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After the movie Jaws came out in the 1970s, it was a big joke that no diver wanted to see a shark underwater. Today it’s just the opposite. Sharks are vital to the health of the oceans and are also … Continue reading →

BY Erik Vance July 2016 National Geographic Why Great White Sharks Are Still a Mystery to Us The Realm of the Great White The great white is one of six shark species that are endothermic, which means they can raise … Continue reading →

By Glenn Hodges June 2016 National Geographic America loved Jaws, and became paranoid about sharks. There is always with the vague fear that teeth will tug on your leg at any moment when swimming in the ocean. Never mind that … Continue reading →

August 2016 National Geographic by Glenn Hughes Oceanic whitetips, famous for attacking shipwrecked sailors, once ruled the seas. Now they’re nearly gone. They’ve been decimated as bycatch in longline commercial fishing as they travel mostly in the top of the … Continue reading →

BAY ISLANDS OF HONDURAS I bussed back down to Placentia and caught the ferry to Porto Ordaz, Honduras and then shared a taxi with 3 others through San Pedro Sula to La Ceiba, an unsavory city on the Caribbean coast. … Continue reading →

Belize February 2011 BELIZE CITY Belize City (pop 70,800), the capital, is a shabby, run down place with a large black population. I hitched a ride into town with an American living there doing research on coral. Hurricanes had recently … Continue reading →

Costa Rica January 2011 We flew from David, Panama to Alajuela, the international airport of San Jose, Costa Rica. I was required by the airline, in order to board the flight, to purchase an exit ticket out of Costa Rica, … Continue reading →

PANAMA CITY We then flew to Panama City with plans to travel north through Panama and Costa Rica before Roberta flies home. We were advised to buy exit tickets (this time cheap bus tickets) in order to get onto the … Continue reading →

GRENADA We then spent 2 days on the bus going through the rest of Honduras and most of Nicaragua ending in Grenada. It has the best colonial architecture in the country but doesn´t compare to Antigua. We walked around lots … Continue reading →

COPAN We took a bus from Antigua, Guatemala across the border into Honduras to visit the most southerly Mayan ruins at Copan. Without the huge pyramids of Tikal, Copan, once home to 27,000, has some wonderful features. Most pyramids had … Continue reading →