Celebrating Eid al-Fitr in one of Islam's holiest cities - The World from PRX As Ramadan wraps up, Muslims across the globe are preparing for Eid al-Fitr, the “Festival of Breaking the Fast.” National Geographic Explorer Paul Salopek has been walking around the world on foot for the past 13 years for his project, the Out of Eden ...

As Ramadan wraps up, Muslims across the globe are preparing for Eid al-Fitr, the “Festival of Breaking the Fast.” #NatGeoExplorer @paulsalopek.social joined Host Marco Werman to talk about the year he spent Ramadan and Eid al-Fitr near the Prophet Muhammad’s mosque in Medina, Saudi Arabia.

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I'll present data and discuss the capuchin monkey's tool use cultural diversity and conservation!
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As climate change melts permafrost, landslides are becoming more dangerous  - The World from PRX In northern latitudes and high altitudes, permafrost stays frozen year-round, holding mountain summits together. As global temperatures rise, much of it thaws, loosening soil and increasing landslide risk. National Geographic Explorer Paul Salopek is in...

As global temperatures rise, much of it thaws, loosening soil and increasing landslide risk. #NatGeoExplorer @paulsalopek.social is in Alaska, observing a man developing an early warning system for landslides to help communities prepare. #EdenWalk @outofedenwalk.social

Out of Eden Walk: 13 years on the road and counting - The World from PRX National Geographic Explorer Paul Salopek is walking around the globe on foot. His project, called the Out of Eden Walk, started in January 2013. Salopek now marks 13 years on the road with Host Marco Werman by looking back at the project's early days.

#NatGeoExplorer @paulsalopek.social is walking around the globe on foot. His project, called the @outofedenwalk.social, started in January 2013. Salopek now marks 13 years on the road with Host @marcowerman.bsky.social by looking back at the project’s early days. #EdenWalk

Walking around the world takes a village - The World from PRX National Geographic Explorer Paul Salopek is on a global walk from Ethiopia to Tierra del Fuego, off the coast of South America. But such a walk wouldn't be possible without help along the way. That's...

#NatGeoExplorer @paulsalopek.social is on a global walk from Ethiopia to the end tip of South America. But such a walk wouldn’t be possible without help along the way. That’s why he has walked alongside dozens of walking partners on his journey so far. #EdenWalk @outofedenwalk.social

Out of Eden Walk: When you walk across entire continents, police take notice - The World from PRX National Geographic Explorer Paul Salopek is on a decadeslong project to walk from East Africa to South America. In his 13 years on the road so far, he's been stopped by law enforcement 120 times. Tho...

#NatGeoExplorer @paulsalopek.social is on a decadeslong project to walk from East Africa to South America. In his 13 years on the road so far, he's been stopped by law enforcement 120 times, and has even been logging those stops on an online map. #EdenWalk @outofedenwalk.social

Out of Eden Walk: Is the world closing its doors? - The World from PRX Migration is as old as humanity itself. In today's world, it ebbs and flows as nations change their border policies with the times. Paul Salopek is a National Geographic Explorer who has been retracin...

👣 @paulsalopek.social is a #NatGeoExplorer who has been retracing the global path of the earliest humans on foot for the past 13 years. In that time, he has witnessed significant migration in real time and shared his observations on how migration’s role in the global zeitgeist has changed.

Barbados Christmas Tree Worm filmed during my @fulbrightprogram @NatGeo Fellowship

#ChristmasTreeWorm #MarineLife #NatureIsAwesome #insidenatgeo #natgeoexplorer

What foods power a walk around the globe? - The World from PRX “You gotta try the local cuisine” — that's the advice given to any traveler headed beyond their own borders. National Geographic Explorer Paul Salopek has been on a continuous trip away from home for ...

#NatGeoExplorer @paulsalopek.social has been on a continuous trip away from home for almost 13 years. That means a lot of eating. Salopek tells Host @marcowerman.bsky.social about some of his most memorable meals. #EdenWalk @outofedenwalk.social

Out of Eden Walk: The origin story of the human species is still being written - The World from PRX National Geographic Explorer Paul Salopek is retracing the path of human migration. More specifically, the scientific community's best guess for the likely path of early human migration. While walking...

