Author Archives: veronica
Connecting Children to Nature: The Next Step
National Geographic is helping conduct a BioBlitz in a different national park each year during the decade leading up to the U.S. National Park Service Centennial in 2016. Last Friday I participated in the BioBlitz at Jean Lafitte National Historic Park … Continue reading
Natural Leader
And now, with my first child days away from being born, my role as a Natural Leader has an entirely new dimension. Continue reading
Audubon Zoo Animals Pick the Super Bowl Winners
Friday Fun! Check out this short and sweet video of three New Orleans zoo animals predicting the winners of this weekend’s Super Bowl game. Continue reading
Reef Fish in Mexico
Have you ever seen a pregnant whale? Well, if you where in Akumal, Mexico, last weekend you might have. Six months into my pregnancy I went snorkeling. I don’t know what is scarier, the big belly or the ghostly white … Continue reading
Geography Awareness Week
I’m back! Just in time to celebrate Geography Awareness Week (GAWeek) with a blog post that will be featured on National Geographic’s Education Blog. GA Week is an awareness program focused on highlighting the importance of geo-literacy and geo-education that is celebrated in … Continue reading
Shark Week Supplement: Pictures & Videos & ID Key
For those of you who actually tune in to learn something (and see amazing underwater footage) here are five pictures and videos to enhance your shark week experience. Continue reading
My Summer Space Adventure
Hello world, I have not written to you in while. Using the summer olympics and vacation as an excuse I unplugged, and subsequently recharged my own batteries. And now I’m back. From outerspace. Okay, not really space but as close … Continue reading
National Moth Week: Green Caterpillars Ate My Peppers
Today, thanks to @NGKids I learned it’s National Moth Week. This would have been nice to know before last night when the New Orleans delegation of the tabacco hornworms held a banquet on my pepper plants leaving them as naked as … Continue reading
Hollygrove Market’s Tomato & Okra Curry Recipe
Yup, I’m finally experimenting with okra beyond gumbo. It was bound to happen eventually. Continue reading
Support Xeko on Kickstarter
It’s not often a caterpillar holds a press conference, but when one does you better believe it is for a good reason. No, not to condemn Angry Birds, but to address impending extinctions in conservation hotspots and a game that … Continue reading
