Posted in Featured tours, Wildlife on Jan 30th, 2012 No Comments »
Get a sense of what it’s like to experience our Southeast Alaska expedition during this video by Lindblad Expeditions, our tour operator for the program. Join WWF’s Alaska’s Coastal Wilderness tour: May 12-19, 2012 and June 9-16, 2012.
Posted in Wildlife on Jan 26th, 2012 1 Comment »
No trip to China is complete without a visit to see the giant panda, the country’s unofficial symbol. But dozens of other wildlife species are found in China too, including these five that you may spot while on WWF’s tour. Red panda: The bear-bodied, thick-furred species has little resemblance to its distant cousin except for [...]
Posted in Wildlife on Dec 28th, 2011 No Comments »
Test your knowledge of the wild world by taking these quizzes on the WWF Travel Blog. WWF’s 50th Anniversary Bear in Mind Birds of the Galapagos Endemic species of Madagascar Great Apes
Posted in Featured tours, Wildlife on Dec 19th, 2011 No Comments »
The pronghorn faces many challenges—both natural and manmade—during its seasonal migration from Saskatchewan, Canada to Montana. It is the only large mammal in the southern half of North America exhibiting long-distance migration, one of the most dramatic, yet imperiled, biological phenomena. WWF’s Dennis Jorgensen was recently featured on an episode of the PBS series This [...]
Posted in Wildlife on Nov 29th, 2011 1 Comment »
Part II in a series. The flightless cormorant is one of the world’s rarest bird species, with fewer than 1,000 individuals remaining in the Galapagos. During a morning playing tourist on Fernandina Island, travel conservation blogger Bret Love of Global Green Travel shot this video of flightless cormorants doing their mating dance and shared it [...]
Posted in Wildlife on Nov 4th, 2011 1 Comment »
Our conservation travel friend Bret Love over at Global Green Travel recently cruised through the Galapagos and spent a lot of time in the water, snorkeling to observe various species. The water may have been brisk, but the animals were active, and Love, of Atlanta, was able to capture their antics. With a waterproof video [...]
Posted in Wildlife on Oct 6th, 2011 No Comments »
The Northern Great Plains region owes much of its historic biodiversity to the once-ubiquitous bison. An icon of the plains, the American bison once saw populations comprised of upwards of 60 million individuals. 10. Bison can persist in arid regions (Mexico) and in areas experiencing deep snow cover (Yellowstone National Park). Grasses and sedges form [...]
Posted in Wildlife on Sep 28th, 2011 No Comments »
June 2011. As the day winds to a close in the High Arctic, we are bathed in bright sunshine, with amazing snow-covered peaks to starboard. Tonight we will experience the most beautiful light in the land of the midnight sun as we continue our journey northward. But this has been a glorious day, filled with [...]
Posted in Wildlife on Sep 14th, 2011 10 Comments »
Observing great apes in the wild is an unforgettable experience, whether it be orangutans swinging between trees, huge mountain gorillas gently caring for their young, or chimpanzees “knuckle walking”. Take our quiz to find out how well you know these primates. Travel with WWF to see great apes.
Posted in Wildlife on Sep 12th, 2011 2 Comments »
The beluga whale is easily recognizable thanks to its stark white coloring and globular head. Belugas are very social animals, and it’s possible to see pods numbering in the hundreds during a summer trip to Churchill, Canada. 10. Also known as “sea canaries,” belugas are one of the most the most vocal of all whales. [...]