Posted in Wildlife on Feb 28th, 2011 1 Comment »
Natural Habitat Adventure‘s guide Brad Josephs compiled his best grizzly bear footage from 2010 Hidden Alaska and Grizzlies: From Kodiak to Katmai trips. Watch up-close as bears hunt, fight, relax and roam.
Posted in Featured tours on Feb 24th, 2011 No Comments »
In our latest School of Thought installment, WWF’s Elissa Poma and Marsea Nelson tell us what they learned after visiting the southern Pacific paradise of Micronesia. 1. The red-stained lips and teeth of many locals is not the result of chugging too much cherry Kool-Aid. It comes from chewing betel nut, a common practice in [...]
Posted in Featured tours on Feb 21st, 2011 1 Comment »
It might be small, but the island nation of the Maldives is mighty. Often used as an example of the effects of climate change because of how low its land mass is, the Indian Ocean atoll is ringed in postcard-perfect beaches and vibrant coral reefs. We’ll stop at the remote archipelago for several days of [...]
Posted in Photography on Feb 17th, 2011 No Comments »
“We were walking along the wet, marsh-like grasses and along the shoreline on Katmai for only about 10 minutes when we encountered this male. We were a good distance away from him, and he looked up at us a few times, but he wasn’t interested in us in the least. There were a few other [...]
Posted in WWF news on Feb 14th, 2011 No Comments »
Namibia’s conservation programs are proving to be so successful that the unlikeliest of admirers—nations and conservation groups thousands of miles away—are taking notice. Mongolia is the latest nation to study how thriving community conservancies are transforming Namibia’s wildlife landscape. WWF is adapting the Namibian model for use in the Congo Basin. And the approach and [...]
Posted in Featured tours on Feb 10th, 2011 1 Comment »
Lying on the border of Brazil and Argentina, Iguacu Falls was born millions of years ago, likely the result of a volcanic eruption and from the slow but steady movement of tectonic plates. It was simply but aptly named “Great Falls” by local Indians. 10. According to local legend, a god planned to marry a [...]
Posted in Featured tours on Feb 7th, 2011 No Comments »
The second in an occasional series examining the most unusual accommodations on WWF tours. Less than 20 years ago, the Mexican beachside village of La Ventanilla consisted of little more than a trio of families running a coconut plantation. An undeveloped beach stretched, unbroken, from the Pacific Ocean to the Sierra Madre del Sur mountains. [...]
Posted in Wildlife on Feb 4th, 2011 1 Comment »
The brown kiwi has an excellent sense of smell and poor eyesight, opposite of most other birds. Courtesy New Zealand Tourist Board. Background: The kiwi—a national symbol of New Zealand—is a nocturnal, flightless bird. There are five species of kiwi, all of which are endangered. The North Island brown kiwi is the most common. Habitat: [...]
Posted in WWF news on Feb 1st, 2011 6 Comments »
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