Every winter, in the coastal lagoons of Baja California, something extraordinary happens. Massive grey whales, having just completed one of the longest migrations of any mammal on the planet, slide their barnacle-encrusted heads up to the side of small open boats and...
Imagine an animal that weighs less than a paperclip, has a brain the size of a pinhead, and has never made a journey before. Now imagine that animal flying nearly 3,000 miles, alone, without a parent, a flock, or a map, navigating through storms and deserts and wind,...
If you ask most travelers to name North America's most spectacular canyon, the answer comes back almost reflexively: the Grand Canyon. But in the rugged Sierra Madre Occidental of northwestern Mexico, a far less visited and, by several measures, far larger canyon...
