James Little: explore editor
May 2009 archive
The man who writes about bears
The June issue of explore magazine includes a great story on Dr. Lynn Rogers, one of the world's leading experts on black bears. The story—"The Man Who Talks to Bears"—was written by Jake MacDonald, and is an excerpt from Jake's new book Grizzlyville: Adventures in Bear Country. The book documents ...
The Case of the Disappearing Dog Blog
A couple of weeks ago, I posted a blog about my dog Buddy. Shortly afterwards, I decided that posting a blog about my own dog was an act of extreme self-indulgence in the already extremely self-indulgent blogosphere. So I deleted it. But since then, a couple of people have wondered ...
How's the water?
I went for my first swim of the year—in Ontario's Lake Muskoka—a couple of weeks ago, and the water was cold. VERY COLD. I swam a few hundred feet out, and as I treaded water, I wondered just how long I could stay out there . (My dog Buddy headed ...
And the nominees are...
The National Magazine Awards Foundation recently announced the finalists for the 2008 competition, and I'm happy to report that explore contributors have picked up 16 nominations. Senior contributing editor J.B. MacKinnon led the way with four individual nominations. He's a finalist in the Columns category (a category in which he ...
Dr. Anthony, I presume
Long-time explore contributor Leslie Anthony has something of a split personality. On the one hand, he's a mild-mannered, doctor of herpetology (yes, he actually has his Ph.D.) who loves to prowl around the woods looking for snakes and similarly slimy things. On the other hand, he's a ski-loving freak. Check ...
Where are they now?
As many of you will remember, Kevin Arnold was the gear editor for explore magazine for about five years. But back in 2007, he decided to focus his energy on another one of his passions—photography. And in only a couple of years, Kevin has become one of the country's top ...
