to be published Friday in the journal Science, researchers say the number of marine “dead zones” around the world has doubled about every 10 years since the 1960s. At the same time, the zones along many coastlines have been growing in size and intensity. About 400 coastal areas now have periodically or [...]

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Those of you who watch The Daily Show will already know that John McCain had planned to counter Barack Obama’s big speech in Berlin with his own media circus with an energy speech delivered after flying onto an offshore oil rig, ala President Bush’s famous “Mission Accomplished” speech.
You also know that a Hurricane conspired to [...]

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Enjoy the classics and the replay of the Mythbusters Shark Special 2008 at 9pm EST - check out www.SharkWeek.com for the full schedule.
I’ll be back tomorrow night to cover the last premiere:
MYSTERIES OF THE SHARK COAST
Premieres Thursday, July 31, at 9 p.m. ET/PT.
Australia’s northeastern coast is a hotbed for shark activity. Its tropical seas are [...]

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