In the early 1920s, elephant seals numbered in only the double digits, having been hunted to the brink of extinction for their blubber that was used to make oil. Today, the elephant …
The stretch of the Capitol Corridor Amtrak route between Martinez and Davis is one of the prettiest, and just looking out the window it’s easy to see that nature is alive and …
In an earlier blog post, I wrote about why our family would not ride elephants while vacationing in Thailand. At the time of that writing, we hadn’t yet gone on our trip, …