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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, [...]

July 16, 2014 Nature & Wildlife, Travel & Culture

What Movie Is Being Filmed Here?

When I recently arrived at Hackerbrucke station in Munich by bus, I spotted the above shootout during a movie filming. Know what it might be? Please do tell me. It’s probably nothing high budget, but you never know: I could have captured [...]

June 22, 2014 Music & Arts

University of Florida Students Showcase Work from Berlin

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June 19, 2014 Travel & Culture

VIDEO: How to Extract Sound from Video and Produce Audio News in Garage Band

I made this tutorial for the online class, Multimedia Reporting, I teach at the University of Florida. Hope you find it useful! [...]

May 14, 2014 Tech

VIDEO: Going Underwater in the Galapagos

(For the best quality, click play, the gear symbol, then 1080p HD.) I recently made my way down to the Galapagos Islands off the coast of Ecuador with my grandfather. The islands are perhaps most known for their endemic land dwellers, [...]

May 12, 2014 Nature & Wildlife