Nature & Wildlife
The Magic of Galapagos Through a Kid’s Eyes
We’re delighted to present guest blogger Dirk Komarnitsky, a 13-year-old from Boulder, Colorado, who recently returned from a week in the Galapagos with his family.
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Alaska
I “Break” for Bears
Calm, stoic strength. The consummate mother. Introspection. A symbol of the wild itself. No matter what bears represent for you personally, you are sure to have an opinion on them and what their proper relationship with us should be. That’s why watching them is so intriguing and why bear-viewing trips are popular with nature travelers.
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Conservation
World Tourism Day: Travel Makes a Difference!
Today is World Tourism Day, a chance for countries and citizens around the globe to ponder and celebrate the crucial role of travel in our mutual wellbeing.
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News & More
Beyond Sustainable
As someone committed to going on nature adventures, you most likely try to make the least negative impact on the world that you possibly can when you travel. You choose carbon-neutral companies, try to leave no trace of your wanderings and make necessary purchases locally.
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Nature & Wildlife
Best Way to Protect Our Public Lands? Enjoy Them!
When our shared natural treasures–our public lands–are under threat, the best political action may be encouraging your fellow citizens to spend more time there. Best of all, it will hardly costs a thing!
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Conservation
The Trees Are Talking
If you’ve ever walked in a forest or a grove on a breezy or windy day, you’ve probably experienced that bit of an unsettling feeling that says to you that the trees are “talking” above your head. With every moan and retort of the wood, you’d almost swear that you could hear rumblings.
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Videos
2011: The International Year of Forests
Guardians of our climate and protectors of our health, trees first appeared on Earth more 380 million years ago. Our planet’s forests store more carbon than is contained in the Earth’s entire atmosphere, and they give off oxygen—making it possible for us to live here.
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Nature & Wildlife
In the Galapagos, wonders never cease
As if the various Galapagos wildlife species weren’t amazing enough on their own, look at this interaction: a Galapagos hawk is about to land on the shell of a giant Galapagos tortoise, while the hefty guy seems completely oblivious.
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Travel Tales
Best Adventure Book Ever Written
Great adventures make for great books; and if you browse the “adventure” shelves of any bookstore, you’re likely to find tales of mountain climbing feats, polar expeditions, diving derring-do or deep wilderness hiking. Rarely, though, when we want a tome of adventure do we think of perusing the children’s books section.
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Nature & Wildlife
What are the 7 Natural Wonders in YOUR World?
“Mosi oa Tunya” — the Smoke that Thunders. That’s the name the local Kololo tribe gave to Victoria Falls, the mile-wide curtain of falling water that plunges 350 feet over a basalt cliff into the turbulent Zambezi Gorge. During the dry season, the falls are a series of individual cataracts.
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Nature & Wildlife
Test Your Nature Knowledge: Take Our High-Country Vocabulary Quiz!
Think you know the natural features of a mountain environment? See how you do on our 10-question quiz on terms you’d associate with a high-altitude or high-latitude setting.
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Nature & Wildlife
What Makes a Species “Native”?
Denali National Park and Preserve, established in 1917 as Mount McKinley National Park, is known the world over for its stunning scenery, wild and remote frontier regions, and Denali—at 20,320 feet, the highest point in North America.