Searching for great white sharks with underwater robots

New remote-operated drones give scientists the chance to explore places too dangerous for diving.
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/adventure/2018/10/underwater-drones-rov-robots-ocean-deep-sea-exploration/?cmpid=org=ngp::mc=crm-email::src=ngp::cmp=Editorial::add=Open_Explorer_20181026::rid=1092534

How an Oklahoma woman learned to fly like an eagle in Mongolia

In the Mongolian steppe, hunters partner with golden eagles to catch game. When Lauren McGough found out about it she said, "I have to see it. I have to do it."

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/lauren-mcgough-how-an-oklahoma-woman-learned-to-fly-like-an-eagle-in-mongolia-60-minutes/

How Is Worldwide Sea Level Rise Driven by Melting Arctic Ice?

Experts explain how land ice thaw and the dynamics of warming water are raising ocean levels

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-is-worldwide-sea-level-rise-driven-by-melting-arctic-ice/

November 13 - The Last Unicorn by William deBuys

The Last Unicorn: A Search for One of Earth's Rarest Creatures 
An award-winning author's quest to find and understand a creature as rare and enigmatic as any on Earth
In 1992, in a remote mountain range, a team of scientists discovered the remains of an unusual animal with exquisite long horns. It turned out to be a living species new to Western science--a saola, the first large land mammal discovered in fifty years.

Rare then and rarer now, a live saola had never been glimpsed by a Westerner in the wild when Pulitzer Prize finalist and nature writer William deBuys and conservation biologist William Robichaud set off to search for it in central Laos. Their team endured a punishing trek up and down white-water rivers and through mountainous terrain ribboned with the snare lines of armed poachers who roamed the forest, stripping it of wildlife. 

In the tradition of Bruce Chatwin, Colin Thubron, and Peter Matthiessen, The Last Unicorn chronicles deBuys's journey deep into one of the world's most remote places. It's a story rich with the joys and sorrows of an expedition into undiscovered country, pursuing a species as rare and elusive as the fabled unicorn. As is true with the quest for the unicorn, in the end the expedition becomes a search for something more: the essence of wildness in nature, evidence that the soul of a place can endure, and the transformative power of natural beauty.

Inside a Sheikh's Plan to Protect the World's Fastest Animal

Raising and training falcons in captivity can help conserve these beloved symbols of the Arabian Peninsula.
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2018/10/protecting-falcons-worlds-fastest-animal/?cmpid=org=ngp::mc=crm-email::src=ngp::cmp=editorial::add=sunstills_20181007::rid=1092534

October 9 - Alan Tennant- On the Wing: To the Edge of the Earth with the Peregrine Falcon (2005)