Conservation Stories

Q-and-A: Guides of the Galapagos

Travelers can be overwhelmed by the incredible wildlife and breathtaking vistas of the Galapagos Islands. WWF was curious to hear about the perspective...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Losing Wildlife Hurts Biodiversity—and Our Bottom Lines

Wildlife tourism—tourism specifically based on encounters with undomesticated animals—accounts for 20 to 40 percent of the total $1 trillion annual, global...

Natural Habitat Adventures

Why We Should Teach the Next Generation About Conservation

Conservation Will Protect the World for Future Generations Children are born curious. They are interested and excited to know about the natural world and what...

Elissa Poma

10 Travel Tips that Are Good for Conservation

They criss-cross the globe in an effort to protect the planet’s wild places, so WWF staffers know how to travel responsibly. Here are 10 conservation-minded...

WWF

We Are Still In

Climate change is a serious threat to the economic prosperity, national security, and public health and welfare of the United States and nations around the...

iSafari

‘Stand Together’ Music Video Supports Rhino Conservation in Namibia

A new music video for a conservation-driven song called Stand Together showcases the Namibian people's commitment to protecting their nation's prolific...

WWF

Five Whale Questions with WWF’s Leigh Henry

WWF Senior Policy Officer in Species Conservation, Leigh Henry, leads policy efforts related to wildlife conservation. Since joining the WWF family in 2001,...

Nick Grossman

Nat Hab Employees Help Build a Trail in Boulder County

On a sunny spring morning in the Colorado foothills, 18 Natural Habitat Adventures office employees grabbed some tools and got to work building a new trail on...

About Galapagos

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...

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