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Conservation
The summer that I worked in Montana’s Glacier National Park was one of the best experiences of my life. For three months, I lived within the park’s Many Glacier Valley, waiting tables at its hotel restaurant and hiking among its towering peaks and turquoise waters any chance I could get.
Nature & Wildlife
Africa’s great wildebeest migration and Mexico’s “living mountain” of fluttering butterfly wings are just two of nature’s many amazing and fun phenomena. But, especially appropriate for this time of year, nature holds some scary wonders, as well. One of them is ants who become real-life zombies.
Asia & The Pacific
Spring may be for pastel tulips and heavenly scented lilacs, but autumn is when plants with spooky names like bat flower, cobra lily, corpse flower and doll’s eyes take their turn in the spotlight.
Latin America
By Heather Cockey, WWF Director of Institutional Budgeting and Financial Management Picture it: Sicily, 1922…no that’s not right. Mexico, 2023. Actually, that’s still not where our story really begins. Washington DC, still 2023.
Nature & Wildlife
For most of us, Thanksgiving is the only holiday of the year centered on giving thanks for what we already have, our families and our friends. It is also the only holiday I know of that has food as its major focus. For a lot of us, the holiday means eating turkey.
Latin America
You’ve traveled by plane, train and automobile—but how about riverboat? This classic mode of transport harkens back to a romantic era of luxury travel…and it’s the only way to explore the wild upper reaches of the world’s largest river system.
Nature & Wildlife
On November 5, 2023, daylight saving time (DST) will end and standard time will once again reign. While recently there have been many attempts to do away with Americans’ “springing forward” and “falling back” each year, it looks like we’ll be continuing with the practice for some time to come.
Alaska
By Breanna Giovanniello (WWF Online Marketing Senior Specialist) and Katy Lai (WWF Director, Private Finance Sector Strategy and Engagement) Our trip began in Homer, Alaska, also known as the “Halibut Capital of the World.” Homer is a small but vibrant fishing town perched on Kachemak Bay, near the bottom of the Kenai Peninsula.
Conservation
“Paper or plastic?” asks the grocery store clerk. For me, that question is never easy. I tend to choose paper when it comes to grocery bags or drinking cups and straws, but I’m finding out that my choices aren’t always the most eco-friendly.
Conservation
Indigenous activists have always been front and center in protecting the Earth and its resources, and we can all learn from their deep spiritual, cultural and economic connections with the land.
African Safaris
In the summer of 2023, Americans exceeded pre-pandemic travel levels by over 8% and traveled farther than before the pandemic, too. The global safari tourism market was valued at $33.37 billion in 2022 and is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate of 5.6% from 2023 to 2030.
Nature & Wildlife
I’ve always been drawn to what we call “earth colors”—soft browns, olive greens, muted oranges, dusty pinks and corn-husk yellows. Colors have been on my mind because I recently moved to the Pacific Northwest into an older home that needs paint and some new carpeting.
