Annals of Former Times: White Sharks in the Neptune Islands
Life comes at you hard and fast and one must be ready for unexpected opportunities. A magnificent Great white shark near North Neptune...
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John J King II
- Apr 30, 2020
- 2 min
Report from Patagonia: The Orca Hunters of Punta Norte
The times are uncertain and troubling at the moment. People are really suffering as a result of covid - 19 and it appears that the worst...
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John J King II
- Mar 4, 2020
- 2 min
Report from Yellowstone: Winter in the Super-volcano
Winter wildlife inside the world's largest super - volcano, Yellowstone National Park.
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John J King II
- Feb 26, 2020
- 1 min
Postcard from Costa Rica
Birding trip to Costa Rica yields some gems.
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John J King II
- Jan 16, 2020
- 2 min
Report from Down Under: White Sharks were Missing
Large female white shark photographed in May 2015 during the late fall of the Southern hemisphere. It was to be a historic gathering of...
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John J King II
- Jan 15, 2020
- 3 min
Report from Down Under: Carnage and Suffering under Fire
I am late in reporting on the journey to South Australia which was both exciting (a first visit to a remote location) and frustrating in...
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John J King II
- Oct 6, 2019
- 2 min
Report from the Kingdom of Tonga
We traveled over 30 hours to reach the lovely and remote Vava’u island group, the northern most islands in the Tonga Archipelago. Long...
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John J King II
- Aug 8, 2019
- 1 min
Cape Cod Offshore searching for Bluefin tuna
Had the chance to jump on the F/v "Ari Two" with our good friend Armin this week to try for bluefin tuna. Couldn't pass it up since most...
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John J King II
- Apr 15, 2018
- 4 min
Postcard from Patagonia: Adventure in the Wild South
The predawn hours at Estancia La Ernestina during the month of March are often very cool with temperatures around 5 - 8 degrees Celsius...
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John J King II
- Dec 30, 2017
- 1 min
Ten Years After: A Decade of Adventure
As the last dark winter days of December slowly fade from view we are reflecting on not just the past year’s highlights but those of the...
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John J King II
- Aug 27, 2017
- 1 min
Wild Cape Cod Notebook: Summer Bird Migrations
We took a break from our field work tracking and photographing white sharks here on Cape Cod to head to a favorite birding spot on...
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John J King II
- Aug 16, 2017
- 2 min
Wild Cape Cod Notebook: Summer White Shark Research Report
Our summer adventures here on Cape Cod have once again been breath taking and the time has passed quickly. As in the previous 3 years we...
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John J King II
- May 22, 2017
- 1 min
Report from SE Alaska: Bald Eagle “Top Gun” School
On our recent trip to SE Alaska to observe the annual herring spawn spectacle (previously reported on) we made more than 5000 images of...
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John J King II
- Dec 9, 2016
- 1 min
Wild Places and Wild Things: 2016 in Review
Autumn is in full swing here on the elbow of Cape Cod and it is a time for transition for most observers of the marine natural world in...
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John J King II
- Sep 28, 2016
- 1 min
Wild Cape Cod Notebook: At the Equinox
The languid and steamy summer that we enjoyed on Cape Cod has transformed into cooler autumn weather pattern with ever more easterly...
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John J King II
- Aug 24, 2016
- 1 min
Wild Cape Cod Notebook: Summer - Monomoy National Wildlife Refuge and the Atlantic White Shark Conse
Summer is a siren that woos us on Cape Cod each year here into a state of contentment with warm breezes and sunny days and spectacular...
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John J King II
- Apr 7, 2016
- 4 min
Wild Patagonia: Of Condors and Cats
Fresh from an amazing expedition deep into the ice of Antarctica I hit the dock in Ushuaia, Argentina, head spinning, with one last...
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John J King II
- Apr 5, 2016
- 3 min
Antarctica: The End of the Earth
More than two years ago I learned that my friend Ted Cheeseman was planning to bring a team of mammal researchers led by Ari Friedlander...
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John J King II
- Apr 3, 2016
- 2 min
Spring in the Shadow of Mt. St Helens
Thirty six years ago Mt St. Helens exploded. For about sixty days the volcano had been giving clues of a pending event - starting with a...
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John J King II
- Apr 3, 2016
- 3 min
Wild Patagonia: Peninsula Valdez
Once each year for about 6 weeks a unique spectacle of nature occurs in a remote part of Argentina's wild Atlantic coast. In the...
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