Lewa Wildlife Conservancy – A Success Story
The Lewa Wildlife Conservancy occupies a relatively small 62,000 acres in northern Kenya but its role as a conservation innovator extends far beyond its borders. The Conservancy and surrounding areas contain […]
20 Top Wildlife Organizations for 2026
If you’re looking for the top wildlife organizations to support in 2026, this guide highlights 20 organizations that genuinely make a difference. These nonprofits are protecting endangered species, restoring and […]
#1 Way to Attract Birds to Your Backyard
#1 Way to Attract Birds to Your Backyard I’ve been experimenting with my California cottage garden, planting native plants, adding water features, and putting out bird seed. If you’re wondering […]
Five NGO’s Helping Animals that deserve your 2022 donation
You have enough to do then spend your time researching which organizations deserve your donations. So let me help you. Here are my favorite five non-governmental organizations helping animals. I have […]
Greeting Jane Goodall’s Chimpanzees of Gombe
Our boat lands on the sandy shores of Gombe Stream National Park where 26 year old Jane Goodall and her mother Vanne first arrived in July, 1960. Soon afterwards Dr. Jane’s ground […]
The Rock with an Elephant Soul
“There’s a rock painting I want to show you,” my safari guide tells me as we move through Kenya’s Northern Rangelands, near Sarara and their sister camp, The Tree House. […]
Dereck and Beverly Joubert- A Love Story
Seconds after meeting conservationist extraordinaire Beverly Joubert for the first time, she holds my hand as if we are BFF’s. She is generous, kind, and warm. And attentive. Someone I […]
Conservation’s Dog Heroes
Dogs are amazing. They are lovable, loyal, and protective. And, it turns out, heroes of conservation. Working Dogs for Conservation (WD4C) loves bad dogs – the obsessive, high-energy kind. Of […]
How Permaculture is Saving Kenya’s Wildlife
Last year while traveling in East Africa I met an exceptional young man, permaculture practitioner George Kaberia. He is a 35 year-old Kenyan who is saving wildlife and wild places […]
Asian Elephants and the Man who is Saving Them
With more than eight hundred large tea estates and thousands of smaller tea gardens yielding more than seven hundred million pounds of black tea annually, Assam, India is the most […]
Goodall walks her talk for Animals and the Planet
Last night at a dinner party a group of us were engaged in a heartfelt discussion about wildlife, habitat destruction, and climate change when the hostess announced, “Dinner’s […]
If Animals Could Speak, Here’s What They’d Say [Infographic]
Animals are communicating all the time. We just don’t understand them very well. When I spend time watching an animal in the wild, or really paying attention to my dog […]