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Conservation
They criss-cross the globe in an effort to protect the planet’s wild places, so WWF staffers know how to travel responsibly. Here are 10 conservation-minded travel tips from members of our team. “Keep your boots clean!
Travel Tales
One of my more important lessons as a traveler came early—when I was 19 and backpacking around Europe with my best friend—and it’s never failed me: deviations from your planned itinerary, whether chosen or forced, always result in unexpected and delightful experiences, if you are open and allow them to unfold.
Travel Tales
“The whole monarch butterfly tour was magical and most memorable, from start to finish. We had a small group of just 13 people, plus the two tour guides, so we had lots of opportunities to sit in various groupings and one-on-one in order to get to know each other.
Nature & Wildlife
As a fellow nature traveler, you share our passion for new discoveries in exciting, fresh destinations that are full of surprises—that’s why we know you’ll love our new Sri Lanka Wildlife Safari!
Nature Photography
Every Friday, we choose our favorite photo of the week from our Wildlife Photo of the Day website. This week we selected a herd of wildebeests at sunset in Botswana. Photographer Deborah Carter captured this stunning moment while out on a drive as a herd passed by her vehicle.
Videos
Camera traps, GPS tracking and radio-collaring are all tools that researchers have traditionally used to study the wildlife that shares the planet with us. But it seems there’s now another method—an ingenious one—that allows us to unobtrusively infiltrate communities in the natural world without letting our very presence alter them.
Travel Tales
Matt Erke serves as an Program Officer for WWF’s Forest Program. Matt tells about how travel opened his eyes to the incredible beauty and power of nature. 1. How did you catch the travel bug?
News & More
One hundred and eleven years ago, the American Antiquities Act of 1906 was passed. It authorizes the president to designate federally managed lands as national monuments in order to conserve important archaeological, historic and scientific sites.
Travel Tales
“Friends ask us, ‘What was the highlight of your Grand India Wildlife Adventure?’ One day, we might say it was seeing five tigers—a male, ‘his lady’ and their three cubs. We will NEVER forget the male tiger’s warning growl that we were encroaching on his territory.
Conservation
Climate change is a serious threat to the economic prosperity, national security, and public health and welfare of the United States and nations around the globe.
African Safaris
In this new video, Nat Hab Expedition Leader Pietro Luraschi shares his passion for guiding people to witness East Africa’s Great Migration. Be transported by Pietro’s description of the awe he feels while watching seemingly infinite herds of wild African animals traverse across the vast savanna.
Galapagos Islands
“I am a biologist and when I retired, Galapagos was first on my bucket list. Even more than my curiosity about the unique wildlife on the islands was my keen interest to see the sea life in the ocean.
