Conservation Stories

Searching for High Life along the Amazon River

Life in the Amazon flows like café con leche: creamy and smooth, masking the electric life underneath. The Amazon River is a cup that you want to share with a...

About Galapagos

Giant Tortoises Will Soon Be Back on Sante Fe After a 150 Year Absence

2015 has been a good year so far for Galapagos giant tortoises. In January we reported that a team of researchers had discovered 10 baby saddelback tortoises...

Natural Habitat Adventures

The Future of Galapagos Cruising

Experience the wonders of the Galapagos on a small-group adventure aboard the newest private yacht exploring the islands - the M/V Origin, designed with the...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Declining Wildebeests: Why Conserve Nonthreatened Species?

The classical elemental forces of nature are air, earth, fire and water. But there are other great environmental powers that have a beating heart, such as...

iSafari

Namibia: A Glimmer of Conservation Hope in Africa (Video)

It's easy to get depressed these days if you care about the natural world and pay attention to the news coming out of Africa. The continent's wildlife...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Moving Water: Solution for Climate-Change-Caused Droughts?

It’s been raining for the better part of two weeks where I live in Wisconsin. I don’t think I’ve ever seen the grass so decked out in neon green. It’s a sharp...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Naming One That’s Wild: A Conservation Aid?

“On a wild, remote island in Lake Superior, gray wolves have lived and thrived for almost 70 years. In the island's forests—which make up the majority of...

Natural Habitat Adventures

Community Based Tourism in Action at Napo Wildlife Center in the Amazon

This guest post is brought to us by Mandy Scott, Office Manager at Natural Habitat Adventures. Nat Hab’s Amazon Lodge extension is offered to our guests...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Will Conservation “Good Lists” Inspire Environmental Action?

Most of us who care about the environment, wildlife and our most precious places are familiar with depressing lists, such as the federal Endangered Species...

iSafari

Watch Five Newborn Cheetah Cubs Live on a Webcam!

Need a little something to brighten up your Monday? Then check out this live 24-hour webcam trained on these five cheetah cubs at South Africa's Hoedspruit...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Earth Day 2015: the Good, the Bad and the Silenced

Wednesday, April 22, is Earth Day 2015, the 45th celebration of what started out as a true grassroots movement—the environmental likes of which we haven’t...

Wendy Redal

Colorado River in Grand Canyon Tops 2015 List of ‘Most Endangered Rivers’

Few landscapes on Earth are as stirring as the Grand Canyon, the most iconic emblem of the American Southwest. Major John Wesley Powell, who headed the first...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Protected Areas Bring in $600 Billion, So Why Cut Funds?

Across the United States, more than 715 million acres of wild lands in thousands of holdings are protected, thanks to measures such as the Wilderness Act of...

Derek Ward

New Hope for Monarch Butterfly Populations

Habitat for the monarch butterfly has rebounded 69 percent from last year’s dismally low levels, according to the Associated Press and the World Wildlife...

Wendy Redal

Illegal Wildlife Trafficking: U.S. Doubles Down

Within the open expanse of the Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge just outside Denver, you’ll find an unseemly sight – a large government...

Tania Curry

Actor Jared Leto Joins WWF as Global Ambassador

You may recognize Jared Leto from popular films such as Requiem for a Dream, Dallas Buyers Club and front man for the rock band 30 Seconds to Mars. Though he...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Should We Vaccinate Wild Animals for Canine Distemper Virus?

The world’s tigers face considerable threats today: poaching, habitat loss, depletion of their prey and retaliatory kills by humans when the big cats take...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Going Vegan: Best Way to Combat Rapid Climate Change?

One of my favorite things about writing a regular eco-travel and environmental column is getting to read the comments that come in. Sometimes readers are...

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