The Teams Takes it Slow

We had the choice of a short day of 20 km or pushing ourselves to our longest day and going for 50. Those were the…

The island life

We woke up on the edge of the plain to a solid wall of fog, eerie and vast. More than half of our sightline was white. Once we…

Round and Round we go

Imagine you ask me how far you had to paddle and I pointed to the horizon. You're like ' I have to paddle all the way to…

Vultures Are Revolting: Here’s Why We Need To Save Them

At sunset the wildebeest seems doomed: Sick or…

Women in the Water — Part I: Diving In

By Jessie Neumann, The Ocean Foundation

Signs of Life

We have been waiting for more signs of animal activity as we have progressed down the river which has become deeper and greener by the…

Half Earth is half an answer

We’re not yet sentient or intelligent enough to be much of anything. And we’re not going to have a secure future if we continue to play the kind of false god who whimsically destroys Earth’s living environment, and are pleased with what we have wrought. Wilson, Edward O. (2016…

The Okapi

Curio Vol 2 | Issue 2

A Little Bit of Everything

As we travel deeper into this floodplain we are being increasingly amazed with what we are finding, like the…

On Amateurs

The amateur has a bit of an identity crisis. Not any specific amateur, more the idea. Here’s the Merriam-Webster definition: