Posted in Featured tours, Wildlife on Jun 16th, 2010 1 Comment »
Easily recognized by their long, bushy tails and translucent eyes, lemurs are found only on Madagascar and the Comoro Islands. These unique creatures are the most threatened of all primates and WWF and Malagasy conservationists are working together to establish and manage parks and protected areas in Madagascar.
11. The name lemur comes from the Latin [...]
Posted in WWF news, Wildlife on Jun 14th, 2010 No Comments »
Where on Earth can you find the world’s longest known stick insect, a flame-colored snake, a color-changing frog and close to 10,000 plant species all in one place? Under the rain forested umbrella of Borneo, one of the most biologically rich and diverse habitats on Earth.
Since February 2007 – when Indonesia, Malaysia and Brunei made [...]
Posted in WWF news, Wildlife on Jun 10th, 2010 No Comments »
Sumatra’s tropical forests house thousands of unique species including the last remaining Sumatran tigers and Sumatran rhinos. WWF works hand in hand with local people – empowering them to manage their natural resources to the greatest benefit of current and future generations. Among WWF’s projects:
Elephant flying squads
As forest is cleared for agricultural use, wild elephants [...]
Posted in Wildlife on May 24th, 2010 No Comments »
Habitat: Arid, tropical and subtropical islands off the Pacific coast of South America.
Physical description: Goose-sized with a wingspan nearly five feet in length. Their vibrant blue feet are used in a showy mating dance ritual.
Threats: Habitat loss and egg collecting.
Interesting fact: Blue-footed boobies have permanently closed nostrils specialized for diving.
Look for blue-footed boobies in the [...]
Posted in Photography, Wildlife on May 18th, 2010 No 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 Wildlife on May 16th, 2010 No Comments »
The term “Big Five” originally referred to the difficulty in hunting the lion, leopard, rhino, elephant and African buffalo. These five large African mammal species were known to be dangerous and it was considered a feat by trophy hunters to bring them home.
Today, however, the expression takes on a gentler form, referring to seeing the [...]
Posted in Featured tours, Q-and-A, Wildlife on Apr 30th, 2010 No Comments »
© Jürgen Freund / WWF-Canon
Naturalist Rick Price awoke in Indonesia last month to a beautiful morning: A mirror calm sea, full sun, a few cottony clouds dotting the blue sky. The goal for the day was to search out a species considered as gruesome as the day was gorgeous: the fabled Komodo dragon.
Price and his [...]
Posted in WWF news, Wildlife on Apr 26th, 2010 No Comments »
The largest cat of all, the tiger is a powerful symbol among the different cultures that share its home. But this magnificent animal is being persecuted across its range. Over the past 100 years, tiger numbers have declined from 100,000 to as low as 3,200. Among its threats:
Poaching and illegal trade
For more than 1,000 years, [...]
Posted in Wildlife on Apr 21st, 2010 No Comments »
A humpback whale jumping out of the water. © Sylvia Earle / WWF-Canon
Habitat: Humpback whales make extensive seasonal migrations: Winters are spent mating and calving in warm sub-tropical waters and summer months are spent in colder waters feeding.
Diet: Primarily krill, plankton and small fish. The humpback is a baleen whale, which means it has no [...]
Posted in Special offers, WWF news, Wildlife on Apr 12th, 2010 No Comments »
We have a special offer you’ll want to bear in mind if you’re planning to visit Churchill, Canada, this fall to see the king of the Arctic. Read about it in the April edition of the WWF Travel enewsletter.
Missed a past issue or two? Read them at our enewsletter archive. Or sign up to have [...]