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What Does a Snow Leopard Researcher Do?

Samundra Subba is a research officer at WWF Nepal with a focus on large carnivores—primarily tigers and snow leopards. He’s joined six satellite telemetry...

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3 Things You Can Do To Help Your Local Pollinators

Everyone knows the honey bee, but did you know that there are over 20,000 different species of bee in the world and that there are some 4,000 species that...

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China’s Other Incredible Wildlife

No trip to China is complete without a visit to see the giant panda, the country's unofficial symbol. But dozens of other wildlife species are found in China...

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Nature: The Currency of a Life Worth Living

I traveled to Southern Africa on a Natural Habitat Adventures trip in October 2019, just a few months before COVID-19 crashed into our collective...

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11 Leaping Lemur Facts

Easily recognized by their long, bushy tails and translucent eyes, lemurs are found only on Madagascar and the Comoro Islands. These unique creatures are the...

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Sustainable Pepper Farming Supports People and Nature in Malaysian Borneo

When you sprinkle a pinch of pepper on your fried egg, you probably don’t think about where it came from. For the Indigenous Iban communities of Rumah Peter...

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How Forests Provide, Prevent, and Heal

For millions of us, a walk in the woods changed from a pastime to a necessity during this pandemic. It’s about as safe and socially distanced as can be, and...

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Close Encounters: Swimming with Whale Sharks

By Lee Poston, Director of WWF Media Relations “Over there, over there!!! Get your masks and flippers on!” our interaction officer, Embet Guadamor, yells....

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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...

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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...

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Species Spotlight: Orca

One of the most powerful marine predators, the orca, grows up to 32 feet in length—about the size of a school bus—and can weigh up to 6 tons. Though the...

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Borneo’s wildlife: What’s at risk and why we must act now

Many people haven’t even heard of Borneo. Others may say, “Borneo! Wait…where is Borneo?” The latter was the typical reaction when I said I was joining WWF’s...

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Diving In: A Mexican Whale Shark Excursion

Before dawn Our 4:30am wake-up call is followed by a two-hour journey requiring both a dune buggy and a boat. This sunrise Natural Habitat Adventures'...

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10 Facts About the Panama Canal

In 1914, the Panama Canal joined the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, changing international trade forever. The 50-mile-long pathway through the Isthmus of Panama...

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What Happens when a Global Pandemic Interrupts Sustainability Routines: Part 2

By Marisa Zocco, WWF Panda Ambassador In July of 2019, Natural Habitat Adventures (Nat Hab) and World Wildlife Fund (WWF) successfully hosted the world’s...

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What Happens when a Global Pandemic Interrupts Sustainability Routines

By Marisa Zocco, WWF Panda Ambassador In this special five-part sustainability series by WWF Panda Ambassador Marisa Zocco, zero-wasters spread facts, hope...

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Travel Videography 101 with WWF Video Experts

By Kelley Ashford & Irene Magafan, WWF WWF video specialists, Kelley Ashford and Irene Magafan, have both had the fortune to travel with Natural Habitat...

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Top 10 Underwater Wildlife Encounters in the Galápagos

By Hallie Sacks, WWF-US The Galápagos offers incredible wildlife encounters including bumbling blue-footed boobies, playful seal colonies, and iconic giant...