Cat Walk in Sumatra To find a Sumatran tiger, all you have to do is go into the rainforest in the middle of the night and surprise it. Scott Doggett hoped the one standing 20 feet from him liked surprises. Full story
Diving with Hammerheads The sharks do not eat people, or so the writer hopes. Full story
It’s a Jungle Up There! Climbing Sumatra’s ‘Fire Mountain’ It seemed like a nice idea. And it came by way of a small man with kind eyes. “Would you like to climb Mount Merapi?" he asked pleasantly. It never occurred to me that we’d embark on a nightmarish trek to the very limit of my body's abilities. Full story
The Eyes Will Have It in Brazil's Lush Pantanal It was the blackness that made the brilliant eyes so captivating. At the end of my flashlight beam, like glowing embers on a sea of black velvet, the fire-orange eyes of a thousand caimans reflected back at me. Full story
The Haunting History of the Great Houses of Jamaica
With raven hair, penetrating black eyes, porcelain skin and a perfect mouth, Anne Mary Palmer had the severe good looks today's fashion magazines call devastating. Legend has it that Palmer, as mistress of Jamaica's Rose Hall sugar plantation from 1820 until her death in 1833, was as cruel as she was beautiful. Full story
