Text, photography, and video by Adam Spencer, Round River Conservation Scientist As Luis “Esteban” Chiguay stares into the face of…
So Animal Planet filmed in August, 2011. I married Shalynn August 25, 2012. My “Monsters Inside Me” episode aired in…
At one point in the middle of my relationship with Leishlie, a friend suggested we write to the Animal Planet…
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By the time I got home to Oregon it was obvious that the injections I got in Bolivia were not…
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Carnaval in Oruro is THE Place to be for the beginning of Lent in Bolivia. After we finished our volunteer…