Nature & Wildlife Stories

Solar Powered Catamaran Service Arrives in the Galapagos

Tourism in the Galapagos is about to get a little greener as authorities plan to launch solar powered catamaran service between Baltra and Santa Cruz...

Peter Davis Krahenbuhl

Kingdom of Bhutan – Nature Lover’s Paradise?

It’s hard to imagine that a tiny, landlocked country in the Eastern Himalayas about half the size of Indiana could be rich in wildlife, but in the Kingdom of...

About Galapagos

Can You Guess Which Pacific Archipelago Topped T + L's Best Islands List in 2015?

It seems like the Galapagos Islands are rarely out of the news these days for long. Earlier this month, for example, Travel + Leisure released its 2015...

About Galapagos

Whimsical Advertising Campaign Reimagines Galapagos Islands as Giant Sea Creatures

The illustrations below, which reimagine several islands in the Galapagos as being supported on the backs of massive sea creatures, were created by...

iSafari

Photo of the Day: Which Way Did He Go?

James Tyrell took this photo of a couple of wild dogs in hot pursuit of a large male leopard at Londolozi Private Game Reserve in South Africa. You might you...

About Galapagos

Photo of the Day: Staring Down the Barrel of an Active Volcano from Space

Yesterday, NASA released this dramatic satellite photo of Wolf Volacano on Isabella Island. In May, it erupted for the first time in 33 years, sending...

iSafari

Photo of the Day: The Kingmaker

This is Kalunde. He is 54 years old and lives in the forest of Tanzania's Mahale Mountains. The camp staff at nearby Greystoke Mahale have dubbed him "the...

iSafari

Meet the Small Cats of Africa

Everyone knows and loves Africa's big cats; lions, leopards, and cheetahs. In fact, some people go on safari specifically to see one or more of these majestic...

About Galapagos

New Video of Galapagos Hydrothermal Vents Reveals Amazing Creatures

The crew of the the E/V Nautilus recently visited the Galapagos Rift and had the opportunity to film some of the creatures that live near the hydrothermal...

About Galapagos

Check out These Amazing Images (and Video) of the Recent Eruption of Wolf Volcano

We've seen quite a few photos of the recent eruption of Wolf Volcano on Isabela Island. Unfortunately, volcanic eruptions, though usually dramatic and...

Wendy Redal

4 Places To Watch Wild Bears

The planet's largest land predator looked disarmingly cuddly. Ambling over the snowy tundra toward us, he was all big furry head and huge shaggy paws -- which...

About Galapagos

Court Reaches Landmark Ruling in Galapagos Shark Finning Case

Last week the Galapagos National Park Directorate announced that a landmark decision has been reached in a illegal fishing and shark finning case from 2011....

WWF

Top 7 Moments of the Natural Vida en Costa Rica

Costa Rica is about the size of West Virginia yet contains about 5 percent of the world's biodiversity. Accompanying a Costa Rica adventure with WWF and Nat...

About Galapagos

Photo of the Day: One Cool Customer

The outdoor fish market is one of the first things you'll see when you disembark from your Galapagos cruise boat in the town of Puerto Ayora on Santa Cruz. It...

iSafari

Photo of the Day: Chameleon Crossing (or What Makes a Good Safari Great)

Most people go on their first safari because, understandably, they want to see Africa's famous big animals -- lions, leopards, rhinos, elephants, and the...

About Galapagos

Amazing Nighttime Footage of Wolf Volcano Spewing Lava into Sea (Video)

Yesterday the Galapagos National Park Directorate released this spectacular nighttime footage of Wolf Volcano, which began erupting on May 25th. The volcano,...

About Galapagos

Galapagos Pink Iguanas Dodge Existential Bullet/Rivers of Molten Lava

Conservationists are breathing a collective sigh of relief this week in response to the news that the Galapagos pink land iguana, one of the world's rarest...

iSafari

Seven Surprising Facts about the Strange, Underappreciated Spotted Hyena

The hyena may be Africa's most maligned and misunderstood species. Widely loathed as mangy, vicious, cowardly, and even evil, its ability to arouse our...

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