Endangered Species Spotlight: Slow Loris SPECIES: Slow loris (genus Nycticebus) CURRENT RANGE: Tropical evergreen rainforests across Southeast Asia CURRENT THREATS: Deforestation Keep Reading
5 Things to Do in Taipei for Nature Lovers
Taipei, Taiwan is well known for its rich culture, museums, and food. What most people don't realize, though, is that since it is very close to mountains, rivers and the ocean, there are lots of Keep Reading
ENDANGERED SPECIES SPOTLIGHT: Gray-Shanked Douc Langur
SPECIES- Gray-Shanked Douc Langur (Pygathrix Cinerea) CURRRENT RANGE- Central Vietnam CURRENT THREAT- Habitat Loss, Hunting CURRENT STATUS- Critically Endangered WHERE YOU Keep Reading
Maldives Becomes The World’s Largest Marine Reserve
Maldives Becomes World's Largest Marine Reserve The Maldives, a country made up of 1,192 Islands in the Indian Ocean, became the world’s largest marine reserve in 2017. The former British republic Keep Reading
ENDANGERED SPECIES SPOTLIGHT: Sumatran Elephant
SPECIES: Sumatran Elephant CURRENT RANGE: The Indonesian island of Sumatra CURRENT THREATS: Habitat loss, fragmentation, human conflict CONSERVATION STATUS: Critically Keep Reading
Ranthambore National Park- On the Trail of Tigers In India
Ranthambore National Park On the Trail of Tigers In India (This post from Mariellen Ward of Breathedreamgo is the second from our Bloggers-In-Residence program. Over the next 6 months, we’ll be Keep Reading
Muang Ngoi, Laos- A Pastoral Paradise
Sometimes you have to go off the beaten path to find paradise. Laos’ Vang Vieng has become legendary (particularly among backpackers) as a tourist trap for river tubing and over-the-top Keep Reading
GLOBAL CULTURE: The North Indian Tabla
The most important percussion instrument in the North Indian classical musical tradition, the tabla is actually a pair of drums that evolved around 450 years ago from the pakhavaj, a Keep Reading
INTERVIEW: Zakir Hussain, India’s Legendary Percussionist
Zakir Hussain India's Legendary Percussionist In the annals of North Indian Classical music, few artists boast more international acclaim (or name recognition) than master percussionist Keep Reading
