Humans have been classifying life for as long as there have been humans. Since the mid-1700s, we have employed a standardized nested nomenclature for defining what is same and what is different: the word "species" denotes things that are the same-same, and the word "genus" groups things that are same-ish....

The first thing to do when you lose your passport in Kenya is to make a photocopy of the picture page and your current visa before you lose the passport. It is best to keep a paper copy with you, another paper copy somewhere in the US where somebody can...

This is the second in a series of posts about the Parque Nacional da Gorongosa and associated Gorongosa Restoration Project. The first is here.

Fifty years and three months ago, Mozambique's first national park was born. In making that decision, the Portuguese colonial government joined a...

This is the first in a series of posts about the Parque Nacional da Gorongosa and associated Gorongosa Restoration Project.

From its northernmost point in the Middle East, the Great Rift Valley plunges south for nearly 4,000 miles before petering out in Mozambique, the Y-shaped republic...