Conservation Stories

Charles Darwin, Natural History & the Galapagos Islands

[Excerpts from Adventure Guide to Ecuador & the Galapagos Islands, by Peter D. Krahenbuhl] One of the most amazing and interesting facts about the...

WWF

Fishing for Trash: How Travel Keeps Galapagos National Park Pristine

In a place as remote as the Galapagos Islands, I expected to encounter a pristine wild habitat, nearly unspoiled by human activity. I was rewarded with such...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Development Threatens Nearly Half of All Natural World Heritage Sites

The Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System. The Galapagos Islands of Ecuador. Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona. These are just three of the 238 natural and...

WWF

Together Possible: Uniting to Double the World’s Tigers

Ninety-seven percent. In the last 100 years, tiger populations have declined that dramatically, from 100,000 to as few as 3,200 in the wild today. And it’s...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Contrary World: Science Education, Pipelines and Wildlife

Now, when I wake up in the mornings, I feel as if I’m just about to step foot into a truly either-or, binary-only, black-or-white, contrary world; a world...

Peter Davis Krahenbuhl

Video: Close Encounters with Churchill’s Polar Bears

Each fall, the world’s greatest concentration of polar bears convenes at the edge of Hudson Bay in Manitoba, Canada, waiting for the sea ice to form and their...

Peter Davis Krahenbuhl

Polar Bear Photos – What’s Your Favorite?

Meet "The King of the Arctic," the mighty polar bear—in photos and on a Tundra Lodge Photography Expedition! At Natural Habitat Adventures, we believe that...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Rent a Wild Animal in Australia: A Conservation Innovation?

Allowing wildlife—a public resource—to be transferred into the hands of private operations isn’t a new idea. Many U.S. states allow the practice to generate...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Science-Based Conservation under Attack in 2017

We’ve closed the books on 2016. It’s natural to want to assess the past year, now that we’ve made it through to the end. In the past 12 months, there has been...

Peter Davis Krahenbuhl

Go Tell a Polar Bear How Much of the Arctic You’re Melting!

Scientists can now measure individuals' direct contributions to global climate change—and the results are staggering. According to a recent paper published in...

Wendy Redal

Celebrating Good News for Endangered Species in 2016

During the holiday season, we come together across lands, faiths and cultures to celebrate the persistence of light in the darkness. And we at Natural Habitat...

About Galapagos

Conservation through Tourism in the Galapagos – a Needed Interview, Part 2

In Part 1 of my interview with Executive Director of the International Galapagos Tour Operators Association (IGTOA), Matt Kareus, we discussed the...

Tania Curry

New Technology Helps Catch Poachers in Africa

Earlier this year, WWF installed two systems in a protected area in central Kenya where endangered white and black rhino roam along with poachers. Nine months...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

After 100 Years, a New Vision for the National Park Service

Managing wildness. Seems like an oxymoron to me. After all, if it is managed, can it still be wild? Yet that is the almost impossible task we have asked the...

WWF

2016: A tipping point for Churchill’s polar bears?

This article was originally published in WWF's Thin Ice Blog In mid-November, I spent a week in Churchill on Canada’s Hudson Bay Coast. It’s one of the most...

iSafari

Is It Too Late to Save the African Rhino?

As I wrote in a recent article, See—and Save—the Endangered Rhino, two of the remaining species of Rhinoceros in Asia—the Javan and Sumatran rhinos—are...

About Galapagos

Andean Condor Success Story: An Example for the Future of Conservation and Tourism

Hacienda Zuleta, a colonial-era working farm in the Andean Highlands, sits at 9,600 feet in the Imbabura Province of Ecuador. Guests on select Natural...

Nick Grossman

Giant Pandas Rebound in China

China's giant pandas are some of the most rare and beloved animals on Earth. These black-and-white bears have long been a global icon of the urgent need for...

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