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Gainesville, Florida
Lubee Bat Conservancy
Tucked away near Gainesville, Lubee Bat Conservancy invites visitors to discover the surprising personalities of giant fruit bats while learning how protecting these misunderstood animals helps preserve forests around the world.
Bellevue, Idaho
Silver Creek Preserve
In Idaho’s high desert, underground water resurfaces as a remarkably rich spring-fed creek.
Scarborough, Maine
Scarborough Marsh
Maine’s largest salt marsh hides old roads, drainage ditches, and the remains of a canal once cut through its grasses.
nature
Where to Find the Oldest Living Things in the World
Experience ancient organisms across the globe.
Burnaby, British Columbia
Vancouver Crow Nesting Zone
This is where all crows in the surrounding region come to roost from the entire Lower Mainland of Vancouver.
Beaumont, Texas
Gator Country
This roadside establishment in between Houston and the Louisiana border has the largest alligator in captivity
Caylloma, Peru
Cruz del Cóndor
A lookout spot for the Andean condor, at the edges of one of the deepest canyons in the world.
Bishnupur, India
Keibul Lamjao
This is the world's only floating national park, and the last natural home of the majestic sangai deer.
Leader, Saskatchewan
Wildlife Sculptures of Leader
The endangered animals of the southern Canadian prairie are on larger-than-life display in this tiny town.
Hancock, Maryland
Woodmont Lodge
Once an exclusive hunting club for U.S. presidents, now a wildlife conservation area.
Cape Saint Mary's, Newfoundland and Labrador
Cape St. Mary’s Ecological Reserve
Massive gannet colony perched on cliffs, with hiking trails and an interpretation center.
Key West, Florida
Turtle Cannery Museum
Former sea turtle kraals, slaughterhouse, and cannery turned museum.
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Gombe National Park
Only reachable by boat, a small Tanzanian national park is home to the chimpanzees that Jane Goodall spent her career studying.
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