News & More
Polar bears struggling to find the ice floes they need for hunting and survival became the icon of climate change and our rapidly warming planet decades ago. And we’ve often heard how hotter temperatures are affecting the globe’s north and south poles and their oceans.
Conservation
Wildlife tourism—tourism specifically based on encounters with undomesticated animals—accounts for 20 to 40 percent of the total $1 trillion annual, global tourism industry. This comes from a paper published in late 2015 in the peer-reviewed, science journal PLOS ONE. The paper further states that wildlife tourism is the leading foreign-exchange earner in several countries.
African Safaris
There’s nothing on Earth quite like watching the spectacle of East Africa’s Great Migration, when thousands upon thousands of wildebeest traverse the savanna in search of fresh grass while trying to elude cunning predators, perpetuating the ancient circle of life.
African Safaris
In this new video, Nat Hab Expedition Leader Pietro Luraschi shares his passion for guiding people to witness East Africa’s Great Migration. Be transported by Pietro’s description of the awe he feels while watching seemingly infinite herds of wild African animals traverse across the vast savanna.
African Safaris
“Legendary” is the best word to describe the herds and predators of the Maasai Mara National Reserve, an expansive tract of African savanna comprising the northern portion of the Serengeti Plains.
Conservation
The Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System. The Galapagos Islands of Ecuador. Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona. These are just three of the 238 natural and mixed (cultural and natural) sites designated as World Heritage by UNESCO, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. And all three are threatened by human development.
Nature & Wildlife
By Chris Kassar Imagine enormous herds of wildebeest and zebra traversing the East African plains while predators follow in stealthy pursuit. It’s something you’ve almost certainly seen on film, and now you can witness this dramatic event in person during the Great Migration.
Conservation
Earlier this year, WWF installed two systems in a protected area in central Kenya where endangered white and black rhino roam along with poachers. Nine months later, this investment is paying off.
Nature Photography
Every Friday, we choose our favorite photo of the week from our Wildlife Photo of the Day website. This week we selected a tower of giraffes. Photographer Perry White took this photo while on a game drive in the Maasai Mara when 30 giraffes moved toward the vehicle.
Conservation
Fall in Wisconsin, where I live, is colorful. Leaves in our forests turn vivid purple, red and yellow; and deer hunters in our woods dress in vivid orange.
Nature Photography
Every Friday, we choose our favorite photo of the week from our Wildlife Photo of the Day website. This week we chose a leopard cub in Kenya. Photographer Joshua Smalley photographed the leopard on a beautiful morning in the Maasai Mara. Have you taken some amazing wildlife photos during your travels?
Nature Photography
Every Friday, we choose our favorite photo of the week from our Wildlife Photo of the Day website. This week we selected a scene from Amboseli National Park in Kenya. Photographer Warren Weiss witnessed this elephant herd moving toward a watering hole with the majestic Mount Kilimanjaro rising behind them.
