News & More
Is Ringling Brothers Really “Retiring” Its Elephants?
Circus elephants in Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey shows got good news last week when it was announced on January 11, 2016, that they would be retired in May.
Good Nature Travel Blog
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Nature Photography
Wildlife Photo of the Week: Tiger Eyes
Every Friday we choose our favorite photo of the week from our Wildlife Photo of the Day website. This week we chose this majestic tiger in India. Photographer Ranjan Ramchandani captured the tiger’s intense gaze in a dense part of the forest in Bandavgarh National Park. Have you taken some amazing wildlife photos during your travels?
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News & More
Human-Wildlife Conflict and Malheur National Wildlife Refuge
I heard about another act of wildlife poaching this morning. Only this time it wasn’t African elephants or Indian tigers or Indonesian rhinos. It was in the U.S., and it involved deer. The poachers have been sentenced to five-year terms and have turned themselves in for transport to prison today, January 4, 2016.
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Conservation
12 Conservation Success Stories of 2015
Last night, I watched a movie titled Merchants of Doubt. In this 2014 film, director and producer Robert Kenner lets us in on a secret that’s hiding in plain sight: there is a small—but highly paid—group of charismatic, silver-tongued “pundits” who present themselves in the media as scientific authorities, even though they have few credentials.
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News & More
New WILDLABS.NET: Where Technology and Conservation Meet
It’s easy to find recent examples of how technology has helped wildlife conservation. New electronic tools for detecting and preventing animal and plant poaching, artificial appendages and limbs, and GPS tracking have all aided in keeping populations of threatened and endangered species safe and growing.
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Conservation
See—and Save—Bengal Tigers in India
By Peter Davis Krahenbuhl Did you ever stop to wonder why some of the world’s most majestic animals are often also the most threatened species on Earth? The answer shouldn’t be shocking.
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Travel Tips
5 Iconic At-Risk Species (And Where to Travel to See Them)
This is a guest post by Matt Kareus, Editor in Chief of The Safarist and About Galapagos, and Executive Director of the International Galapagos Tour Operators Association. Many of our planet’s most iconic species are reeling from the effects of climate change, habitat loss, the rapidly growing illegal wildlife trade, and other serious threats.
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Nature Photography
Wildlife Photo of the Week: Queen of Ranthambore
Every Friday we choose our favorite photo of the week from our new Wildlife Photo of the Day website. This week we chose this majestic tiger in Ranthambore National Park, India. Photographer Ranjan Ramchandani says this tigress, named Krishna, had lured away a male tiger who had come too close to her cubs.
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Conservation
Earth Day 2015: the Good, the Bad and the Silenced
Wednesday, April 22, is Earth Day 2015, the 45th celebration of what started out as a true grassroots movement—the environmental likes of which we haven’t seen since. Last year, on Earth Day 2014, I wrote about Americans’ declining concerns about natural resource issues and the slackening of our environmental laws.
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Conservation
Illegal Wildlife Trafficking: U.S. Doubles Down
Within the open expanse of the Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge just outside Denver, you’ll find an unseemly sight – a large government building surrounded by short-grass prairie and wetlands.
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Conservation
Should We Vaccinate Wild Animals for Canine Distemper Virus?
The world’s tigers face considerable threats today: poaching, habitat loss, depletion of their prey and retaliatory kills by humans when the big cats take livestock. But now, a new threat has surfaced: the canine distemper virus (CDV).
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Conservation
10 WWF Success Stories of 2014
2014 was a successful year for conservation and WWF’s work around the world. None of it could have been possible with the support of WWF’s members.