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Geysers, Hot Springs and the Yellowstone Volcano

Yellowstone has been nicknamed the “American Serengeti” because, like its East African counterpart, it is also a vast ecosystem of open plains, savanna and...

Natural Habitat Adventures

Feeling the “Arctic Squeeze” – The UN’s New Climate Report and What it Means for Polar Bears

When climate change is breathing down your neck, and the icy habitat you rely on for your survival is melting, where do you go when you are already at the top...

Madison Mitchell

The Impact of Oil Spills: A Look at the Repsol Spill in Peru

Oil spills have become a growing concern for coastal communities and oceans at large. Over the course of the past few years, we’ve seen horrific effects from...

Megan Brief

Modern Technologies Helping Save Endangered Species

The Illegal Wildlife Trade Charismatic megafauna such as rhino, elephant and tiger as well as lesser-known mammals like the pangolin, are among the growing...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Sounds of Spring: Not Silent Yet

For me, spring and Rachel Carson are inextricably linked. In her visionary, 1962 book, Silent Spring, Carson—a marine biologist and environmental...

Cathy Brown

What’s the Difference Between Jaguars, Leopards and Black Panthers?

Jaguar vs. Leopard The jaguar vs. the leopard—these two magnificent spotted big cats are both members of the Panthera genus, are muscular ambush predators and...

WWF

Where in the World You Can See Penguins

They slide on their bellies across the snow, congregate on icebergs and seem to fly through freezing water in search of fish. That’s how most people picture...

Elissa Poma

The Places You’ll Go: El Rosario Monarch Reserve

Where: In the central Mexican highlands state of Michoacán, a steep climb up from the mountain town of Angangueo. What’s there: Mexico’s only public monarch...

Michelle Peters

Arctic Adaptations: How Well Can Polar Bears Swim?

You’re standing on the outdoor platform of a rugged Polar Rover, feeling more alive than you’ve felt in a while as the chill Arctic air heightens your senses...

Cathy Brown

Shackleton’s Endurance is Found in Antarctica

Aptly named, apparently, Sir Ernest Shackleton’s Antarctic vessel Endurance had been lost for 107 years—and was just found jaw-droppingly intact on the bottom...

Megan Brief

The Summer Ecology of Churchill, Manitoba

A Subarctic Summer Churchill rests at the ecological crossroads of three regions: the Northern Canadian Shield taiga (which represents nearly one-quarter of...

Cathy Brown

What Sounds Do Polar Bears Make?

Pardon the pun, but a polar bear is quite the cool creature. But outside of the fact that global warming is most definitely affecting the sea ice territories...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

30 x 30: Conserving 30 Percent of U.S. Lands by 2030

The Half Earth theory—setting aside 50 percent of the world for wildlife—seemed like a far-out pipe dream when it was proposed by evolutionary biologist and...

Michelle Peters

Why Botswana Is a Model for Ecotourism Around the World

When it comes to travel in the 21st century, “sustainable” is the buzzword. It’s heartening to see savvy travelers researching tour operators’ impacts on...

WWF

Six Interesting Facts about Patagonia

In the southernmost part of South America, Patagonia occupies 260,000 square miles that span Argentina and Chile. The region is known for dramatic mountain...

Jon Jared

How Far Can Polar Bears Smell? Fascinating Facts About Bear Behaviors

Polar bears rely heavily on their highly developed sense of smell to hunt ringed seals. This marine mammal locates its prey from as far away as 20 miles,...

Megan Brief

Ethical Whale Watching in Quebec

The Whale Makes Us Human “The whale makes us human,” proclaim the Iñupiat (a group of Alaska Natives whose traditional territory spans to the northernmost...

Laura Kiniry

Why Do Lions Roar? Facts about Big Cat Communication

The first time I heard a lion’s roar, it shook me to the bones. I’d been snoozing soundly in my hut in South Africa’s Madikwe Game Reserve (a Nat Hab...