Videos
Video: Fata Morgana Over a Newfoundland Iceberg
We’re all familiar with the concept of desert mirages, a naturally occurring optical phenomenon in which light rays are bent to produce a displaced image of the sky or distant objects.
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Nature & Wildlife
Q-and-A: Snorkeling Indonesia’s Raja Ampat
This October, veteran guide Lee Goldman will take a small crew of WWF’s snorkeling enthusiasts to Indonesia’s Raja Ampat Archipelago, where they’ll glide over some of the planet’s most remarkable shallow-reef habitats. The region has more than 500 species of coral and 1,500 different types of fish.
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News & More
Poaching of a Different Kind: Stealing Our Redwoods
The spike in illegal wildlife trade continues: in 2013, poachers killed 1,004 rhinos in South Africa alone; and in 2012, some 15,000 elephants were slaughtered at 42 sites across 27 African countries, according to CITES, the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora.
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News & More
Join Us on a Soft, Sunny Adventure in Europe's Top-Rated Country!
Nope, it’s not Spain. Not Italy. France? Mais non. Europe’s #1 country is… Portugal! That’s what readers of USA Today say: The newspaper has just announced its “10 Best” Readers’ Choice Awards, and Portugal has surpassed the continent’s better-known tourism magnets.
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Travel Tales
Wild Dogs: A Rare Encounter in Botswana
This travel tale is brought to you by Megan Bryant, NHA Africa Adventure Director Last month, I was enjoying a stay at Savuti Camp in the Linyanti Reserve of northern Botswana, a place I had been before and one that tends to exceed expectations in wildlife viewing.
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Videos
Video: An "Underwater Ballet" of Manta Rays in Indonesia
Watch manta rays “dance” gracefully above coral in Raja Ampat. The Raja Ampat Archipelago in Indonesia’s West Papua province has the wo ld’s greatest concentration of marine life for a region of its size.
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Nature & Wildlife
9 Animals Who Need a Name Change
A white rhino isn’t actually white and a red panda isn’t even related to the black and white, giant pandas we know and love. So what’s with their names? To help with the confusion, here’s a primer on nine animals who have been seemingly misnamed.
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Nature Photography
Photos: A black bear cub sees the world for the first time!
Spring has officially arrived! Trees are budding, flowers are blooming, and sleepy bears are emerging from their dens after the long winter. One photographer was lucky-enough to capture just this. Peter Mather was traveling with his partner when they suddenly spotted a head peaking out of a den on the side of the road.
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Travel Tales
Travel Tales: Face to Face With The Mountain Gorillas Of Rwanda
Valerie Wimberly, a Sky Ambassador in Nat Hab’s air department, shares reflections and photos from her recent trip to Rwanda to see Africa’s endangered mountain gorillas.
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Conservation
12 At-Risk Animals to See in the Wild
Thanks to passionate conservationists, animals, such as tigers and black rhinos, have been brought back from the edge of extinction. Other animals, at-risk to an array of threats, get much-needed protection, too.
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Videos
Video: A Crow Invents a Sled
The intelligence of crows has been well documented by researchers, and it seems that we’re constantly amazed at their abilities.
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Travel Tales
School of Thought: Eight Things South Africa Taught Me
By Marsea Nelson, guest blogger for WWF Travel Diverse landscapes, impressive infrastructure and the big five make South Africa an ideal safari destination. Our guest blogger Marsea Nelson recently traveled across South Africa and reports on what she learned. 1. Distinguishing the difference between a white rhino and a black rhino is actually easy.