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Visit Grimshaw Lake Important Bird Area, Tecopa, California
Often called the "Crown Jewel of the Mojave Desert," the Amargosa is the only free-flowing river in the Death Valley region of the Mojave, providing a rare and lush riparian area in the desert. The narrow Amargosa Canyon is known for its dense greenery and the shallow Amargosa River, complete with "hanging gardens" and a small waterfall. The river flows year-round dro... -
Explore Grizzled Squirrel Wildlife Sanctuary (Srivilliputtur), India (UNESCO site)
The Grizzled Squirrel Wildlife Sanctuary (GSWS), also known as Srivilliputhur Wildlife Sanctuary, was established to protect the Vulnerable Grizzled Giant Squirrel (Ratufa macroura). It is one of the best preserved forests south of the Palghat Gap. The sanctuary covers 480 square kilometres (190 sq mi) in western Tamil Nadu, South India in the eastern water-shed of th... -
See Grizzly Bear (Brown Bear) in the Wild
The grizzly bear (Ursus arctosssp.), is any North American subspecies of the brown bear, such as the mainland grizzly (U. a.horribilis), the Kodiak (U. a.middendorffi), the peninsular grizzly (U. a.gyas) and the recently extinct California grizzly (U. a.californicus). Specialists sometimes call the grizzly the North American brown bear because the grizzly and the brow... -
Explore Groenkloof Nature Reserve, South Africa
The Groenkloof Nature Reserve, located adjacent to the Fountains Valley at the southern entrance to Pretoria, was the first game sanctuary in Africa. The reserve of 600 ha is managed by the Department of Nature Conservation. It is flanked by Christina de Wit Avenue and Nelson Mandela Drive, that separate it from the Voortrekker Monument and Klapperkop Nature Reserves.... -
Participate in a Grunion Run
Grunion are are sardine-sized teleost fishes of the Atherinopsidae family of New World silversides, found only off the coast of California, USA, and Baja California, Mexico, where the species are found on both the Pacific Ocean and Gulf of California coasts. Many people enjoy catching grunion at events called "grunion runs." Grunion are known for their unusual mating ... -
Explore Guadalupe Mountains National Park, Texas
Guadalupe Mountains National Park is located in the Guadalupe Mountains of West Texas and contains Guadalupe Peak, the highest point in Texas at 8,749 feet (2,667 m) in elevation. It also contains El Capitan, long used as a landmark by people traveling along the old route later followed by the Butterfield Overland Mail stagecoach line. Visitors can see the ruins of an... -
Attend Guerrero Negro Whale Festival, Baja California Sur, Mexico
Guerrero Negro has a celebration each year to hail the annual arrival of the gray whales that calve in the lagoons of Baja California Sur (BCS). This festival occurs during the first half of February. -
Explore Gulf of Porto, Corsica, France (UNESCO site)
The Gulf of Porto is located on the French island Corsica and has jagged and sheer cliffs contain many grottos and are flanked by numerous stacks and almost inaccessible islets and coves, such as Tuara. The coastline is also noted for its red cliffs, some 900 metres high, sand beaches, and headlands. The Scandola Nature Reserve is within Corsica Regional Park. The par... -
Explore Hackmatack National Wildlife Refuge, Illinois & Wisconsin
The Hackmatack National Wildlife Refuge is a United States national wildlife refuge that includes noncontiguous properties, especially tallgrass prairie patches, wetland properties, and oak savanna parcels, located in the northwestern region of the Chicago metropolitan area and the southern part of the Milwaukee area. The Hackmatack NWR was officially established when... -
Birding at Hakalau Forest National Wildlife Refuge, Big Island, Hawaii
Some of the best birding in Hawaii can be found at Hakalau Forest National Wildlife Refuge, a protected area on the Big Island of Hawaii. Eight of the 14 native bird species occurring at Hakalau are endangered. Thirteen migratory bird species and 20 introduced species, including eight game birds, as well as the endangered ʻopeʻapeʻa (Hawaiian hoary bat, Lasiurus ... -
Dive with Hammerhead Shark off Bimini Island, Bahamas
One of the great places to dive with hammerhead sharks is just off the beaches of the small island of Bimini in the Bahamas. Only 50 miles from Florida, Bimini is considered the great hammerhead capital of the world, where you can encounter up to a dozen different great hammerhead sharks. Bimini Biological Field Station (Shark Lab) is a world famous facility owned an... -
Dive with Hammerhead Sharks
Perhaps no creature in the ocean generates the level of simultaneous awe and curiosity as a Hammerhead Shark when seen in the wild. The nine known species of Hammerhead Sharks range from just under 1 meter (3 feet) to 6 meters (20 feet) in length. The thinking is that the “hammerhead” is an evolutionary result that provides a 360 degree vertical vision pla... -
Dive with Hammerhead Sharks off Cocos Island, Costa Rica
Costa Rica’s Cocos Island (Isla del Coco) is an uninhabited land mass located about 550 kilometers (340 miles) from the country’s Pacific Coast. The region has been preserved as a Marine National Park and has been named a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Merging currents, deep water and plenty of nutrition makes the waters off Cocos Island attractive to all sor... -
Dive with Hammerhead Sharks off Galápagos Islands, Ecuador
Among the myriad treasures found in the famous waters off the Galapagos Islands are schools (shoals) of Hammerhead Sharks. Mostly located near Wolf Island and Darwin Island the local population is dominated by the Scalloped Hammerhead species (Sphyrna lewini), so named because of the notch found on either side the extension that gives the curious looking shark its nam... -
Dive with Hammerhead Sharks off Gordo Banks, Cabo San Lucas, Mexico
A well-known and documented underwater mountain (aka Sea Mount) about 5 miles (8 kilometers) from the coast of Baja California’s San Jose Del Cabo in Mexico known as Gordo Banks provides perfect habitat for all kinds of sea life, including large shoals of Hammerhead Sharks. The top of the Sea Mount is found at about 130 feet (40 meters) and the surface has been ...
