Two weeks in NZ!
/This year I'm doing a Fulbright-National Geographic Storytelling Fellowship in New Zealand.
See more stories from the seabird capital of the world...
This year I'm doing a Fulbright-National Geographic Storytelling Fellowship in New Zealand.
See more stories from the seabird capital of the world...
Dispatches from two weeks on a seabird nesting island off the coast of Maine.
Read MoreWhatever catastrophe befell this birch, it allowed me to see the tops and bottoms of some polypore mushrooms at the same time. I'm sure a similar phenomenon inspired Lewis Carroll.
Scarborough, Maine
Silver Y moths are named for a silvery squiggle that adorns each forewing, like a handwritten y. Twice a year these moths (and a lot of songbirds) migrate over Europe while researchers track them with radar. But how do they deal with the wind?
Read MoreHere's where I've been for the past three weeks:
Friesland, Netherlands
Abby McBride
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Top photo credit: Otto Whitehead