The Weight of the World
2021 kicks off the United Nations Decade on Ocean Science. Meanwhile, a local conservation group in Watamu, Kenya races to save endangered sea turtles—by enlisting human allies. Terrain.org December 10, […]
Category Archives: Fun stuff & Cool people
In Rwanda, Learning Whether a ‘Smart Park’ Can Help Both Wildlife and Tourism
Atlas Obscura November 24, 2020 Emmanuel Kalisa helped kill a lion, one of the last in Rwanda’s Akagera National Park, around 2002. Lions often mauled cattle owned by local herders such […]
Why is the Sarajevo Haggadah different from all others?
The Economist April 16, 2020 GO TO THE ARTICLE Why, Jewish children asked at the Passover meal last week, is this night different from all others? The question is stipulated […]
Longform: Searching for Walter
BY AMY YEE March 17, 2020 Massachusetts Review http://massreview.org/sites/default/files/10_61.1Yee.pdf A 61-year-old man from Harbin, China, a retired truck driver who spoke zero English, was solo backpacking in the Balkans. Why? […]
Vibrating dog vest may let you ‘talk’ to your pup without saying a word
National Geographic July 9, 2019 Designed for working dogs, the haptic vest may one day also help pet owners with speech impairments or dogs that are hard of hearing. GO […]
Cruise to Russia: An Easy, Affordable Way to Soak Up St. Petersburg
Wall Street Journal, Off Duty (Travel) May 25, 2019 For a quick, rather kitschy trip from Helsinki to St. Petersburg, board this cruise Photo: Amy Yee, somewhere on the Baltic Sea […]
Saving the neck of Rothschild’s giraffe
The Economist October 27, 2018 A relocation programme spreads a rare subspecies to new habitats GO TO ARTICLE TO A FOREIGN tourist, a giraffe is an extraordinary and elegant beast. […]
Rescuing Sea Turtles From Fishermen’s Nets
New York Times October 15, 2018 WATAMU, Kenya — The young hawksbill turtle was accidentally caught in a net in the Indian Ocean off Kenya’s coast. GO TO ARTICLE The fisherman […]
The Hot New Musical Trend In Zanzibar Is From The ’80s — The 1880s
NPR Students at the Dhow Countries Music Academy, dedicated to preserving the music known as “taarab,” play on a balcony overlooking Zanzibar’s port. Amy Yee for NPR Amy Yee September […]
Geothermal Energy Grows in Kenya
New York Times February 23, 2018 HELL’S GATE NATIONAL PARK, Kenya — Verdant hills stretch into the distance at Hell’s Gate National Park, where zebras, buffalos, antelopes, baboons and other […]
