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Visiting the Amazon rain forest is a rare trip of a lifetime for most, and if this is a destination that you’ve been dreamed about visiting, enter Visit...

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Wildlife Encounters in Costa Rica

WWF's Keith Arnold joined a group of travelers on a Natural Habitat Adventures trip to witness Costa Rica's stunning biodiversity. During his trip, he was...

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Visiting the Galapagos? Don’t Forget to Look Down.

When you finally land in the Galapagos Islands, your eye is immediately drawn up and out. Up to the sky, to see the many birds soaring and whizzing past—was...

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Botswana’s Okavango Delta: The Beating Heart of KAZA

Our Cessna was 5 minutes north of Maun, Botswana, when the landscape changed dramatically. Gone was the dry savanna scrub that had defined the Kalahari and so...

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Five Highlights from Costa Rica

Jonathan Cass, Manager of Peer to Peer Funding at WWF, joined a group of travelers on the Natural Jewels of Costa Rica trip. Here are the five biggest...

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One Day in the Galápagos Islands

First, whales. On a morning in September, we woke up earlier than usual. We had been navigating overnight towards Isla Bartholomea and our guides, Roberto...

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The Skeleton Coast, Namibia

Few tourists have ever ventured here. It is a place famous for whale bones, lions, fur seals, and ship wrecks. The Skeleton Coast is unusually beautiful and...

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Churchill – The Challenges of Climate Change and Remote Living

The arctic tundra was beautiful, especially in the early morning as the sun rose. It sparkled and glittered in icy cold magic. As each day progressed, it...

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How to Identify Tortoiseshell Souvenirs

Hawksbill sea turtles play a vital role in the world’s oceans. They help maintain the health of coral reefs by removing prey such as sponges from the reef’s...

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How Polar Bears Won a Special Place in My Heart

This was my first trip to the Arctic. To see polar bears in Churchill, Canada, was an experience far beyond my expectations. The trip combined wildlife...

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Beyond the Stripes

Tigers are inspirational. Their extraordinary nature and symbolism moves people to act and make bold commitments. In 2010, leaders of the 13 countries that...

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Resilience in a Changing Climate

For hundreds of years, polar bears have been migrating though Churchill to make their way across the frozen Hudson Bay. I was excited to be in the "polar bear...

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A Better Way to Bear It

Harboring one of the planet’s last great bastions of ice, East Greenland is a wild Arctic landscape. Polar bears reign over this raw terrain—an expanse of...

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Green Future for Bhutan’s Forests

Bhutan, nestled in the Himalayas between China and India, is one of the smallest countries in the world. But don’t let its size fool you! The country’s...

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Traveler Edition: Tips for Protecting Sea Turtles & Their Nesting Sites

Conservation efforts from around the world have contributed to the recent rise in sea turtle populations. Protecting beaches, regulating fishing, and the...

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Be Informed. Buy Informed.

Last year, the U.S. Wildlife Trafficking Alliance (USWTA), a global coalition focused on reducing illegal wildlife products sold in the United States,...

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Big Adventure on a Wild Island

Originally featured in World Wildlife Magazine (summer 2017). The high-pitched calls of gibbons echo through the steamy valley and send chills down my spine....

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The Rise of the Tiger

Tigers need room to roam. Protecting vast connected landscapes for these endangered top predators is key to their survival. For the first time in a century,...