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VIDEO: Swimming with Sharks in the Galapagos

It’s been some months since I had the opportunity to venture to the Galapagos Islands, but I’m still sifting through all the shots I took of this spectacular and unique place. One of the more special aspects for visitors is openly swimming with the four shark species there—whale shark, hammerhead shark, Galapagos shark and [...]

July 27, 2014 admin Nature & Wildlife, Travel & Culture 4

VIDEO: No Flying for the Deep-Diving Flightless Cormorant

Endemism in the Galapagos has brought the world some pretty cool creatures. Iguanas that can shrink their bone size when food’s scare. A tropical penguin. And a blue-eyed bird with scrappy, unusable wings. The flightless cormorant (Phalacrocorax harrisi), a Vulnerable species, is greatly isolated compared to most other birds, having only two [...]

July 16, 2014 admin Nature & Wildlife, Travel & Culture 0

Uber Taxi Service Looks to Gainesville

A mobile-application taxicab service that has drawn scrutiny elsewhere in Florida for allegedly not following the law – even leading to the impounding of drivers’ cars – is considering a Gainesville expansion. [...]

July 10, 2014 admin Business, Tech, Travel & Culture 0

Truck Stop with McDonald’s to Replace Cracker Boys’ in Hawthorne

A Love’s truck stop and convenience store is set to replace the closed Cracker Boys’ Country Café on U.S. 301 in Hawthorne. [...]

July 2, 2014 admin Business, Travel & Culture 0

7 Photos That Prove German Dogs Are the Best Behaved

Whoa, is that dog not on a leash? That’s what I said at first during my recent trip to Germany, but I got used to it pretty quick. Actually, most German dogs don’t require leashes and just follow their owners about the town. They’ll also wait on you outside the grocery [...]

June 29, 2014 admin Nature & Wildlife, Travel & Culture 0

PHOTOS: WWII Battle Damage Remains in Berlin

— Berlin, Germany’s capital city and the second largest in the European Union by population with 3.5 million inhabitants, has visibly lifted itself out of the darkness of the past century. Restoration projects have repaired or rebuilt much of what Allied bombing raids and the Battle of Berlin wrecked. But in [...]

June 20, 2014 admin History, Travel & Culture 0