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John J King II
Feb 26, 20201 min read
Postcard from Costa Rica
Birding trip to Costa Rica yields some gems.
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John J King II
Jan 16, 20202 min read
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, 20203 min read
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, 20192 min read
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, 20191 min read
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
Oct 4, 20182 min read
North to Alaska: Report from Polar Bear Heaven
Our second expedition into the wild to find polar bears in 2018 took us to the far northeast corner of Alaska into the Arctic National...
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John J King II
Jul 8, 20182 min read
Arctic Summer: Journey to the Top of the World
It was a difficult decision to separate from our white shark research project assignment on Cape Cod and venture to the Arctic for two...
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John J King II
Jun 9, 20182 min read
Wild Amazonia: Report from the Rainforest
We arrived in the bustling metropolis of Manaus a couple of days ahead of our group to begin our first exploration of the vast equatorial...
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John J King II
Apr 15, 20184 min read
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
Jan 27, 20182 min read
Fire & Rain: Exploring Costa Rica's Mountain Rainforests
Frozen inlets and sub freezing temperatures have been the order of day this winter on Cape Cod. After spending wonderful time with family...
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John J King II
Dec 30, 20171 min read
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, 20171 min read
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, 20172 min read
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, 20171 min read
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
May 6, 20171 min read
Wild Southeast Alaska: Lights, Camera, Action!
Spring in Southeast Alaska is signaled by rapidly increasing daylight, robust waterfalls from melting snow and seasonal rains as well as...
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John J King II
Apr 5, 20173 min read
Return to Wild Patagonia: Orcas!
When I had the good fortune to meet conservationist, and orca researcher Juan Manuel Capello in South Africa four years ago and learned...
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John J King II
Mar 14, 20172 min read
Humpbacks on the Silver Bank
Late winter and early spring in the Caribbean waters between the southern Bahamas and the Dominican Republic means that North Atlantic...
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John J King II
Dec 9, 20161 min read
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, 20161 min read
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, 20161 min read
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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