Ghostbusting the “Extinct” New Zealand Storm Petrel

It was a dark and stormy night on Little Barrier Island, New Zealand, when I fulfilled my childhood dream of becoming a ghostbuster.

Return of the Penguins?

The fourth and final installment of Voyage of the Yellow-eyed Penguin.

Photo by John Ayers

Yellow-eyed penguins on a subantarctic island! One of the most endangered penguin species in the world.

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Scenes from penguinland

The second chapter of my National Geographic series Voyage of the Yellow-eyed Penguin: Penguins Wanted, actually involves penguins. Additional visual below.

My first penguin-monitoring station on a subantarctic island (I was pretty stoked to see four yellow-eyed penguins in four hours). Certainly can’t post this without acknowledging @edinzphoto’s amazing camo/neon combo gear loan (thanks, E!)

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Voyage of the Yellow-eyed Penguin

My first of four stories about a voyage to the subantarctic!

The neighborhood volcano

Evening walk up the neighborhood volcano

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I'm in New Zealand for a Fulbright-National Geographic Storytelling Fellowship.