Field Trip

Good Going

Darwin Island, Galápagos Islands, Ecuador
December 2, 2006
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One of 60 unforgettable seconds with a whale shark (and its hitchhiking sucker fish) in the Galápagos Islands.

Good Going: Eagle Cap Mountain

The 9,572-foot peak lies in the heart of the Wallowa Mountains, the result of a late Jurassic magma upwelling at what was once the western edge of North America
July 1, 2005
In this story: adventure, travel
The species name for pink mountain heather, empetriformis, comes from the Greek word for "on rocks."