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Darwin’s “On the Origin of the Species” kicked off a Galapagos publishing craze over 150 years ago. Since then, dozens and dozens of volumes showcasing and celebrating the natural history and wildlife of the islands have hit the shelves. The 500-year long human history in the islands, on the other hand, has been largely (though not completely) ignored.
Condé Nast Traveler released its 2014 Readers’ Choice Awards yesterday, including readers’ picks for the top 20 lodges and safari camps in Africa. South Africa dominated this year’s list, with six of the top ten and nine of the top 20 properties. Botswana came in six second, with six properties on the list.
Londolozi is famous for its leopards. So it’s not surprise that November’s ten best photos taken by the private reserve’s guides and guests offer four very different perspectives, from action to quiet repose, of these majestic cats.
Even the fiercest predators sometimes have a soft side. Don’t believe it? Check out these photos of a male lion hanging out with his cubs for the first time. Wildlife photographer Uwe Skrzypczak captured the images below after watching the six-month-old lion cubs for weeks in Kenya’s Maasai Mara National Reserve.
The Galapagos Islands will always be associated, first and foremost, with Darwin’s theory of natural selection and the unique creatures that inspired it. But certain chapters of the islands’ often-overlooked human history are nearly as fascinating.
In 1974, a 20-year-old Toby Sinclair climbed into an old minibus with some friends for a road trip that would change the course of his life. After travels through Europe and the Middle East, they drove into Asia where he says he “caught the travel bug.”
Recently, when a drone crashed in Grand Prismatic Spring in Midway Geyser Basin in Yellowstone National Park, it sparked a public debate about the use of such devices in our jointly owned, national treasures and the protections for such lands that we currently have in place.
By Rachel Kramer, Program Officer, Wildlife Conservation and TRAFFIC My husband and I are scientists. We are fascinated by species and their habitats. When it came to selecting a place for our honeymoon, the Galapagos Islands—visited in as low-impact a manner a possible—was our dream.
From the tiny monarch butterfly to the immense wildebeest of Africa, many of the world’s animal species take on great migrations. Those epic travels may involve seasonal journeys of thousands of miles, traversing multiple countries. For them, our human political boundaries have no meaning.
What happens when two Galapagos giant tortoises meet on a narrow pathway going in opposite directions? Thanks to this video from WWF we know the answer to this intriguing question. Like many other species, they establish which animal is dominant and go from there.
The United Nations’ report on climate change released on Sunday, November 2, 2014, predicted a gloomy future for the residents of planet Earth. It stated that the dangers of human-caused climate change are no longer debatable; they are real and are even now being felt all over the world.
Wildlife reserves offer safe haven to some of the planet’s most vulnerable species and give visitors the opportunity to view them responsibly. Here are five of our favorites: Pacaya Samiria Reserve, Peruvian Amazon Where: The headwaters of the Amazon in northern Peru.
