I was interviewed about invasive species on the December 1st edition of Chronicles on WCVB-TV. From their program guide: Invasive alien species arriving by air, land and sea. Their goal: total domination. And if we don’t act soon, it will be too late. If that...
I’m returning to my roots in January 2009 with a series of tours out of Mazatlan, Mexico before, during and after the new Mazatlan Bird Festival. There are now hundreds of annual birds festivals, big and small, across North America and the Mazatlan Bird Festival...
This October I’m leading a trip to the Galapogos for Road Scholar, with several more departures planned for next April and May. There’s no doubt the Galapagos Islands provide one of the most thrilling wildlife experiences in the world. Without natural...
I was recently interviewed by Karen Nugent of the Worcester Telegram about a topic near and dear to my heart – invasive alien plants, specifically, a state-banned non-native vine called Oriental bittersweet that is popular this time of year. Karen wrote:...
Democratic Candidate for U.S. Congress Niki Tsongas invited me to provide color commentary on environmental issues during her “Rolling Down the River” campaign on the Sudbury River in July. Along the way I pointed out birds, turtles, and native and...
The Smithsonian Magazine has a an excellent article this month, Teaming Up With Thoreau by Michelle Nijhuis, that does a beautiful job of conveying what’s so special — and what’s changing too fast — in my small part of the woods. An excerpt...
Interest in penguins, their lives and their homes (in this era of climate change) is at an all time high. Having lectured on the sex lives of penguins and all sorts of Antarctic topics since 1986, I will be returning again this February 22 – March 16 for the...
Americans seem to know less and care less than ever about the natural world in their environs. As evidenced by the popularity of “action-oriented†nature shows and films about far away places, they are more interested in the cats of the African plains, the...
A rash of new trees, shrubs, vines, creepers, wild flowers, grasses and fresh water aquatic plants are in the process of taking over vast areas of our remaining wild lands. These “new†plants evolved thousands of miles away across oceans and continents, but in a...
From July 17 to September 10, 2006 I was bird lecturer and part-time charismatic megafauna spotter on Quark Expedition’s Kapitan Klebnikov from the Chukotka Peninsula to the Thule area of NW Greenland. We traversed the NW Passage south of Victoria Island, then...
