We are in the Caribbean with Michael's family, here to commemorate my father-in-law, Jack, a sailor who circumnavigated the globe for 10 years with my mother-in-law, Babs.

A wild tangle of ferns, fruit trees, orchids, bwa kwaibs, hibiscus and wild ginger, Dominica is skirted by unspoilt beaches ...

The Caribbean just got hotter – and not just ... which together with chilled out manta rays, reef sharks and parrot fish create a rainbow life aquatic. Further north on the island you’ll ...

Brazil is a tropical country with 7500 kilometers of Atlantic coastline with incredible paradisiacal beaches, a rich marine ...

Going with the flow in the laid-back Florida Keys means getting on island time, exploring the way the locals do, and savoring ...

Keen-eyed cruisers are also likely to spot enormous Nile crocodiles, the heads of hippos and the fish ... the Caribbean. This volcanic island is home to 19,000 acres of rainforest, where rare orchids ...

such as Cayman's native parrot, the West Indian woodpecker, and the Caribbean dove. If you time your visit for June, you'll likely spot the wild banana orchid – the national flower of the Cayman ...

Leptophis mystacinus, or the mustache parrot snake, was discovered in the Cerrado, a massive savanna of mixed grasslands, shrublands, rocky outcrops and forests known for its biodiversity, according ...