Posted in Photography, WWF news on Jun 10th, 2011 No Comments »
Next Friday is the last day to enter our 50th Anniversary Photo Contest, “Life Grows On“, presented by CVS/pharmacy Photo. We invite you to enter up to 15 photos in these three categories: Wildlife: Whether a polar bear in the Arctic or an eagle by the shore. Wild places: From the mountains to the prairies. [...]
Posted in WWF news on Jun 8th, 2011 1 Comment »
Today we honor the world’s oceans, which cover 71 percent of the Earth’s surface. Despite their huge size, oceans have been greatly affected by human activity. Pollution and overfishing are two major concerns. WWF has hundreds of projects addressing conservation of oceans and the life within them. We aim to help the recovery of threatened [...]
Posted in WWF news on Jun 7th, 2011 No Comments »
When it comes to making the most of its natural resources, Namibia stands apart. Namibia was the first African country to incorporate protection of the environment into its constitution. The government reinforced this by giving its communities the opportunity and rights to manage their wildlife through communal conservancies. But this wasn’t always the case. [...]
Posted in WWF news on Jun 6th, 2011 No Comments »
We are now accepting bookings for our newest snorkeling adventure, in Indonesia’s Komodo National Park. The trip, which is aboard the well-appointed yacht Mermaid I, runs June 15-28, 2012. Komodo National Park is a place of raw natural beauty. Its islands are home to such exotic animals as the giant carnivorous Komodo dragon, and its [...]
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 WWF news on May 27th, 2011 No Comments »
Indonesia’s new presidential decree aims to reduce the country’s greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation and forest degradation. © Alain Compost / WWF-Canon SPECIES The International Institute for Species Exploration at Arizona State University announced its list of the top 10 newly discovered species of 2010. It includes a monitor lizard found in the Philippines, a [...]
Posted in WWF news on May 13th, 2011 No Comments »
Whale sharks are aggregating off Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula in larger numbers than scientists previously thought, according to a new study. What does that mean for travelers on our Expedition Whale Sharks tour in July? Potential to see even more of the biggest fish in the sea, perhaps. What will it take before the world’s [...]
Posted in WWF news on Apr 29th, 2011 No Comments »
A roundup of the latest interesting reads in travel and conservation … Fishing isn’t exactly a top 10 hobby of primates, though some species have been observed doing it. The latest among them? Orangutans in Borneo. A pair of anthropologists spent two years observing wild orangutans not just scooping catfish out of small ponds but [...]
Posted in Photography, WWF news on Apr 27th, 2011 No Comments »
At WWF, wildlife and wild places have inspired us for 50 years as we’ve worked to protect threatened species, vital habitats and local communities around the world. But we really want to know: What inspires you? Share with us the natural things you think are truly precious, valuable gifts that need to be protected today [...]
Posted in WWF news on Apr 15th, 2011 No Comments »
A roundup of the latest interesting reads in travel and conservation … Zebras look like four-legged barcodes, so why not identify them as such? A very cool new technology is doing just that – scanning photographs of the charismatic African species and identifying and tracking individual zebras to study migration patterns, New Scientist reports. If [...]