Lisa Poppleton

In Maori, Rakiura means “Land of Glowing Skies.” Brilliant sunrises and sunsets mark the tranquil days on Rakiura, also known as Stewart Island, while its ...

Laura Kiniry

In New Zealand, Maori legends that tell the tales of how the landscape came to be abound. One such story describes a giant supernatural creature whose body...

Cathy Brown

Because it remained relatively isolated from the rest of the world for so many centuries, Bhutan is still a country shrouded in mystery and legend. It offi...

Rebecca Self

Snow leopards, elusive “ghosts of the mountains,” roam across a vast area of northern and central Asia’s high mountains, mostly above the tree line up to 1...

Michelle Peters

There’s a new “Big Five” in town. Well, in Alaska, that is. Go beyond the famous quintuplet of creatures found on an African safari and head north, instead...

Derek Ward

Greenland draws adventurous travelers with its iceberg-filled fjords, glacier-covered mountains and opportunities to encounter Arctic wildlife. Humpback wh...

Natural Habitat Adventures

You think you know. You think you know how big and grand Alaska is before you go. It is jaw-droppingly huge and beautiful and fierce all at the same time. ...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Arachnids—such as scorpions, harvestmen (daddy longlegs) and spiders—often trigger feelings of fear or disgust. Despite such reactions, these animals play ...

Natural Habitat Adventures

When I first considered my trip to Greenland, I enthusiastically anticipated the breathtaking scenery of fjords and icebergs bobbing among crystal-clear wa...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Ethereal ghosts, bodiless brains, spooky spiders, hairy wolves, slimy eyeballs, creepy cyclops, shadowy bats and severed limbs. What more could you want fo...

Samantha Miller

Sabi Sand has a special history in South Africa. As the country’s first private game reserve, it has built a longstanding reputation for superb wildlife co...

Rebecca Self

Sustainable travel in Vietnam supports cultural heritage by directing visitor experiences and economic benefits toward artisans, tradition-keepers and comm...

Cathy Brown

Because it remained relatively isolated from the rest of the world for so many centuries, Bhutan is still a country shrouded in mystery and legend. It offi...

Rebecca Self

Snow leopards, elusive “ghosts of the mountains,” roam across a vast area of northern and central Asia’s high mountains, mostly above the tree line up to 1...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Arachnids—such as scorpions, harvestmen (daddy longlegs) and spiders—often trigger feelings of fear or disgust. Despite such reactions, these animals play ...

Rebecca Self

Sustainable travel in Vietnam supports cultural heritage by directing visitor experiences and economic benefits toward artisans, tradition-keepers and comm...

Megan Brief

In the shadow of Yellowstone’s ancient and dense pine forests, a sage grouse burrows beneath a blanket of deep snow. Guided by starlight, a snowshoe hare d...

Rebecca Self

When I was about 14 years old, I attended a conservation science camp on the east coast of Florida. The only part I remember clearly now, decades later, wa...

Laura Kiniry

With its bulbous shape and canopy resembling an upside-down root system, the baobab tree symbolizes the African continent. Its origins are also the stuff o...

Rebecca Self

Across the rolling hills of England and the rugged highlands of Scotland, conservationists, scientists and local communities are working to restore nature ...

Rebecca Self

A tigress steps through a forest in northeast China, followed by five striped cubs. The camera trap footage lasts only moments, but it tells a story decade...

Laura Kiniry

When it comes to wildlife, the term ‘pygmy’ refers to animals that are smaller in size than their more typical counterparts. In many cases, these reduced m...

Megan Brief

Often referred to as the “eighth continent,” the island nation of Madagascar has developed its own distinct ecosystems and extraordinary wildlife since it ...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Wildfires are complicated. On one hand, they can be extremely destructive forces. On the other, they are natural events that certain animals and plants hav...