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Conservation
It’s no news that climate change is impacting our natural environment, but what does this mean for birds, migration patterns, and lasting biodiversity? As winter tends to get warmer, why are birds still migrating? What makes them migrate in the first place? Growing up, you may have learned about animal migration in your science classes.
Nature & Wildlife
It’s late summer and my camera shutter slows as the setting sun casts a mosaic of golden light and shadows across the Lamar Valley. My focus wanders to the sea of wildlife enthusiasts—their buzz of excitement drowning out the sound of flitting insects. “THERE!
Nature & Wildlife
For decades, it’s been clear that the Earth’s climate is changing, and it’s almost universally agreed that humans have had a role in it.
Conservation
As we begin to close out the days of 2021, it’s only natural to take a look back at the year that’s about to end and dream of what we’d like to see change and what we hope will happen in 2022.
Alaska
Encounter Alaska’s giant grizzlies on Bears of Brooks Falls Photo Expedition. You’ll photograph these enormous brown bears in the golden glow of autumn as they congregate in Brooks Falls, gorging themselves on salmon in preparation for their long winter’s sleep. This immersive adventure is designed with the experienced nature photographer in mind.
Asia & The Pacific
In a few days, many of you will be celebrating Christmas or another religious holiday.
Travel Tips
Whether you’re headed home for the holidays or celebrating with a vacation, you will be traveling during one of the most chaotic times of the year. As we approach this season, it’s important to know how you can travel responsibly with affordability and ease in mind.
Canada & the North
Curled up in my arms, a husky puppy licks a snowflake off my cheek. My fellow travelers and I have just been whisked away on a thrilling excursion through the boreal forest by dog sled, and are now greeting the pack’s newest members.
Europe
Many travelers understandably want to go to Norway in the summer to enjoy the pleasantly cool summer climate, hike through the magnificent fjords, and have a poetically introspective stay in a picturesque cottage on the coast. And, yes, Norway in the summer is absolutely gorgeous—but Norway in winter? Somehow even more so.
Nature & Wildlife
Carbon neutral. Mitigation. Tipping point. Unprecedented transition. If asked, could you explicitly define the terms above, words that are often used in discussions about climate change? If not, you’re not alone.
News & More
For two years, many of us have dreamed up lists of far-away places, and as travel restrictions and border closures continued, these plans seemed increasingly far-off. Now, as travel makes its return, we couldn’t be more excited for those dream trips to become reality.
Latin America
Each fall, millions of monarch butterflies land in Mexico’s Central Highlands after a long journey to find respite from the cooling winter temperatures in the northeastern U.S. and Canada. For many folks in the U.S. and Canada, the ancestral hibernation grounds of the monarchs were a mystery until 1977.
