Conservation
The World’s Natural Filter: Wetlands
The first time I learned about wetlands, I vividly remember sitting in my second-grade classroom. My teacher was showing my class some of the species that got to call this boggy, marshland “home”.
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Conservation
The Origins of Rubber and the Case for Sustainability
Have you ever wondered where your car tires, rain boots, and balloons come from? They’re all rubber products but where does rubber even come from? How it’s Made The finished product of rubber stems back from the Hevea brasiliensis tree, otherwise known as the rubber tree.
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Latin America
Diving In: A Mexican Whale Shark Excursion
By Caroline Prince, Senior Philanthropy Writer at World Wildlife Fund Before dawn Our 4:30am wake-up call is followed by a two-hour journey requiring both a dune buggy and a boat. This sunrise Natural Habitat Adventures‘ excursion from Isla Holbox, located just north of Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula, is tinged with giddy optimism—and worry.
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Nature & Wildlife
We’re Causing Wildlife to Shape-Shift
Today, more than half of the global population—55 percent, or 4.2 billion inhabitants—live in cities. By 2050, two-thirds of the world’s people are expected to reside in urban areas. And when we talk about our increasingly metropolitan lifestyles, we usually speak in terms of how they’re changing our culture and our health.
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Nature & Wildlife
Robots Are Helping Us Understand Nature
Wouldn’t it be great to have your own robot; a mechanical butler whose sole purpose is to make your life a bit easier by bringing you things and doing your cleaning and cooking?
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Canada & the North
Quebec’s National Parks: The Best-Kept Secrets in Canada
Just above Maine lies a world-class nature destination. It’s a wild, rugged landscape with granite plateaus gashed by rushing rivers and waterfalls that plummet from sheer rock walls into shadowy gorges. Here, bears roam the woodlands and whales ply fjords…and 27 national parks beckon exploration.
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Conservation
WWF 2021 Conservation Win: Forests Forward
In 2021, we may have still been dealing with the tumultuous COVID-19 pandemic alongside a plethora of persistent issues impacting our planet, people, and ultimately, future. However, not everything was bad, and in fact, there was quite a bit of good that came out of 2021.
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Asia & The Pacific
How to Spend a Dozen Days on New Zealand’s South Island
Centuries ago, New Zealand’s indigenous Maori people established traditional pathways across the Southern Alps, a mountain range that runs north-to-south along much of the country’s South Island.
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Canada & the North
Eating Sweets Is Healthy? For Greenlanders, Yes!
Was one of your 2022 New Year’s resolutions to take better care of yourself? Did you, perhaps, promise in this COVID-19 era that you’d exercise more and eat healthfully? Does your ongoing grocery list now include items such as apples, avocados, blueberries, broccoli, carrots, kale and lentils? Have you been down this path before?
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Asia & The Pacific
A Tiger Conservation Status Update from India
“The tiger is a larger-than-life animal. It is more than something mortal,” says Aditya Panda, a passionate conservationist and Expedition Leader with Natural Habitat Adventures who’s based in Orissa, India.
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Asia & The Pacific
Lady Elliot Island: A Remote Marine Paradise in the Great Barrier Reef
Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1981, is one of the Seven Wonders of the Natural World for good reason. This vibrant marine wonderland stretches almost 1500 miles in length and hosts over 131,000 square miles of incredibly diverse coral ecosystems.
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Nature Photography
A Photographer’s Guide to Visiting Yellowstone in Winter
If Yellowstone National Park is on your bucket list, here’s a little secret – consider visiting this epic outdoor playground, full of geological wonders, natural beauty and abundant wildlife, during the winter months. Cold? Sure. Worth the extra layers? You bet. Particularly for shutterbugs, Yellowstone National Park winter visits are legendary.