Posted in Photography on Dec 17th, 2010 No Comments »
© Elissa Poma/WWF While cruising through Kenai Fjords National Park, we came upon a pod of orcas in a cove. Our boat cut its engine as soon as we saw them, and we just floated there watching them. One curious orca spyhopped to check us out, then made a beeline for our boat. It was [...]
Posted in Featured tours, Photography on Dec 9th, 2010 No Comments »
Our snorkeling tour to the Raja Ampat Archipelago in Indonesia’s West Papua province recently returned, bringing back stunning image from this remote part of the world. Images © Ron Leidich. Join WWF’s 2011 Snorkeling the Raja Ampat Archipelago tour, October 10-23. Space is limited.
Posted in Featured tours, Photography on Nov 15th, 2010 2 Comments »
“We arrived at the Taj Mahal in time to see the sun rise on the temple. The Taj Mahal was making a perfect mirrored picture of itself in the calm water fountain in front of it. The entire temple is completely symmetrical except for the emperor’s tomb next to his wife’s, an afterthought by his [...]
Posted in Featured tours, Photography, Wildlife on Sep 10th, 2010 No Comments »
© Shelley Brodie “Taking photos here was ideal as the Kwitonda Group stayed put, finding some shelter amid the bamboo and waiting for the rain to pass. The young ones stayed close to Mom – nestled in her warmth and partly protected from the rain. We kept our distance, and the mother seemed relaxed. The [...]
Posted in Photography on Aug 23rd, 2010 No Comments »
The giant panda is the rarest member of the bear family and among the world’s most threatened animals. It is universally loved and has a special significance for WWF as it has been the organization’s logo since 1961, the year WWF was founded. See pandas during WWF’s Wild & Ancient China tour.
Posted in Featured tours, Photography on Aug 18th, 2010 No Comments »
Filmaker Ken Burns discusses the beauty of Yellowstone National Park’s winter season in this short video. Join WWF’s Wolves and Wildlife of Yellowstone tour, scheduled, January 8-11, 2011. If you enjoyed this article, you might also like 7 reasons to visit Yellowstone in winter.
Posted in Photography, Wildlife, WWF news on Jun 22nd, 2010 1 Comment »
Images of the near-extinct Sumatran rhino were recently captured by WWF’s camera traps in Borneo. Camera traps are simply everyday cameras armed with infrared sensors that take a picture whenever they sense movement in the forest. Pictures obtained from the camera traps help scientists to study wildlife and their habitats. Experts believe the rhino caught [...]
Posted in Photography, Wildlife on May 18th, 2010 4 Comments »
“Around 6:45 a.m., we came upon a beautiful tiger lying in a natural water spring – a three year old, according to our guide. He had obviously been eating, based on the fact that flies covered his face – and they were really irritating him. He had a fresh kill nearby and leaped up to [...]
Posted in Photography on Apr 16th, 2010 No Comments »
Soft corals covering a natural reef arch, Papua New Guinea. © Jürgen Freund / WWF-Canon Covering nearly 2.3 million square miles of ocean across all, or parts of, the seas of six countries in the Indo-Pacific—Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, the Solomon Islands and Timor-Leste—the Coral Triangle is a myriad of life forms [...]
Posted in Featured tours, Photography on Mar 31st, 2010 1 Comment »
© Meredith Lopuch/WWF “The Asmat men appeared in 30 or 40 war canoes, stretched across the width of the river. They were decked out in incredible headgear and war paint – even the one- and two-year-old boys. They used their oars like drum sticks to beat on the canoes, and their cries echoed in the [...]