Conservation

709 stories

  • Kenya's Zebra and Wildebeest Relocation Program

    Feb 11, 2010 · Emily Deemer

    Kenya’s Amboseli National Park will be receiving a few thousand new animals in 2010. The park located in southern Kenya on the border with Tanzania suffered a major setback in 2009 with droughts that caused over 60% of the zebra and wildebeest population to perish.

  • Protect Patagonia: Eat Sustainable Wild Salmon

    Feb 8, 2010 · Wendy Redal

    The jagged coast of southern Chile is one of the most dramatic places on earth. A maze of fjords and islands, the topography is testament to the power of ice to shape a landscape. Massive glaciers wind down from the high Andes, calving blue icebergs into the frigid sea.

  • Asian Countries Pledge to Double Tiger Population

    Jan 29, 2010 · James Dziezynski

    A small ray of hope has given Asia’s dwindling tiger population a chance at recovering their numbers. A 13 country coalition has pledged to double the current paltry number of tigers in the wild (estimate at 3,200) in the next decade.

  • Saving Coca Cola’s Adorable Polar Bears

    Dec 23, 2009 · Megan Koelemay

    Remember those cheerful Coca Cola commercials with the cute polar bears? The global soft drink company is now working to save the very environment they advertise.

  • More good news for endangered sea turtles

    Oct 23, 2009 · Wendy Redal

    Imagine the sight of thousands of 100-pound sea turtles, packed side by side on an expanse of beach stretching for two miles along Mexico’s Pacific coast. It’s not an image that comes easily to mind, considering how endangered these creatures are worldwide (see Good Nature on 9/25/2009 for more on the challenges sea turtles face).

  • A Suitcase Full of Trouble

    Oct 5, 2009 · Elissa Poma

    World Wildlife Fund’s podcast series, “Wild Things,” normally take listeners to rain forests, mountaintops and other far-flung field sites. But in the most recent edition, former National Public Radio correspondent John Nielsen unlocks a secure storage room at WWF headquarters in Washington, D.C.

  • Giant Panda Habitats Destroyed by Earthquake

    Aug 10, 2009 · Megan Koelemay

    A recent article on CNN.com cites a report that China’s Sichuan earthquake of last May destroyed a quarter of wild giant pandas’ habitat, and some 60% of giant pandas overall were affected by the quake.

  • How to Avoid Buying Illegal Souvenirs

    Aug 7, 2009 · Megan Koelemay

    Every year, millions of tourists in the Caribbean and Mexico buy wildlife curios as souvenirs – often without any inkling that they are supporting unsustainable and illegal wildlife. Check out www.worldwildlife.org/goodbuy to learn more.

  • Save $500 on our Kingdom of the Monarchs Trip!

    Aug 4, 2009 · Megan Koelemay

    Observe the amazing migration of 300 million monarch butterflies in the highlands of Mexico, and take advantage of our “2010 Economic Climate Change Stimulus Plan” while you’re at it! Save $500 now with our Conservation Credit.