Wildlife Sanctuaries

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.

Hidden within a massive coastal lagoon, this secret mangrove forest serves as a vital sanctuary for rare and elusive water bird species.

This roadside establishment in between Houston and the Louisiana border has the largest alligator in captivity

This is the world's only floating national park, and the last natural home of the majestic sangai deer.

A chimpanzee sanctuary in the Blue Ridge Mountains giving former research chimps a new chance at life.

The sump of the landlocked Carson River is a haven for wildlife.

A spring and an enigmatic cabin lie in a ponderosa pine forest in the heart of the Desert National Wildlife Refuge.

The world's first fully-fenced urban ecosanctuary is a haven for New Zealand's rare and endangered species.

A haven for wildlife amid the farmlands and development of the Willamette River Valley.

Take a stroll through this centuries-old tunnel of enormous moss-hung evergreens, nestled among the grounds of America’s first public sculpture garden.

A herd of roughly 250 American bison roam these plains.

This former wildlife sanctuary is being transformed into an art park.

Improbably, the largest wildlife refuge in the conterminous 48 states sits just northwest of Las Vegas, Nevada.