Posts Tagged ‘seal’
Leopard Seals, Extreme Close Up
It was well over a year ago when I first saw National Geographic photographer Paul Nicklen’s dramatic images of leopard seals, narwhals, and polar bears in their native Arctic and Antarctic environments in a quick spread of NatGeo magazine. Well, along with the release of his new book Polar Obsession, Nicklen’s camp released the [...]
Conserving A Private & Forbidden Hawaiian Island
Straight from SnagFilms.com, I’ve posted Robinson Crusader. Even after watching it twice I’m still not sure of what to make of Keith Robinson who curates after a family owned private island in the Hawaiian chain and cares for and manages several endangered species in the process. But this piece was, for me, serious [...]
Seal Tracks Via Satellite
My inner nerd is exulting and frolicking at the moment. Go ahead and bookmark WhaleNet (hosted through Wheelock College). Its a seriously interesting marine resource. While other rescue groups have done a great deal to satellite track and tag released marine mammals and other wildlife the maps for the animals’ locations are [...]
I Can’t Resist Them
Its a good thing harbor seal pups aren’t bent on world domination. If the silvery babies were true megalomaniacs I would have no choice but to obey their every whim. As it is I took over a hundred photos of a few born at one of the local marine parks here in Florida [...]
