A massive sinkhole opens beneath the La Brea Tar Pits in Los Angeles. Buildings, freeways, and screaming people plummet through a time portal. They land 10,000 years in the past,…

Many years ago, as a novice scuba diver, I had the rare and wonderful experience of meeting a Caribbean octopus living off the coast of Martinique. I was stunned as…

I’ve loved being outdoors for as long as I can remember, especially camping.  As a child, I spent most of my time outdoors.  I was blissfully happy whenever I was…

On a recent visit to the Pink Palace Museum in Memphis, my wife and I watched an Omnimax film called The Great Barrier Reef. Told through the eyes of Jemma…

When I was a kid, I spent countless hours outside, climbing trees, inspecting plants and insects, or just hanging out reading a book. I used to examine the pictures in…

Bythewood. That is the last name of my best friend since childhood. I am from East Texas, and she did live by the woods. I spent so much time at…

My parents were transplants from West Texas who moved to San Antonio due to the consolidation of Air Force Bases in the 1950’s.  I was the third child, but the…

When I was ten years old, I received a subscription to a National Geographic kids’ magazine called The World. This coincided with an education from my favorite school teacher about…