Category Archives: environment

Amazon Travel Video: Parrots at Yasuni Clay Lick

April 6, 2011 – 9:15 am

Adventure Life traveler, Julia, returns home from a trip to the Ecuadorian Amazon with this clip from the Yasuni Clay Lick. Located along with Napo River, this is one of the most accessible licks in the Amazon. Hundreds of parrots visit this lick each day. This is a very popular stop for guests of Sacha [...]

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Galapagos Travel Following the Tsunami

March 16, 2011 – 3:49 pm

Like Hawaii, the Galapagos Islands were impacted by the tsunami that resulted from the devastating earthquake that hit Japan on March 11, 2011. In general, the impact on the islands is not severe, but there was significant flooding in some areas. One of the areas that suffered the most significant damage with the Charles Darwin [...]

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Tsunami Alert for Galapagos and Other Regions in Latin America

March 11, 2011 – 10:20 am

UPDATE (March 12, 2011): The tsunami hit the Galapagos about an hour later than originally expected. Seas are choppier around the entire archipelago, but nothing too severe or extremely unusual. Waves at Academy Bay, in Puerto Ayora (Santa Cruz Island), were taller than normal as well, but there are no records of any damages caused [...]

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Adventure Life and Rainforest Alliance in the Amazon

February 4, 2011 – 3:35 pm

Adventure Life continues to grow our partnership with the Rainforest Alliance. Our current project is the “Conservation Alliances for Economic Viability”– a very academic title for a very promising initiative. The goals of this USAID approved project include the preservation of at least 200,000 hectares of Amazonian rainforest in Ecuador — combined with training and [...]

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Galapagos Travel Update: Good Riddance to Invasive Rats

November 18, 2010 – 1:11 pm

As part of an ongoing commitment (and battle) to eradicate invasive species on the Galapagos Islands, partner organizations including the Charles Darwin Foundation (CDF) and Galapagos National Park (GNP) are once again attacking the invasive rat population of the Galapagos Islands. The rats causing all the trouble were first brought inadvertently to the islands in [...]

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Galapagos Travel: After 40 Years, Giant Tortoises back on Pinta Island

June 30, 2010 – 8:10 am

In late May 2010, thirty-nine giant tortoises were released onto the Galapagos’ Pinta Island. Called the “Pinta Project 2010“, the release and monitoring of the tortoises is definitely a team effort that includes Ecuador’s Ministry of Environment, the Galapagos Conservancy, Galapagos National Park, State University of New York, and the Huston Zoo. Pinta Island has [...]

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Galapagos Wildlife: Charles Darwin Foundation Releases the Ultimate Wildlife Checklist

June 8, 2010 – 9:45 am

Following an intense two years of research, the Charles Darwin Foundation (CDF) has recently released their Galapagos Known Species Checklist. Teachers, students, scientists, travelers and wildlife enthusiasts in general are encouraged to download and utilize the comprehensive list to further understand the delicate environment of the Galapagos. While this list is just phase one of [...]

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Marissa Captures her Alaska Adventure Cruise on Video

June 2, 2010 – 11:44 am

Continuing my love affair with Alaska, I’m living vicariously through Adventure Lifer, Marissa, and this short clip of her adventures in Alaska. In mid-May, Marissa spent a week in the famous panhandle. Spreading her time between hiking to caves, a camping trip, taking a polar plunge, and sea kayaking in one of the last remaining [...]

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Wildside of Alaska Travel

May 12, 2010 – 9:51 am

Wildlife has come to define Alaska. Images of grand grizzlies, a breaching humpback whale, or a bald eagle snatching a salmon from a stream have come to symbolize the spirit of the United States’ largest state. The list of Alaskan wildlife is long and diverse. Here is a sampling of Alaska’s most famous inhabitants. BEARS [...]

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Fourth Annual Earth Hour 3.27.10

March 26, 2010 – 12:16 pm

March 27, 2010 will bring with it the fourth annual Earth Hour — the world’s largest switch-off. Organized by the World Wildlife Fund, Earth Hour is designed as a non-partisan movement, where the world’s communities, governments and organizations can come together to do something about climate change. To quote WWF: ‘The movement symbolizes that by [...]

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