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The Kingdom of Bhutan is a remarkable place: a landlocked country of towering mountains, fertile valleys and forests that cover more than 70% of its territory. It’s also a nation rich in cultural heritage.
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Because it remained relatively isolated from the rest of the world for so many centuries, Bhutan is still a country shrouded in mystery and legend. It officially opened to international tourism only fairly recently, in 1974.
Snow leopards, elusive “ghosts of the mountains,” roam across a vast area of northern and central Asia’s high mountains, mostly above the tree line up to 18,000 feet elevation, sparsely scattered across 12 countries—including China, Bhutan, Nepal, India, Pakistan, Russia and Mongolia.
Arachnids—such as scorpions, harvestmen (daddy longlegs) and spiders—often trigger feelings of fear or disgust. Despite such reactions, these animals play an essential role in maintaining healthy ecosystems. They act as vital food sources, master pest controllers and drivers of human and soil health.
Sustainable travel in Vietnam supports cultural heritage by directing visitor experiences and economic benefits toward artisans, tradition-keepers and communities preserving the country’s living traditions.
In the shadow of Yellowstone’s ancient and dense pine forests, a sage grouse burrows beneath a blanket of deep snow. Guided by starlight, a snowshoe hare drifts through the frost-covered grasslands like a snowy specter—swift-footed and sure.
When I was about 14 years old, I attended a conservation science camp on the east coast of Florida. The only part I remember clearly now, decades later, was when we gathered on the beach at dawn to release turtle hatchlings into the Atlantic.
With its bulbous shape and canopy resembling an upside-down root system, the baobab tree symbolizes the African continent. Its origins are also the stuff of legend…literally.
Across the rolling hills of England and the rugged highlands of Scotland, conservationists, scientists and local communities are working to restore nature and protect native wildlife. While biodiversity loss remains an urgent crisis in the UK and worldwide, Great Britain has witnessed a series of remarkable success stories in recent years.
A tigress steps through a forest in northeast China, followed by five striped cubs. The camera trap footage lasts only moments, but it tells a story decades in the making. Amur tigers, commonly known as Siberian tigers, typically give birth to one to four cubs, making a surviving litter of five exceptional.
When it comes to wildlife, the term ‘pygmy’ refers to animals that are smaller in size than their more typical counterparts. In many cases, these reduced measurements also result in them being unbelievably cute.
Often referred to as the “eighth continent,” the island nation of Madagascar has developed its own distinct ecosystems and extraordinary wildlife since it split from the African continent an estimated 160 million years ago. Approximately 95% of Madagascar’s reptiles, 89% of its plant life and 92% of its mammals exist nowhere else on Earth.
Wildfires are complicated. On one hand, they can be extremely destructive forces. On the other, they are natural events that certain animals and plants have evolved to depend on for ecological balance. And then, you have to add climate change into the equation.
