Follow Hausheer as she struggles through fishing-for-dummies Youtube videos, learns how to catch bait (and then use it to catch other bait), gets thoroughly distracted by birdlife, and is pranked by her family members.
Field reporter Justine Hausheer joined them to trek through one of the country’s last pristine teak groves, following in the footsteps of elephants. Her feature story traces the history of Myanmar’s timber trade, from colonial loggers and their elephant laborers all the way to the government-sanctioned plunder of the modern day.
Believe it or not, shrews are one of the most voracious and abundant mammalian predators on the planet, found on five continents in a variety of habitats. But even though they’re common and widespread, few people see them and fewer know their crazy habits and adaptations. (For example: many shrew species are venomous, while others can literally walk on water.)
In this story, Matt Miller takes a look at just some of the many reasons to marvel at shrews.
The best wildlife encounters are almost always the result of being in the right place at the right time. Some days you see nothing… other days you get to watch a sloth poop.
Many sloth species defecate only once a week on average, a frequency that would have most of us downing laxatives and praying for death. Not surprisingly, it’s an infrequently witnessed behavior. Reporter Justine Hausheer recounts a horrifying and wonderful night in the cloud forest of Costa Rica, where she was lucky enough to witness the mythical act of sloth defecation firsthand.
In this essay, Miller explains why he believes that free and wild play in nature is one of the missing ingredients in building a viable, effective conservation movement.
