Articles related to "Antelope"

A description of the natural and historic opportunites on Antelope Island. Includes discriptions of the vistor center, beaches, wildlife, and the historic ranch house.

A perfect day in Southern California includes a brilliant blue sky, no wind, and rolling hills carpeted with an ocean of orange blooms. This is a photographer's dream.

To protect rhinoceros from extinction, the use of Saiga horn was promoted as a replacement in Chinese Medicine. Now Saiga antelope are critically endangered as well.

Experience the haunting beauty of a slot canyon. Capture a ray of light beaming into a corkscrew canyon, and a shower of sand falling from a ledge high above.

A look at some of the moon folktales that have been told in different cultures.

The Arizona Sonoran pronghorn was nearly lost in 2002. Now, despite a strong comeback, increased border enforcement and desert fencing still threaten long term survival.

Mafikeng is synonymous with the Boer War and the formation of the Boy Scouts, but this town in the North West Province of South Africa is more than that.

Rajneesh acquires more land and builds more buildings to accommodate more people. He uses the state's own laws against it.

There is no other place on earth that contributed so much to world's aviation and space history than Antelope Valley. From the first supersonic flight - to the first US s

Stretching 350 km north to south, the Kruger National Park is one of the world's oldest reserves where animals roam undisturbed in a variety of habitats.

Lions are opportunistic hunters and while they usually kill their own prey, feeding on carrion and stealing prey from other predators is common behavior.

Find out what to do when visiting Palmdale or Lancaster, CA

Don't feel stuck in the heavily populated, crowded camper/motorhome area; beach camping at Lake Powell only requires a boat and some rudimentary camping gear.

Some of the homeless expose what is actually going on in the commune. Eventually Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh is arrested and expelled from the United States.

Learn about and see pictures of some of the four-legged creatures that guests may see at the Lazy Five Ranch drive-through animal park in Mooresville, North Carolina.

Most small towns such as California City do not have much of an infrastructure. However, they have other things most big towns miss.

Rajneesh feels threatened and arms himself and his colony. His coffers are low so he recruits homeless people to do his bidding.

This self-proclaimed prophet came to the U.S. from India and formed a colony he called Rajneeshpuram in the central Oregon desert near the town of Antelope.

Endangered species including Sonoran pronghorn, jaguar, ocelot, and long nose bats are likely to be affected by controversial extensions of the US-Mexico border wall.

Nagarahole and Bandipur in Karnataka, Mudumalai in Tamil Nadu and Periyar in Kerala are some of South India's best places to see wildlife.

Momaday's Epic, The Way to Rainy Mountain, Gives the Reader a Comprehensive History of the Kiowa Tribe Through Three Poetic Voices From Mythic Emergence to Modern Times

Discover a hidden gem while traveling on Highway 58. Tehachapi, the land of four seasons, offers many treasures for visitor to discover two hours away from Los Angeles.

A tour of California's natural floral wonders is inspirational and enjoyable. Hiking or driving, there are magnificent wildflower sights to behold.

Edwards Air Force Base is one of the most interesting aerospace places on earth. Their first supersonic flight in the history was just the beginning.

Louise Erdrich is the author of twelve novels, including the award-winning 1984 novel Love Medicine.

Surrounded by many Black Hills attractions, Wind Cave offers visitors cavern exploration, science education, and outdoor activities.

Visitors to Malawi are welcomed with outstanding hospitality by locals. Lake Malawi is one of Africa's largest lakes with snorkeling, diving and good game viewing tours.

Chehaw's Wild Animal Park in Albany, Georgia is a relatively small, peaceful zoo that is perfect for spending a few fun, relaxing hours with one's family.

The filmmaker's discussion on films, actors and bricks through windows

Boulderers should consider Cody, Wyoming as a spring climbing trip destination. This Wyoming rock climbing area has about 1,000 problems. Cody also has great amenities.

Port Elizabeth, on South Africa's scenic Eastern Cape Coast, has amazing wild game viewing in a day's cruise excursion, including rhinos, lions, whales and even penguins.

Akagera is big game safari country: visitors enjoy all the rich diversity of East Africa's animal and bird life in magnificent scenery, but away from the tourist crowd.

The Cape Hunting Dog or African Wild Dog is one of Africa's most interesting and endangered mammals with unique hunting and family behavior.

They're in European lore - German raurackl, Bavarian wolpertinger, Thuringian rasselbock and Swiss dilldapp. They aren't Unidentified Mysterious Animals, as some think.

Known locally as Bushmen, these clans were dispersed from deserts to coastal regions but are now mostly concentrated in the Kalahari desert.

Mudumalai National Park in Tamil Nadu, one of South India's most beautiful national parks, and home to elephants, tigers and lots of monkeys.

For years scientists have debated the purpose of stegosaurs' dermal plates, orignally thought to be for defense. New research debunks that theory.

South India travel highlights include beautiful Hindu temples, palm-fringed tropical beaches and a chance to see wild elephants in South India's national parks.

A Naturalist and Other Beasts is a medley of nineteen short essays written with the author's unabashed love of his subjects of animals that live in the wilderness.

Giraffes, rhinos, zebras and other animals more common on the Serengeti or confined to zoos roam freely and give birth on land that had been devastated by strip mines.

One of the ginseng species used in Traditional Chinese Medicine, this herb is a target for poachers who may wipe out the wild species and reduce wild-simulated harvests.

Mountain gorillas endure new round of slaughter. Rangers find healthy infant before fighting resumes in DRC's Virunga Park, home of nearly half of world population.

The four-wing saltbush exists all over the western portion of western North America, including some parts of southwestern Canada.

On April 3, 1860, the first Pony Express riders start from both St. Joseph, Missouri and San Francisco, California.

Based on a true story, Vaughn and Hendrickson's original graphic novel for Vertigo shows another side of war.

Studies in the Democratic Republic of Congo indicate that this female dominated society hunts cooperatively, with both sexes involved. But bonobo do not hunt chimpanzees.

The Roman penchant for witnessing violent, gory death was not restricted to combats between gladiators or the public execution of criminals.

The Zambezi River is the fourth largest river in Africa, flowing through wilderness and conservation areas and sustaining wildlife and human populations.

Some animals are capable of reaching amazing speeds on land, in the air, and in water. These animals are the fastest of the fast.

A petting zoo and a train ride through 30 acres of free-ranging wildlife are just two of the activities at this northwest Florida panhandle attraction in Gulf Breeze.