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Asia & The Pacific
By Nat Hab Expedition Leader Eddy Savage One of the most striking aspects of the mountains leading up to the Tibetan Plateau is just how huge they are. On our Wild Side of China Photo Expedition, we journey through the Qionglai Mountain range, west of Chengdu, and find ourselves in the foothills of the Himalayas.
Nature & Wildlife
Animals and plants are remarkably resilient in the face of environmental changes. Their creative adaptations and strategies for surviving in ever-altering conditions include going dormant, developing drought tolerance, adjusting migrations, switching to nocturnal activity, forming a salinity tolerance and making social partnerships.
Conservation
Our Shared Canvas “We need joy as we need air. We need love as we need water. We need each other as we need the Earth we share.” – Maya Angelou Some truths are universal. No matter who we are or where we come from, we depend on the same planet.
Asia & The Pacific
This is a story about sustainable community development, conservation education and the power we each have to make a difference. For me, it’s about a lot more than that, too. I’m a former journalism professor, but I’m not even going to attempt objectivity here; this is advocacy, pure and simple.
Conservation
Picture an expanse of wetlands so vast it’s five times larger than the Florida Everglades—an enormous freshwater floodplain pulsing with a near-constant cycle of inundation and retreat.
Conservation
By Abel Valdivia, WWF Lead Marine Conservation Scientist The Galapagos Islands, a remote tropical paradise nested in the heart of the Eastern Pacific Ocean, have long been a beacon of ecological marvels, an evolutionary laboratory and ground for scientific discovery.
Canada & the North
By Nat Hab Expedition Leader Edward Savage As a year-round Expedition Leader with Natural Habitat Adventures, part of my annual circuit of trips has me leading groups on the most extraordinary of winter adventures.
Conservation
When English naturalist Charles Darwin first arrived in the Galapagos Islands in 1835, he noted the differences in giant tortoises from island to island.
Nature & Wildlife
Our impacts on the natural world can be very large—and often detrimental. This manifests in various ways, including in biodiversity loss, climate change, habitat destruction and pollution. These changes can have cascading effects on ecosystems and human societies, leading to a range of challenges.
Latin America
Written by Megan Ryssman, WWF’s Annual Giving Development Officer, and Monica Echeverria, WWF’s Director of Media and External Affairs Visiting the monarch’s overwintering grounds in Mexico is an experience that words can hardly capture. It is a moment of awe, reverence, and recognition that we are witnessing one of the true miracles of nature.
Conservation
Behind the Scenes of an Eco-Friendly Travel Gear Revolution At Natural Habitat Adventures, we’ve always believed that responsible travel means more than treading lightly on the planet’s wild places. It’s also about taking responsibility for the tools we use to explore them.
African Safaris
Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka, founder of Conservation Through Public Health in Uganda, is one of the most inspiring conservationists I’ve ever had the good fortune to meet. She has won many global awards for her work—she’s a National Geographic Explorer, a UN Champion of the Earth and an Ashoka Fellow.
