Russia.
It's impossible for an American to even read that word without feeling at least a tiny twinge of emotional response.
Since I was a kid I've been s...
"You're the first tourist to ever see this," Tatjana whispers as she kills the engine on the ATV.
The silence is so complete across the vast open steppe that...
Last week I had the great honor of giving a lecture to a group of enthusiastic students at the Orenburg State University in Russia.
Me giving a lecture to a...
This winter, Cristina and I spent a crazy week at the beach in Sanibel Island, Florida. An unusual combination of events, including a huge offshore storm and a ...
If you love collecting sea shells then you probably also have a fondness for nature and wildlife. The two seem to go hand in hand. So when you crouch down to th...
How To Tell if a Sand Dollar, Starfish, Egg Case, Urchin, or Sea Shell is Alive or Dead
Here are some quick tips on how to determine if a sea creature you find...
Cristina was sitting in her favorite chair thumbing through a small book titled Sri Lankan Wildlife. She was fantasizing about her upcoming journey to TBC Asia ...
You stroll into town as the warm sun rises over the calm water of the Gulf of Mexico. Collared Doves coo overhead but the only other sound is the gentle lapping...
I knelt down in the wet sand to peek under the edge of a knobby orange shell. Inside, a slimy-looking gray marine snail was slowly moving its mysterious anatomy...
Hal Brindley is a wildlife photographer, film-maker, and writer living in Asheville, North Carolina. He is the founder of Dodo Films and co-author of the book Blind Date Safari, a travel memoir detailing his adventures across Africa with a total stranger who eventually became his wife. Some of his photography can be viewed at HalBrindley.com.
