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CHANGING HEARTS AND MINDS ABOUT GREAT WHITE SHARKS How South Africa's Shark Cage Dive Industry Drives Conservation, Despite Protests By Heide Brandes “SHAR...

THE TWO-LEGGED PREDATORS Attacks on the trail are rare, but are you prepared? By Heide Brandes I was deep within the quiet wilderness of the Buffalo River T...

Things You Need to Know Before Visiting Nicaragua That Guide Books Won’t Tell You By Heide Brandes The temperature was a thick and moist 90 degrees in Rivas...

Part II of a collaborative travel piece with Uncovering Oklahoma.

This was a collaborative travel project with filmmaker Dennis Spielman of Uncovering Oklahoma where I played host to a travel piece. https://youtu.be/FtC2mVJ...

LYNCHBURG, Tenn.- I’m not drunk, but I should be. Surrounded by millions of gallons of some of the world’s most famous Tennessee whiskey, I am as sober as a...

As the morning sun rose above the old cobblestone paths in Kaleici, Antalya — the old section of town in the Turkish city — I walked alongside the Roman Empe...

HEIDE BRANDES | OCTOBER 18, 2016 CATEGORY: SLICE O' LIFE This is Part IV of IV of Red Dirt Report's Heide Brandes’ travels to and from California in Septembe...

HEIDE BRANDES | OCTOBER 12, 2016 CATEGORY: SLICE O' LIFE This is Part I of IV of Red Dirt Report's Heide Brandes' travels to and from California in Septembe...

HEIDE BRANDES | OCTOBER 14, 2016 CATEGORY: SLICE O' LIFE This is Part II of IV of Red Dirt Report's Heide Brandes' travels to and from California in Septembe...

HEIDE BRANDES | OCTOBER 16, 2016 CATEGORY: SLICE O' LIFE This is Part III of IV of Red Dirt Report's Heide Brandes' travels to and from California in Septem...

The Fire Gods of Carrier, Oklahoma Oklahoma fireworks company lights up Bricktown, the world By Heide Brandes On Monday, the night sky above Oklahoma City’...

The Father of Modernism Oklahoma City Museum of Art To Showcase Work of Matisse in Exclusive Exhibition By Heide Brandes Henri Emile Benoît Matisse was born...

ON A WING AND A PRAYER Eagle Aviary Takes Flight With Tribal Traditions Jennifer Randell of Shawnee didn’t know if Kyla would ever be a true wild bald eagle...

South African Safari Beckons Visitors By Heide Brandes I was riding in the spotter seat of the safari jeep, located on the hood of the vehicle, giggling wi...

As Eleanor Roosevelt once said, "The purpose of life is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and ri...

Elephants in Africa are facing threats daily thanks to poaching, dramatic loss of habitat, disease and more. In the past 25 years, the population of African ...

They marched nude by the hundreds through forests, by lakes and along mountain trails, with many hoping to go unnoticed. For the most part, national Hike Na...

Kathy Dinh of Oklahoma City is an outdoorsy kind of girl. She likes to get out with her two Labradors and explore the wild places in Oklahoma and beyond. Bu...

Long Road to Liberty Defining the African-American experience in Oklahoma, these pioneers came to settle one of America's last frontiers and create a new sta...