This week my grand, unrestrained jest with Mother Nature led to a charming encounter with an endearingly bulky Mr. Brown Bear, who I fondly named Bartholomew. An odd name, you say? Perhaps, but in the magical realms of the wild, it’s the oddities that make the symphony extraordinary. Welcome, dear…

Greetings, fellow nature enthusiasts! This week’s adventure took me through thick underbrush, knee-deep in the murk of muddy swamps, on a quest for one elusive critter – Sir Stinksalot, a solitary skunk with a penchant for late-night frolics. Day 1: Locating Sir Stinksalot After consulting with local bird flocks and…

Ah, what resplendent, raucous glory! Over the last few days, I have been privy to the underwater ballet of the most magnificent creature, the sperm whale. I bestowed upon him the name of Brobdingnag, after the realm of giants in Jonathan Swift's "Gulliver's Travels." It seemed a fitting title for…

The world, my dear readers, is a stage. And as your humble narrator, I am eternally obliged to paint the backdrop of this saga – a soggy marshland adorned with willows weeping into the glimmering waters. Here, nestled between the hum of a morning lark-song and the gentle rustling of…

I have had the uncanny privilege, nay divine opportunity, to travel the deep rugged terrain of coastal California to spy on the elusive giant of the marina world, the Elephant Seal. I bestowed upon this grand fellow the name "Bulldozer" due to his colossal nature and his apparent inability to…

Eccentricity plays romantic tunes on the grand piano of my psyche as I embark on my latest sojourn into the heart of Australia's rainforests. My quarry this week is a gorgeous winged enigma, the Little Red Flying Fox. I've taken the liberty of dubbing him Thornwick, a name that resonates…

This week, dear readers, we venture into the heart of the Indian jungle, spiced with exotic scents and filled with a symphony of cicadas and bird songs. Our quarry is the enigmatic Indian rhinoceros, a monumental relic of bygone eras and a creature that embodies the wild, unspoiled essence of…

As the dawn dripped through the shivering leaves, on an elusive cloak of fog, my quest to locate one of nature's masquerading marvels, the elusive Clouded Leopard, began. Though my transversospinalis-rotatores plagued my stride, my resolve was unwavering. I lovingly named him, Whiskers, igniting a playful connection between man and…

I sat on a cozy perch made out of makeshift bamboo rods, peering through the thick foliage surrounding me. I was hunting down, with only my words as weapons, an elusive Red Leaf Monkey. I'd heard tales of this bright-faced creature, whose quirks and idiosyncrasies add a dash of humor…

Good Morning, fellow nature enthusiasts! My wild exploits have brought me to the wide and open steppes of Mongolia this week, in search of a monumental marvel of nature – a symbol of unfettered freedom, the legendary Przewalski’s Horse. Now, you might call it a horse, but in the bindings…