The U.S. territory of Puerto Rico recently gained a new marine protected area off the island’s central north coast. The MPA, named Jardines Submarinos de Vega Baja y Manatí or the Vega Baja and Manatí Underwater Gardens, spans 202 square kilometers (77 square miles) and is the culmination of a 16-year effort by a coalition […]
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Witnessing the incredible wildlife of the Caribbean Islands
A cruise to the Caribbean to witness the incredible wildlife offers many exciting destinations, each with a unique charm of their own, which surprisingly many people are not aware of. Given the warm climate and paradise setting of these islands which comprise lowland rainforest, isolated beaches and waterfalls, you will feel a bit jealous of […]
Cuban Tody!
For more than a decade, I’ve been blathering on and on about todies. For a time, if you googled “Most adorable bird in the universe,” the first page you got was from one of my blog posts about the Cuban Tody. It really does live up to those words, but unless you’re an ornithologist or […]