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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John J King II
- Oct 21, 2015
- 2 min
Wild Cape Cod Notebook: Winter Approaches
Our work with the Massachusetts White Shark population study is winding down with only a couple of weeks to go to the end of the field...
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John J King II
- Sep 12, 2015
- 3 min
Wild Cape Cod Notebook
The last six weeks of summer have been a blur of intense activity on the Outer Cape Cod area. Emotional highs and lows and the awe of...
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John J King II
- Jul 31, 2015
- 2 min
Hakai Pass: Food for the Soul
Took a couple of weeks off from our white shark research activity on Cape Cod to head out to the Pacific Northwest. Great to visit...
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John J King II
- Jul 12, 2015
- 1 min
Close Encounters of the Shark Kind II
Heartfelt thanks to the Nickerson Art Gallery in Chatham, to all those who turned out for our reception last night and to those of you...
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John J King II
- Jul 3, 2015
- 1 min
Close Encounters of the Shark Kind: An exhibit of original photographs
With Discovery Channel's Shark Week fast approaching, the adrenaline in this household is starting to increase with anticipation as it...
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John J King II
- Jun 19, 2015
- 1 min
Wild Cape Cod Notebook: Spring on the Water
On the outer Cape as most Cape Codders know, spring comes later than on the mainland. Sea temperatures are cool from the long winter and...
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John J King II
- Jun 7, 2015
- 4 min
Finding the Last Dragons: Great Whites in South Australia
Apologies to those of you who regularly check in on this blog. We have been remiss in posting for many weeks. Lots to catch up on. For...
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John J King II
- Mar 8, 2015
- 2 min
Djibouti & the Horn of Africa
Continuing our 9-week African odyssey in East Africa we had the opportunity to explore Djibouti with our great friends and amazing...
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John J King II
- Feb 23, 2015
- 2 min
North Atlantic Humpbacks in Winter
For the 4th consecutive year we made our way south out of the frigid New England winter to spend time with our friends at Aquatic...
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John J King II
- Feb 12, 2015
- 4 min
Report from East Africa: Lake Tanganyika
Our African Odyssey continued in Tanzania as we ventured by small plane south and west to the shores of Lake Tanganyika and the Mahale...
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John J King II
- Feb 3, 2015
- 2 min
Report from Africa: Ultimate Aldabra
A few weeks ago we foretold of our long anticipated expedition into a remote island group off the African east coast in the southern...
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John J King II
- Nov 11, 2014
- 3 min
African Odyssey Unfolds
We= just wrapped up our field work on Cape Cod working with the Massachusetts White Shark Team as the cold winds of winter start to blow...
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John J King II
- Nov 5, 2014
- 3 min
Dream Team Adventure
Winter is coming to Cape Cod and the time has come to haul boats for storage until the spring. This is always a little bit sad for us....
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John J King II
- Oct 2, 2014
- 2 min
Down East at the Autumnal Equinox
We took a few days off from our work with the Massachusetts White Shark Research team to travel to Down East Maine and embrace the onset...
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John J King II
- Sep 20, 2014
- 3 min
Wild Cape Cod Notebook: Chasing the Last Dragons
A large male tagged earlier in the season is called Chex (nicknamed Darth Vader by the DMF Team). He is riddled with battle scars...
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John J King II
- Sep 2, 2014
- 2 min
Wild Cape Cod Notebook: Monomoy NWR
Hard to believe that the dog days of August have come and gone here on Cape Cod and we are welcoming that wonderful time of year known...
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John J King II
- Aug 18, 2014
- 1 min
Wild Cape Cod Notebook: Summer
The summer is now more than half over and the various activities in the wild world here on Cape Cod have been both numerous and exciting...
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