Posted in Featured tours, Snorkeling, WWF news, Wildlife on Jun 23rd, 2010 1 Comment »
By Lee Poston/WWF
“Over there, over there!!! Get your masks and flippers on!” our interaction officer, Embet Guadamor, yells. He’s standing high on the mast of an outrigger pointing southwest to what looks like open ocean. But it’s not open ocean to his eagle eyes. He’s spotted a dark, spotted mass under the water, and it [...]
Posted in Photography, WWF news, Wildlife 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 on [...]
Posted in WWF news on Jun 22nd, 2010 No Comments »
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Posted in WWF news on Jun 18th, 2010 1 Comment »
Spix’s horned treefrog blends well with rain forest tree roots. © André Bärtschi / WWF-Canon
The Amazon spans the borders of eight countries, contains the world’s largest river basin and is the source of one-fifth of all free-flowing fresh water on Earth. Its rain forests are the planet’s largest and most luxuriant and are home to, [...]
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 WWF news on May 20th, 2010 No Comments »
Burchell’s zebra drinking at a waterhole in Etosha National Park, Namibia. © Martin Harvey / WWF-Canon
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 [...]
Posted in WWF news on May 10th, 2010 No Comments »
Primeval, enchanting and wild, the Galápagos are like nowhere else on Earth. WWF Travel is sailing through the Ecuadorian archipelago in the May edition of the WWF Travel enewsletter.
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Posted in WWF news on May 4th, 2010 No Comments »
Kerinci Seblat National Park in Sumatra, Indonesia
The Southeast Asian island of Sumatra has some of the richest and most diverse tropical forests on the planet, housing thousands of unique species. These forests also absorb harmful carbon emissions and are sources of fresh water for the island’s people.
It is estimated that 85 percent of Sumatra’s [...]
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, [...]