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The Origins of Maple Syrup and the Case for Sustainability

Maple syrup, the sweet delicacy known best for being smothered on top of our favorite breakfast treats: pancakes, waffles, and French toast. Its infamous...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Welcoming Those Moving North

Rising temperatures are causing Earth’s coldest forests to shift northward, raising our concerns about biodiversity loss, an increased risk of wildfires and...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Traveling Wildlife: Bird Maps and Low-Collision Crossings

In the face of ever-diminishing wildlife in the sixth mass extinction and increasing political complications, it’s gratifying to know that there are still a...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Videos: A New Zealand Albatross Takes Its First Flight

There are some who just love flight. The ones that I’m thinking about have the longest wingspans in the animal kingdom, and they are masters at using them...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Sharing Salmon: Bears and People

Fat Bear Week recently announced the 2022 champion: 747 (aka "Bear Force One"). If you’re not familiar with this contest, it’s a competition where you can...

WWF

Parallels of the Pantanal and the Northern Great Plains

The Pantanal region of South America might seem, at first, to share few similarities with the Northern Great Plains (NGP) region of North America. Here in the...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Lion Teeth Tell Tales

Staggering natural wonders—such as Victoria Falls, considered to be the world’s biggest curtain of falling water (not because of a singular dimension, such as...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Whale Sharks Best Kodiak Bears for World’s Largest Omnivore

Whale sharks are the biggest fish and shark in the world. Adults can weigh 41,000 pounds and average about 40 feet long, but they may grow as large as 65...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Yellowstone Heats Up; Wolves Could Curb the Warming

Yellowstone National Park is famous for its beautiful but harsh winters. Blanketed in snow, it exudes an almost mythical aura—even in the season’s common...

Michelle Peters

5 Places to Spot Leopards in the Wild

The quintessential “big cat,” the leopard is the most generalized of the Pantherines. The four others—lion, tiger, jaguar and snow leopard—are more...

Megan Brief

Celebrate World Rhino Day Alongside Nat Hab Conservation Hero Richard de Gouveia

Learn How Richard Saves Species as a Sony Ambassador and Guide for Natural Habitat Adventures & WWF On September 22, conservation scientists and animal...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Penguins and Their Original Homelands

Part of the reason that I’m so enthralled with Antarctica is because it’s one of the rare places on Earth that has never had an Indigenous population; in...

Jon Jared

Where the Wild Things Roam: The Great Migration and Tanzania’s Ngorongoro Crater

Big adventures abound in Tanzania. The largest country in East Africa, its borders encompass Mt. Kilimanjaro, the highest mountain in Africa; Lake Victoria,...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Monarch Butterflies: Are They Endangered or Stable?

Every summer has its own vibe. For example, you might remember your 10th as the one when you learned to swim at the beach, or your 25th as the time when you...

Joel Centano

Bird Watching in Borneo—A Biological Treasure Chest

Big, beautiful and brimming with life, Borneo is a “biological treasure chest,” says Court Whelan, Chief Sustainability Officer with Natural Habitat...

Wendy Redal

The Wild Upper Douro: An International Treasure

Portugal’s Douro Valley is best known as a cradle of European winemaking. For more than 2,000 years grapes have been planted in terraced vineyards along the...

Jon Jared

Partnerships That Make a Difference: Supporting the People & Wildlife of the Galapagos Islands

Our partner Lindblad Expeditions’ experience in the Galapagos Islands began with bringing the very first group of international travelers to the islands in...

Megan Brief

What do Monarch Butterflies Eat? Milkweed 101

Pick a Weed, Save a Life Milkweeds contain various levels of cardiac glycoside compounds or cardenolides, which render the plants toxic to most insects,...