The Last Safari
What really happened on Ernest Hemingway's last safari? Previously
unpublished letters and photos from the 1953 Kenya trip "Papa" took with
his wife, Mary, provide a glimpse of what is (fortunately) a bygone era.
Text by Earl Theisen
The Untouchable Wild
Plus: the New Safari: Kenya
The days of big game hunting may be over, but is the modern photo safari
really better for the land?
By Ted Kerasote
The Secrets of the Cloudforest
Plus: the New Safari: Ecuador
Deep in the heart of Ecuador's cloudforest is a place where rare and
undiscovered species still roam and people regularly live beyond 100.
By Robert McCracken Peck / Photographs by Pablo Corral
The Island at the End of the Earth
Home to an amazing concentration of marine mammals and birds, South
Georgia intrigued Captain Cook, delighted whalers, and saved Ernest Shackleton.
By Peter Matthiessen
A View With a Room
Plus: the World's Ultimate Outposts
The most beautiful and ecologically sensitive lodges can be as inexpensive
as $30 a night. Here, Audubon picks 10 ultimate outposts.
By Alex Markels |
From
the Editor
Tasting the Heart of the Wild
The new African safari lets you get closer to the wild than Ernest
Hemingway ever did.
By Lisa Gosselin
The Audubon View
The Strains of Six Billion
A growing population is one of the biggest threats to our environment.
Here's how Audubon is helping.
By John Flicker
Contributors
Letters
Field Notes
Prarie dogs stop a tea company; wolves return to New England; songbirds
are in thorny trouble; world population increases.
Edited by David Seideman
Ask Audubon
What is the deadliest snake; and whatever happened to the white buffalo?
By Carolyn Shea
True Nature
Whirling Hurricanes
These feared weather systems uproot trees, wreck buildings, reshape
landscapes, and kill; yet they can actually benefit ecosystems.
By Jan DeBlieu
Profile
The Tao of Wine
One vintner in central Califormia found the right way to grow grapes
-- while preserving the native oaks.
By Guy Hand
Journal
The Cosmopolitan Cockroach
Can't control your roaches? Why not try to understand them?
By Sarah D. Scalet |
Incite
Who Can Save a Wetland?
By law, the Fish and Wildlife Service can, but the Army Corps of Engineers
repeatedly ignores its advice.
By Ted Williams
Birds
New Bird on the Block
The Eurasian collared dove was introduced to this continent more than
20 years ago. Now it's spreading rapidly.
By Kenn Kaufman
Backyard
Laying Out Winter's Welcome Mat
Hold the fall garden cleanup! Use what summer left behind to provide
refuge for wildlife in the winter.
By Kris Wetherbee
Audubon in Action
In Oregon, Audubon groups win half a battle; salt water threatens the
Savannah National Wildlife Refuge; the Belize Audubon's success story.
Edited by Gretel H. Schueller
Reviews
The secrets of migration; fishing in Izaak Walton's steps; living like
a cowboy; and more.
By Christopher Camuto
Earth Almanac
Fall is a time to harvest delicious milkweed and to watch deer rub
their antlers and birds hide their food.
By Ted Williams
In the Wild
Undiscovered Audubon
Here's a John James Audubon work you have never seen.
By Les Line |
