Category Exploring the Earth

Blog posts relating to biology around the earth

Climbing to the top

ROCK CLIMBING TO THE TOP For the last seven years I have been responsible for the maintanence and instruction for rock climbing at an international school somewhere. It has been my pleasure to work with a fabulous team of professionals…

Cloud Forests

It was last weekend, when I finally had the time and the right vehicle to take the bumpy drive up into the depths of the Parque Montecristo. This national reserve sits along the Northern border of El Salvador, where it…

Turtles in El Salvador

I recently had one of the most beautiful experiences of my life. I spent the Saturday night patrolling the protected zone of San Diego beach with los tortugueros (the turtle-watchers). Between the months of May and October the most abundent…

The Cougar

The cougar, mountain lion, puma or panther. This mighty predator gets a lot of names, and the correct one is actually Puma or Puma concolor including the species name. And according to field biologists this awesome predator roams the entire…