While walking through China, #NatGeoExplorer @paulsalopek.social visited the Academy of Sciences and met with paleoanthropologists there, who shared discoveries that cast doubt on popular theories of human evolution. #EdenWalk @outofedenwalk.social

Tired of Turkey? Here’s an alternative.

Which animal kept me up multiple mornings, with their constant cacophony of cawing? These chickens, filmed during my Fulbright National Geographic Fellowship with the #sonyfx3
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Staying healthy on the Out of Eden Walk - The World from PRX National Geographic Explorer Paul Salopek has been walking across the globe for over a decade as part of the Out of Eden Walk. He often walks through sparsely populated, extremely remote places. That ...

#NatGeoExplorer @paulsalopek.social has been walking across the globe for over a decade as part of the @outofedenwalk.social. He often walks through sparsely populated, extremely remote places. That trek comes with a major concern: What do you do when you get sick?

Photographer Builds Underwater Camera Trap to Reveal America’s Disappearing Salt Marshes A 21-year-old National Geographic photographer has built an innovative amphibious camera system to capture the rapidly disappearing salt marshes in the U.S. [Read More]

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#univie researcher @valdeanda.bsky.social joins a National Geographic deep-sea mission to decode the ocean’s microbial “code of life.” 🌊🧬 Read more about it here 👉 www.microbial-oceanography.eu/projects/
#Oceanography #OceanExploration #NatGeoExplorer

Out of Eden Walk: Walking through Turkey between conflicts - The World from PRX The nation currently known as Turkey sits where Europe meets Asia. That land was once known to Europeans as part of the Levant. National Geographic Explorer Paul Salopek walked across Turkey on foot i...

The nation currently known as Turkey sits where Europe meets Asia. That land was once known to Europeans as part of the Levant. #NatGeoExplorer @paulsalopek.social walked across Turkey on foot in 2014, and looks back on the experience. cc: @outofedenwalk.social

Hoist the sails and join the crew! 🏴‍☠️ Discover the world of #pirates with #NatGeoExplorer Lisa Briggs, live on stage at #TheSmithCenter Nov. 6!
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Small talk on the Eden Walk - The World from PRX National Geographic Explorer Paul Salopek is walking from Ethiopia to Chile on the Out of Eden Walk. But as he tells The World, "people are my destination." The story of the walk unfolds through conve...

#NatGeoExplorer @paulsalopek.social is walking from Ethiopia to Chile on the @outofedenwalk.social. But as he tells The World, “people are my destination.” The story of the walk unfolds through conversations he has with the people he meets along the way.

Here are a cluster of millipedes dining on a mango, filmed during my Fulbright National Geographic Fellowship in Barbados.

#WildlifeMoments #NaturePhotography #MacroNature #CaribbeanWildlife #InsectLife #BarbadosNature, #natgeoexplorer

Here is a walking timelapse of Welchman Hall Gully filmed in Barbados during my Fulbright National Geographic​⁠ ​Fellowship #barbados, #caribbean, #visitbarbados, #travel, #islandlife, #gopro, #BarbadosNature #timelapse, #natgeoexplorer

80 years after atomic blast, Hiroshima’s trees still tell the story - The World from PRX When the Japanese city of Hiroshima became the site of the first-ever use of a nuclear weapon in war, two-thirds of the city was destroyed. Today, it's a lively city of over a million people. And scat...

In Hiroshima, where the first nuclear weapon was used, two-thirds of the city was destroyed. Today, it features 159 resilient trees that survived the blast. #NatGeoExplorer @paulsalopek.social discusses this enduring legacy with Host @marcowerman.bsky.social #EdenWalk

Bubble algae #timelapse filmed during my #Fulbright #nationalgeographic Fellowship. Filmed with the #panasonics1R, #sonyfx3, and #laowa #probelens
#MarineBiology #UnderwaterWorld #OceanDiscovery #NatureMacro #BarbadosNature #timelapse #natgeoexplorer

This is NOT the Barbados Threadsnake filmed during my @FulbrightPrgrm @NatGeo Fellowship

To see the real Threadsnake, read the article below: www.rewild.org/press/barbad...

