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  • News & More

    Global Seed Vault Fails: “Permanently Frozen” Isn’t Anymore

    May 30, 2017 · Candice Gaukel Andrews

    Anything in deep freeze was supposed to be safe—for forever. Such as our toxic wastes. Such as the crop seeds we’ll need in case of a global catastrophe and food shortage. But we can’t count on the cold anymore.

  • Travel Tales

    Traveler Story: Botswana’s Green Season Photo Safari

    May 29, 2017 · Natural Habitat Adventures

    Traveler L. Horton captured the photographs shown below during a Botswana’s Green Season Photo Safari with Natural Habitat Adventures in February 2017. — L. Horton | Botswana’s Green Season Photo Safari | February 2017 What’s Your Nature Travel Story?

  • Travel Tales

    Traveler Story: The Natural Jewels of Costa Rica

    May 27, 2017 · Natural Habitat Adventures

    Traveler D. Wilson captured the following photographs during a Natural Jewels of Costa Rica tour with Natural Habitat Adventures in February 2017. — D. Wilson | Natural Jewels of Costa Rica | February 2017 Do You Have a Travel Tale of Your Own?

  • Videos

    Traveler Video of a Botswana Safari

    May 26, 2017 · Natural Habitat Adventures

    Traveler Bobby Jacobsen produced this video documenting a custom Botswana Safari with Natural Habitat Adventures. Be sure to watch the whole film—there’s a phenomenal wildlife sighting at the end!

  • Nature Photography

    Wildlife Photo of the Week: Impala Reflections

    May 26, 2017 · Kendal Bower

    Every Friday, we choose our favorite photo of the week from our Wildlife Photo of the Day website. This week we selected impalas lined up at a water hole. Photographer Patricia Rosen took this photo while on safari in the Okavango Delta. Have you taken some amazing wildlife photos during your travels?

  • Videos

    Video: Bison Return to Wyoming’s Wind River Reservation

    May 25, 2017 · Candice Gaukel Andrews

    Bison, our national mammal, have returned to more of their homeland. On November 3, 2016, 10 bison were released on the 2.2-million-acre Wind River Reservation in Wyoming. The last wild buffalo to be seen there was in 1885, 131 years ago.

  • Travel Tales

    Encountering Lions in Botswana on my First Trip to Africa

    May 24, 2017 · WWF

    Like many people I have always dreamt of traveling to Africa. After spending the last 15 years working in international development and conservation, I’ve had the wonderful opportunities to travel extensively in the Americas and in Asia, but never to Africa.

  • African Safaris

    Five Facts about Kenya’s Maasai Mara National Reserve

    May 23, 2017 · iSafari

    “Legendary” is the best word to describe the herds and predators of the Maasai Mara National Reserve, an expansive tract of African savanna comprising the northern portion of the Serengeti Plains.

  • Travel Tales

    A Different World in the Polar Bear Capital

    May 22, 2017 · Natural Habitat Adventures

    What fascinates me most about traveling is experiencing a completely different way of life in other cultures. Different food, different climates, different ideas of what’s “normal.” On my Classic Polar Bear Adventure in Manitoba, Canada, last October, I definitely got a glimpse into a different world.

  • Nature Photography

    Wildlife Photo of the Week: Bald Eagle with Fish

    May 19, 2017 · Kendal Bower

    Every Friday, we choose our favorite photo of the week from our Wildlife Photo of the Day website. This week we selected a bald eagle fishing. Photographer Hung Tran captured the moment the eagle scooped up a fish from the dam. Have you taken some amazing wildlife photos during your travels?

  • Asia & The Pacific

    Te Ika Nui in Milford Sound, New Zealand | Olaf’s Corner

    May 18, 2017 · Olaf Malver

    The islands of New Zealand are lands full of surprises, contrasts and sensory overload! These differences are found in the varied landscapes, from glacier-covered alpine peaks to subtropical rain forests to sparkling, 21st-century cities contrasted with the vibrant and ancient Maori tribal culture. Even the weather ranges from fierce snowstorms to balmy sunny weather.