Brazil’s Pantanal a Wildlife Gem
It had been the quiet wonders, from the pastel palette hues of Pelourinho in Salvador to the tasty seafood moquecas at Pedra do Guaratiba, that won me over in Brazil. Now as I approached the stilt-held Baiazinha Lodge on the shore of a lagoon in the interior of Brazil’s Mato Grosso do Sul, I marveled […]
Polar Bear Experiences Rich in Northern Manitoba
Northern Manitoba is the place to be in October when the great white hunters roam the tundra. In autumn the great white polar bears gather on the shores of Hudson Bay waiting for the bay to freeze. BY CATHERINE M. SENECAL SPECIAL TO THE STAR We could see only three metres of icy road out […]
Tales of the Tundra
Though hulking, muskoxen are capable of navigating precarious situations. Photo: Stephen G. Maka Photography A Wildlife Tour of Canada’s Northwest You’d think 300,000 caribou would be easy to spot, but we’d gone nearly a week without a glimpse of the herd. “I have a gut feeling today’s the day,” uttered Tom, a veteran of the […]
Land of the Giants
This article was originally published in The Courier Mail in Brisbane. Azure waters, forested mountain slopes and picturesque villages converge where the borders of Rwanda, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Uganda come together north of Lake Tanganyika in the middle of Africa. That this is gorilla-visiting headquarters of the world is a […]