A recent spike in graffiti on public lands coincides with the rise of social media. Is a quest for instant fame causing many people to behave badly—and dangerously—in the outdoors? ...
Rivers Fiji has been selected by the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) as one of 15 finalists for its 2015 Tourism for Tomorrow Awards, considered the highest accolade for sustainability in the global travel and tourism industry. Rivers Fiji is one of only three...
Ever feel like there's not much you can do as an individual to help save threatened and endangered species? There is: just travel to see them. Here's how....
The world is a highly studied and reported-on place, and it’s not often anymore that new megafauna are discovered. However, if you travel to British Columbia, you just may spot a recent scientifically recognized animal: the coastal wolf....
On a winter weekend in mid January of this year, a man who lives in Dallas, Texas, won a Namibian auction. For $350,000, he gained the right to hunt an endangered black rhino. His life hasn’t been the same since....
After having photographed mountain gorillas in Rwanda and chimpanzees in both Uganda and Tanzania, I wanted to photograph lowland gorillas and bonobo monkeys. My research for an African safari ground operator who could provide us access to lowland gorillas led me once again to Bushtracks....
In this first article in Adventure Collection’s “The Trip That Changed My Life” series, founder and director of Natural Habitat Adventures Ben Bressler describes how he discovered his future in providing adventure tours....
About two hours into our first hike, I stop dead in my tracks. To my right, a herd of guanacos perches on a rocky hillside nonchalantly nibbling on grass. To my left, the modest Aviles River tumbles down a small-scale slot canyon toward the Chacabuco...
Celebrating 45 years since its first trip down the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon in 1969, O.A.R.S. has coined 2014 “the year of the dory” and will pay tribute to Martin Litton, legendary environmental crusader and founder of Grand Canyon Dories. ...
If you’re like me, you tend to leave the word “philanthropy” to those with more heavily lined pocket books. The prospect of helping the world, whether that means efforts toward protecting natural habitats, the animals that live in those environments, or the local cultures in...