![Guarding Lions](/assets/image-cache/media/images/Dispatch/Guarding Lions/Thumbnail.7f36d62b.jpg)
by Georgia Woodroffe
Africa’s lion population has decreased by an estimated 50 percent in the last 50 years. Due to habitat loss, depletion of wild prey, poor livestock management and conflict with humans, it is believed that…
Read more![The Long Run](/assets/image-cache/media/images/Dispatch/The Long Run/Thumbnail.4dad7336.jpg)
by Georgia Woodroffe
The Long Run is a nonprofit organization that supports a global community of nature-based tourism destinations committed to achieving the highest level of sustainable business practice.
Read more![Scottish Wildcats: The Endangered Feline of Britain](/assets/image-cache/media/images/Feature/Scottish Wildcats/Thumbnail.381804bd.jpg)
by Georgia Woodroffe
The “British Tiger,” with dense fur and bewitching eyes, is at the heart of many British folk stories and traditions. Hundreds of years ago their ferocity, untamable nature, and haunting mating calls infiltrated…
Read more![Rescuing a Whale Shark in Koh Tao, Thailand](/assets/image-cache/media/images/Feature/Rescuing a Whale Shark in Koh Tao/GOPR4920-533x400.a1d5d6b3.jpg)
by Alyssa Vinluan
After a 5:30 a.m. wake-up call and a two-hour boat ride with Roctopus Dive, I could finally see the pinnacle of Sail Rock, considered by many as the best dive site in the Gulf of Thailand. The water looked…
Read more![Too Rare to Wear: Stopping Illegal Trade of Hawksbill Turtle Products](/assets/image-cache/media/images/Impression/Too Rare to Wear/Too%20Rare%20To%20Wear.31d79840.png)
by Georgia Woodroffe
The Too Rare to Wear campaign brings tourist and conservation groups together to end the trade of illegal tortoiseshell products. Also called turtleshell, this material comes from hawksbill sea turtles,…
Read more![In Search of Blue Tang](/assets/image-cache/media/images/Feature/In Search of Blue Tang/ToropotFish-14-400x400.2b9b4b28.jpg)
by Shannon Switzer Swanson
When Disney’s blockbuster Finding Dory hit theaters in June of 2016, it brought an endearing fish back into the spotlight — blue tang.
Read more![An Interview with Wendee Nicole, Founder & Director of the Redemption Song Foundation](/assets/image-cache/media/images/Interviews and Reviews/An Interview with Wendee Nicole/PREVIEWPHOTObeck1532.c2ef37d6.jpg)
by Georgia Woodroffe
The Bwindi Impenetrable Forest in Uganda is one of the most biodiverse regions on the planet. It is home to half the world’s population of endangered mountain gorillas, several other primates, 400 species…
Read more![Children and Scaly Mammals](/assets/image-cache/Photo23.95c82114.jpg)
by Jennifer Calkins
When I first started working on an article for World Pangolin Day (which takes place every third Saturday of February), I did not realize how few people even knew pangolins existed. As an evolutionary…
Read more![Conservation Under the Pandas Umbrella](assets/media/images/Feature/Conservation under the Pandas'/Panda_Thumbnail.jpg)
by Barbara Fraser
When it comes to wildlife protection, the most photogenic species — such as polar bears, dolphins and pandas — seem to attract the most attention and conservation dollars.
Read more![Loktak Lake: The World’s Only Floating Lake](/assets/image-cache/media/images/Feature/Loktak Lake: The World's Only Floating Lake/LoktakLake-575x500.a1d5d6b3.jpg)
by Mohit Raj
Picture a lake where massive landmasses covered in shaggy green vegetation naturally generate over its surface. They have no base, yet still become so dense that they can bear not only the load of occupants,…
Read more![Zoos: Confinement or Conservation?](/assets/image-cache/Lead%20Image_Interaction.a05f2e57.jpg)
by Nathan Woosley
Four years ago, I was living with a couple of friends in Shenyang, Northeast China. We spent a lot of our time exploring old ruins, knockoff shops and other tourist traps throughout the industrial city.…
Read more![The Zimbabwean Hero](/assets/image-cache/media/images/Feature/The Zimbabwean Hero/Home%20Page%20Thumb.381804bd.jpg)
by Georgia Woodroffe
Johnny Rodrigues, Chairman of the Zimbabwe Conservation Task Force (ZCTF), is a key figure in Zimbabwean wildlife conservation. Despite the heroic labels that have been ascribed to his actions, Rodrigues…
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