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Fellow and Flag Carrier Terrie Williams Has a New Book Out

Dr. Terrie Williams has recently released her new book, "The Odyssey of KP2: An Orphan Seal, a Marine Biologist, and the Fight to Save a Species." In it, she documents her experience of adopting an endagered Hawaiian seal in her University of California biology lab. She not only made scientific discoveries, but made a new and cherished friend! Read her interview with Diane Rehm of NPR's "Diane Rehm Show" after the break. Read More

Fellow Stephanie Shwabe Plunges into the Abyss

Over the summer months of 2012, Stephanie Shwabe will lead a team of scientists and enthusiasts to the “Bahamian outback,” a remote area of Andros Island, to research the mysteries of blue holes. Under the guidance of The Rob Palmer Blue Holes Foundation, the team will visit multiple blue holes, some explored and some not, to continue gaining insights into these unique natural phenomena. Read more...

Fellow Leela Hazzah wins 2012 St. Andrews Prize for the Environment

The $100,000 prize, administered jointly by St. Andrews University (Scotland) and ConocoPhillips, recognizes achievements in environmental conservation (Learn more about the St. Andrews Prize here). Ms. Hazzah won this year's prize for her work in Kenya connecting native Maasai with field biologists in order to better coordinate conservation efforts. Read more...

Fellow Jill Tarter Retiring from SETI After 35 Years

Fellow Jill Tarter has announced that she will soon retire from the Search for Extra Terrestrial Intelligence Institute, a move that will allow her to focus her efforts on raising funds to continue the hunt for "intelligent life out there" Read more...

Fellow Report: Rosemarie Keough '10

2010 Fellow Rosemarie Keough has big news! Her latest book, Labyrinth Sublime: The Inside Passage, is a consensus masterpiece, and winner of multiple prestigious awards. And she's heading back North soon! Read more...

Wings 2011 Trading Cards Available for Purchase!

To buy a set of our amazing trading cards with 68 inspiring women explorers email Milbry Polk at milbry1@mac.com . Only $10 per deck + postage and packaging.

Flag Carrier Felicity Aston Embarks on Transantarctic Solo Expedition UPDATE: Expedition Completed!

Felicity Aston, carrier of WINGS flag #24, has completed her first solo expedition across Antarctica. Kaspersky Lab sponsored the expedition. Read her full report here.

"WINGS Girls" Raise Money for Women Explorers

Two remarkable girls, inspired by the women they met at the WINGS Women of Discovery Gala, organized a lemonade stand to donate a portion of their proceeds to WINGS to support their work! Read more...

Latest update from the Cycling Silk Expedition

"Explaining borders to the birds"...Kate and Mel post a blog before they launch for Central Asia, leaving the South Caucasus region behind! Read more...

Anna Cummins blogs from South Pacific Gyre... "high times, clean seas!"

WINGS 2011 Sea Award winner, Anna Cummins, blogs as they head out to sea for the final leg of the 5Gyres Institute's study of ocean plastic pollution on the 5 subtropical gyres. Read Anna's blog...

Flag Carrier Felicity Aston releases her new book,‘Call of the White: Taking the World to the South Pole

Felicity tells the story of her 2009 Kaspersky Commonwealth expedition, leading a multi-national, 8-woman team from Ghana, Jamaica, India, New Zealand, Singapore, Brunei Darussalam, Cyprus and the UK more than 900km from the coast of Antarctica to the South Pole. Read more...

Edie Widder returns to TED

Edie Widder will once again spark the minds and imaginations of people around the world with her insights on rediscovering the wonder of our waters at TED2011: The Rediscovery of Wonder. She's also contributing her efforts to Sylvia Earle's Mission Blue project, as part of her remarkable commitment to advocating for and protecting our oceans...

WINGS Co-Founder Honored

Milbry Polk named the 2011 Anne Morrow Lindbergh Awardee for “outstanding individual achievement, a spirit of initiative, and work that exemplifies great dedication toward making positive contributions to our world”...