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Ten Interesting Facts about Machu Picchu

By Johanna Murphy, World Wildlife Fund More than 7,000 feet above sea level in the Andes Mountains, Machu Picchu is the most visited tourist destination in...

Cathy Brown

8 Rain Forest Ecotourism Adventures

A trip to the rain forest is filled with interesting possibilities for adventure, whether through cultural exchange, photography, fishing, hiking, birding or...

Peter Davis Krahenbuhl

Machu Picchu’s Best-Kept Secrets

Sitting proudly at the top of the bucket list of anyone who loves to travel, Machu Picchu—the “Lost City of the Incas”—is one of the most spectacular ancient...

Natural Habitat Adventures

Explore Rain Forest and Ruins from the Amazon to Machu Picchu

The Amazon Basin contains the largest rain forest on Earth, covering 2.7 million square miles—that’s twice the size of India, roughly the area of the Lower 48...

Cathy Brown

Peruvian Cuisine: Wild Foods of the Amazon

There aren’t that many places left in the world where humans haven’t attempted to “modernize” the food systems. But on a trip to the Peruvian Amazon, rest...

Megan Brief

International Day of Biological Diversity: Discover Earth’s Biodiversity Hotspots with Nat Hab

Building a Shared Future Exactly one month after Earth Day, on May 22, global communities will join in solidarity to celebrate the International Day for...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Will Machu Picchu Get a New “Old” Name?

A wonder of pre-Columbian architecture and a UNESCO World Heritage site, Peru’s breathtaking Machu Picchu draws hundreds of thousands of visitors every year....

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Earth Day 2022: A Golden Bear and Hundreds of Mammals Waiting to Be Discovered

Invest in Our Planet. That’s the theme for Earth Day 2022, according to EARTHDAY.ORG. It advocates for “creating a 21st century economy that brings back the...

Madison Mitchell

The Impact of Oil Spills: A Look at the Repsol Spill in Peru

Oil spills have become a growing concern for coastal communities and oceans at large. Over the course of the past few years, we’ve seen horrific effects from...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Finding New Life in a Pandemic. I Call That "Hope."

We’re living in an age of great biodiversity loss. And we’re trying to make our way through a worldwide pandemic on top of it. Some days, it seems like life...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Pandemic Ponderings: 25 Phenomenal Facts about our Planet

Since 1970, the annual Earth Day has been a time for us to reflect on the beautiful planet, the third from the sun, that we call home. Twenty years after that...

Hannah Wagner

9 Nat Hab destinations from NYT’s 52 places to visit in 2020

Every year, the New York Times names 52 places as top destinations to visit. This year, nine Nat Hab destinations made the list. Some destinations are making...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

For Your Gifting: My Top 10 Nature-and-Travel Authors

While some might say that the true travel genre of books includes those “that record the experiences of an author touring a place,” I find it worthwhile to...

Emily Goodheart

Sustainable Solutions to Preserving the Amazon

The Amazon, home to hundreds of culturally-unique indigenous groups and one-tenth of all known species on Earth, is a vital ecosystem where the...

WWF

Inside an Amazon River Cruise

I recently had the opportunity to go on a Natural Habitat Adventures trip to Peru, which included a river cruise on the Amazon. It was an amazing trip and...

WWF

Conservation Comes Full Circle

About 20 years ago at the start of my career, I jumped on an opportunity to work with WWF in Peru, where I found myself traveling often to the far reaches of...

WWF

Celebrate 2018 Conservation Wins in these Five Places

2019 is on the horizon, and with the new year comes new challenges facing the planet. But with 2018 ending, we can look back on the events of the year and...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Video: The Mysterious Machu Picchu in High Definition

Encircled in mists and surrounded by emerald, forested slopes, the long-ago Inca city of Machu Picchu in Peru wears an even heavier cloak of mystery. Although...