Illustrated entirely by local Gabriel Alcala, Florida! takes the road less travelled – with stop-offs at prehistoric springs and bikini-clad coleslaw wrestling contests.
How to Travel More Sustainably
Don’t skimp on doing your own research, and be aware that ‘green’ certificates aren’t always all they’re cracked up to be.
Credit.Gabriel Alcala
April 22, 2021, 5:00 a.m. ET
So you’re vaccinated and eager to finally plan a real summer vacation after a rough year, but you don’t want to add to the problems you might have read about: overcrowding, climate change, unfair working conditions in the tourism industry. What’s a thoughtful traveler to do?
For those who want to travel responsibly, it comes down to this: You, the traveler, have to do your homework.
The Pandemic Is Undoing Field Researchers’ Oldest Assumption Wudan Yan
In the rain forests of Borneo, Sahril Ramadani wakes before sunrise to the high-pitched shrieks of gibbons. Fumbling in the dark, he packs up his essentials for the day: hand sanitizer, iPad, GPS tracker, watch, materials for sample collection, and lunch. Securing an N95 mask over his face, he sets out on a solitary search for orangutans.
Ramadani, 23, spends 20 days a month here at Cabang Panti, the research station for the Gunung Palung Orangutan Project in the southwestern part of Indonesian Borneo. The project’s fieldwork the daily observations that have kept it going for 27 years depend on his work and that of five other assistants. Outside the station, Ramadani uses his flashlight to locate a thin, white piece of string and follows it, some days as far as 900 feet, to an orangutan’s nest, perched in the forest canopy around 60 feet above the ground. Then, having logged his location,
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This Tiny Fish Can Withstand Almost Anything Carrie Arnold
Originating in the Great Dismal Swamp of Virginia, just south of the Chesapeake Bay, the Elizabeth River is turbid and brackish, its banks redolent with the nose-wrinkling stench of rotting vegetation. These muddy, pungent waters support an array of life oak and maple trees, herons, otters, and oysters. But the Elizabeth empties into the massive Norfolk Harbor, making it ideal for shipping and shipbuilding; for decades, local industry spilled thousands of tons of creosote, a wood preservative made from coal tar, into the river.
Over time, the stench of tar and mothballs replaced the natural