#WildlifeFriday, #NatureTok, #DidYouKnow, #InvasiveSpecies, #Biodiversity, #BarbadosThreadsnake #natgeoexplorer

Photo courtesy of Ronan Donovan, National Geographic, and the National Museum of Wildlife Art.

FINAL WEEKS! Explore the lives of wolves in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem and high Canadian Arctic through the work of #NatGeoExplorer Ronan Donovan and “Wolves” by National Geographic & the National Museum of Wildlife Art.

Gather the pack while you can—exhibition closes June 22: nhm.org/wolves

Recycled whirligigs remain a fixture in the Japanese countryside - The World from PRX A constant fixture of National Geographic Explorer Paul Salopek’s journey through rural Japan was the whirligig, or as he called them, “seismic scarecrows.” Gardeners he spoke to use these contraption...

A constant fixture of #NatGeoExplorer Paul Salopek’s journey through rural Japan was the whirligig, or as he called them, “seismic scarecrows.” Gardeners he spoke to use these contraptions to scare away crop pests like mice and foxes.

Out of Eden Walk: An eerie walk through Japanese ghost towns - The World from PRX National Geographic Explorer Paul Salopek's walks through the countryside of Japan have been unexpectedly lonely. That's because he's been trekking through a region undergoing depopulation. Host Marco...

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A 24,000-mile walk across humanity just passed through a place where community has vanished. Paul Salopek’s “Out of Eden” journey now winds through Japan’s ghost towns — where Google still sees life, but the land has gone quiet.
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Out of Eden Walk: An eerie walk through Japanese ghost towns - The World from PRX National Geographic Explorer Paul Salopek's walks through the countryside of Japan have been unexpectedly lonely. That's because he's been trekking through a region undergoing depopulation. Host Marco...

#NatGeoExplorer Paul Salopek's walks through the countryside of Japan have been unexpectedly lonely. That's because he's been trekking through a region undergoing depopulation.

Explore the lives of wolves in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem and high Canadian Arctic through the exceptional work of #NatGeoExplorer Ronan Donovan.

Don't miss “Wolves” on view at #NHMLA through June 22.

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Out of Eden Walk: Record-breaking heat in Japan is hurting rice farms - The World from PRX It’s really hot in Japan this year. And that’s got people worried. Last year was the country’s hottest year on record since 1898 — the entire globe’s hottest on record, as well. National Geographic Ex...

#NatGeoExplorer Paul Salopek experienced record-breaking heat in Japan and witnessed the heat's havoc on the rice farms he passed by. Host Carolyn Beeler speaks with Salopek about his conversations with rice farmers and how they've adapted their farming techniques.

Out of Eden Walk: Sea Crossings - The World from PRX National Geographic Explorer Paul Salopek has traveled many miles across land on foot since 2013, when he began his long walking journey tracing the footsteps of early human migration from Africa acro...

#NatGeoExplorer Paul Salopek has traveled many miles across land on foot since 2013, but he's also crossed several sea crossings. Salopek joined Host Marco Werman to talk about them, the types of ships he took and the people he met along the way.

Surprising places on the Out of Eden Walk - The World from PRX National Geographic Explorer Paul Salopek has covered a lot of ground: some 14-thousand miles — on foot — through 21 countries so far, on his now eleven-year long Out of Eden walk. And because he’s ex...

#NatGeoExplorer Paul Salopek has covered a lot of ground: some 14,000 miles — on foot — through 21 countries so far on his now 11-year-long Out of Eden Walk. And because he’s exploring the earth at a walker’s pace, he can see things people miss when traveling by plane, rail or car.