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Canada & the North
When you hear Newfoundland and Labrador, what do you think of? The dog breeds? Colorful coastal cottages? Hardy people accustomed to life along the sea? Newfoundland and Labrador, the easternmost province of Canada, is a place of stark beauty and vibrant culture. The province is one of Canada’s wildest and least populated.
African Safaris
We’re often asked, “When is the best time of year for a Botswana safari?” The answer to the question is not as simple as you might think.
Asia & The Pacific
For millennia, the snow leopard has roamed the mountains of Central Asia among blue sheep, ibex, marmots, pikas and hares. Its thick white-gray coat, patterned with dark rosettes, provides camouflage against steep slopes, broken cliffs and snow-covered ridges. The snow leopard’s range extends across roughly 770,000 square miles in 12 countries.
African Safaris
Imagine watching a herd of elephants—all different ages and sizes—wade across the Chobe River at sunset. It’s one of the things that surprised me most during my too-brief stay in Botswana…I didn’t expect to see elephants happily hanging out submerged in deep water, trunks holding greenery up over their heads out of the water.
Asia & The Pacific
By Senior Adventure Specialist John Holahan The morning sun crested the eastern ridge of the Sham Valley, warming the contents of its path. It peered through windows, past half-closed curtains, and pried sleeping eyes from the last bits of dreaming. Legs stretched, fingers wiggled, bodies stirred.
Nature & Wildlife
In the United States, we celebrate the annual Friendship Day on the first Sunday in August, which this year is August 2. (The globally recognized date established by the United Nations is July 30.) This designated day is meant to honor the bonds that enrich our lives and to promote peace, solidarity and cross-cultural understanding.
Nature & Wildlife
Tool use isn’t unique to humans. Various species across the animal kingdom, including birds, insects and mammals, exhibit the behavior. For example, sea otters use stones to crack open shellfish, while crows modify twigs to probe for hidden prey—and even have been observed using cars to crack open nuts.
Conservation
Does it seem to you that all of a sudden, people across North America are talking about milkweed? Lately, stories about milkweed and monarch butterflies have been appearing in local news feeds, garden groups and neighborhood conversations across North America.
Europe
When a group of local and government organizations got together to create a pilot portion of the Via Dinarica—a network of long-distance hiking trails connecting the Balkan countries of Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Kosovo, Serbia, Albania and Macedonia—in 2010, chances are that no one quite realized this now 1,200-plus miles of combined pathways would…
Conservation
Written by Ariana Bowman, WWF’s Gift Planning Senior Development Officer As we navigated through the lush forest landscape on horseback and then on foot, a sense of excitement built, an anticipation for the breathtaking sights that awaited.
Nature & Wildlife
July is truly the quintessential summer month. Positioned perfectly at the center of summer in the Northern Hemisphere, it features peak sunshine and warm weather, making it the prime time for carefree vacations and outdoor activities. But July is also at the height of mosquito season across most of North America.
African Safaris
By Nat Hab Expedition Leader Richard de Gouveia Plains Game, Predators & Birdlife in Murchison Falls National Park Murchison Falls National Park, Uganda’s largest and oldest conservation area, is a tapestry of natural wonders where the roar of the Nile River is only matched by the calls of the wild.
