Posted in Wildlife on Jun 13th, 2011 No Comments »
Polar bears were hunted from the 1600s right through the mid-1970s. Though hunting is now regulated, current polar bear populations face a new challenge: climate change. Sea ice is melting earlier and forming later each year, leaving polar bears less time to hunt. There are currently between 20,000 and 25,000 polar bears worldwide, and the [...]
Posted in Wildlife, WWF news on Jun 6th, 2011 No Comments »
One of the greatest tropical wildernesses, Madagascar is home to 5 percent of the world’s plant and animal species, of which more than 70 percent are found nowhere else on Earth. And between 1999 and 2010, scientists have discovered more than 615 new species on the island, including the world’s tiniest primate and a massive [...]
Posted in Photography, Wildlife on May 30th, 2011 No Comments »
WWF travelers recently returned from the Peruvian Amazon, where they spotted a variety of species, big and small. Expedition Leader Angel Cardenas took these stunning images during the voyage. Join WWF on our November 2011 or March 2012 Amazon Voyage.
Posted in Wildlife on May 23rd, 2011 No Comments »
Revered and reviled The African wild dog is one of the most revered, reviled and fascinating animals on the continent. Its unusually communal and seemingly caring social structure endear it to human beings while its hunting style has been described as savage and cruel by people. It is Africa’s second most endangered carnivore. (Incidentally, the [...]
Posted in Wildlife on May 20th, 2011 No Comments »
Get a sense of what it’s like to visit Churchill, Canada, and see polar bears in the wild, thanks to this fantastic video created by WWF’s partner tour operator, Natural Habitat Adventures. Churchill is considered the “polar bear capital of the world” and, on average, visitors see between six and 10 bears a day. [...]
Posted in Q-and-A, Wildlife on May 9th, 2011 No Comments »
This guest blog comes to us from James Hendry of Wilderness Safaris, one of our tour operators in Africa. When I visit wild places, I am often torn between heading out on a drive or going for a walk. This pleasant quandary set me to thinking about what makes the two experiences so different. Driving [...]
Posted in Wildlife on May 3rd, 2011 8 Comments »
Split from the African continent over 160 million years ago, the island country of Madagascar developed its own distinct ecosystems and extraordinary wildlife. Travel to Madagascar with WWF: Wild Madagascar, June 23-July 6, 2011 Voyage to Madagascar, February 19-March 9, 2012
Posted in Wildlife on Apr 28th, 2011 No Comments »
WWF Media Manager Rhys Gerholdt describes his recent experience viewing polar bears in the wild. March 2011. The vehicle I am in, a beaten up van outfitted with tank tracks, slowly lurches down a steep hill. I am jostled back and forth as we inch our way across the tundra of northern Canada, 40 miles [...]
Posted in Wildlife on Apr 8th, 2011 No Comments »
Thanks to a plethora of climatic conditions and habitat produced by the longtime, lumbering growth of the Continental Divide, Montana-based Glacier National Park hosts a huge array of wildlife spread across its 1 million acres. In fact, the park has almost all of its original endemic plants and animal species. In this slideshow, we take [...]
Posted in Wildlife on Mar 28th, 2011 8 Comments »
The Galapagos Islands and surrounding waters are home to nearly 9,000 species, most found nowhere else on Earth. But did you know that, despite some of the highest endemism in the world, the islands’ actually have a pretty small bird population? Just 58 species reside there (with 29 of them endemic to the islands)? Despite [...]