Asia & The Pacific
Tracking Tigers in India’s Wild Heart: A Grand Safari Adventure
Waiting outside the gate of Bandhavgarh National Park in Central India, you feel the crisp morning air leave your lungs, your breath visible with each exhale.
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Asia & The Pacific
How to Responsibly See Tigers in the Wild
As the largest member of the cat family, tigers are compellingly powerful and stealthy. It’s no wonder they’ve been one of nature’s most feared predators for roughly two million years! But in just the past 150 years, the tiger’s range has shrunk by nearly 95%.
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Asia & The Pacific
Conservation Success Stories from India’s National Parks
In part one of our two-part Q&A with Aditya Panda, we discussed the veteran guide’s favorite national parks in India, which wildlife travelers will encounter on an India safari, and what it’s like to track tigers in the wild (we’ll never forget his vivid account).
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Asia & The Pacific
A Safari Guide’s Favorite National Parks & Tiger Reserves in India
Like everything else about India, the country’s immense network of protected areas offers a dizzying array of options for travelers.
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Conservation
Social Media: Selfie Searches and Nature Successes
The ubiquitous social media in our lives has its benefits, including allowing us to interact quickly with our loved ones, network with our colleagues and share information almost instantaneously.
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Nature & Wildlife
The Social Behavior of Animals Changes with Age
If you look at almost any bird identification guide or mammal encyclopedia, you’ll typically see two to three images of any one animal: an adult female, an adult male and, perhaps, a juvenile.
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Conservation
The Unprecedented Presence of People Weighs on Wildlife
In our human-dominated world, Earth’s most iconic and imperiled wildlife are facing tough decisions. Two lion brothers recently illustrated that fact when they undertook a long, record-breaking swim across a predator-infested African river in search of homes and mates.
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African Safaris
Video: Slow-Motion Capture of a Running Cheetah
Cheetahs are the fastest runners on the planet. They can accelerate from 0 to 60 miles per hour in just three seconds.
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Asia & The Pacific
Trailing Tigers in an Indian Wildlife Sanctuary
By Erin Waite, Senior Editorial Specialist, WWF-US The air was dry and still, offering little respite against the sweltering summer heat. “Chalo, chalo,” our guide urged. “Let’s go!” I gripped my seat as our safari jeep jumped into action, racing and zigzagging across the dusty terrain.
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News & More
2023 Records: CO2 Emissions, Temperatures and Optimism
Now that we’re just two days into January, it probably feels more natural to look back on the year past than to look forward into the 12 months yet to come. But, for a moment, I’m going to ask you to do both. Let’s go back six months to July 2023.
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Nature & Wildlife
Fireworks, Wildlife and the Environment Don’t Mix
Although the official midpoint of summer occurs on August 7 (because the summer solstice is on June 21), a lot of us consider the Fourth of July the season’s middle marker.
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Nature & Wildlife
How Crows and Ravens Made the World their Home
You know them because you see them in your neighborhood every day. And you certainly have heard their distinctive, harsh caws and kraas. They are crows and ravens, the corvids that are well-known for their black color. Crows can be found all over the world in a variety of habitats.