Imagine a vast expanse of ice and snow, windswept shores, and rugged volcanic islands. Now picture penguins, some waddling clumsily on land, others gliding gracefully underwater, thriving in some of the harshest yet most breathtaking habitats on Earth. From the Galapagos penguins navigating tropical waters to towering emperor penguins braving […]
Year: 2025
Why Namibia is a Top Destination for Wildlife, Conservation & Photography
Namibia can be described almost exclusively in superlatives: largest, oldest, driest, richest, most. Are you looking for an African safari adventure in a land of surreal landscapes and growing wildlife populations with a culture of conservation? Consider Namibia, the second least densely populated sovereign country in the world. With a […]
A Year in the Life of a Hudson Bay Polar Bear
The largest bear in the world and the Arctic’s top predator, polar bears are a majestic symbol of endurance. The polar bear can be found wandering the Arctic in Canada, America, Russia, Norway and Greenland. Its Latin name, Ursus maritimus, means “sea bear,” which makes sense for a beast that […]
Desert-Adapted Lions: Celebrating Namibia’s Sentinels of Sand
Within Africa’s second-youngest country lies the world’s oldest desert, with more than 55 million years of history buried in its shifting sands. The vast Namib Desert extends for 1,200 miles along the Atlantic coast—from Angola southward across Namibia—to the Olifants River in South Africa. ‘Namib’ derives from the Nama language, […]
Lives of Yellowstone: From Large to Small; Ancient to New
Yellowstone is the only place in the Lower 48 to have a continuously free-ranging bison population since prehistoric times. Now, preserved dung suggests that over the last 2,300 years, elk were the other primary, large herbivore species in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem watershed. Large herbivores—such as bison and elk—have continuously […]
Serengeti Calling
Driving across the plains of the Serengeti, every sense becomes sharpened: eyes alert as you scan the horizon, inhaling the mingling scents of lemon bush and wild mint, you listen to the echos of animals calling in the distance, just as Africa has called to you. It’s incomprehensibly special, this […]
Climate Change Is Making Greenland Greener, But Is It a Good Thing?
History and geography teachers often point out the silliness of Greenland’s name. The Arctic country is covered with a barren ice sheet spanning 660,000 square miles, or roughly 80% of the country’s surface. There’s not exactly much green to be found! According to the Icelandic Sagas, Eric the Red, who […]
Conservation Success Stories from India’s National Parks
In part one of our two-part Q&A with Aditya Panda, we discussed the veteran guide’s favorite national parks in India, which wildlife travelers will encounter on an India safari, and what it’s like to track tigers in the wild (we’ll never forget his vivid account). Here, the passionate conservationist, wildlife […]
Elephants Everywhere, But Where Has the Water Gone?
By Bas Huijbregts, WWF African Species Director for the Wildlife Conservation Program, and Jake Sokol, WWF Senior Director of Philanthropy of the Eastern Region “Look at that strange rock!” one of our guests proclaimed upon arrival at our first lodge on Impalila Island, a secluded treasure tucked away in Namibia’s Zambezi […]
Top 5 Places in the World to See Penguins
They slide on their bellies across the snow, congregate on icebergs and seem to fly through freezing water in search of fish. That’s how most people picture penguins: playing among icebergs in Antarctica. Although the southernmost continent boasts the most penguins of any region in the world, it’s not the […]