Late Spring through Summer:
UNITED STATES
Alaska has both abundant
wildlife and beautiful landscapes. Both Denali National
Park and the Kenai Peninsula
are easily accessible by car from Anchorage. But if your
goal is to explore the Arctic National
Wildlife Refuge, you'll need a bush pilot on your team.
Yellowstone
National Park is a park for all seasons, offering some of the best
opportuinties to observe wildlife in the lower 48 states.
Framed by the Mission Mountains, the National
Bison Range
in Montana provides habitat for bison, pronghon antelope, white-tailed
and mule deer, elk, bighorn sheep, mountain goat and black bear.
Over
200 species of birds also benefit from the refuge.
CANADA
Churchill,
Manitoba is often described as
the polar bear capital of the world,
but in summer months it's the place to see not polar bears but beluga
whales and thousands of migratory birds.
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North America Central and North America provide
habitat for over 2000 species of birds and over 400 species of
mammals.
South
America Where do you find naked-tailed
armadillos, hairy-legged vampire bats, bare-eared squirrel monkeys and
big-eared opossums? On the diverse and biologically rich
continent of South America.
Antarctica
On the edges
of this harsh environment live millions of petrels, penguins and
other seabirds.
Africa
Journey to Africa to explore some of
the world's largest and wildest game preserves.
Asia
Covering about 30% of the
earth's land surface, Asia provides critical habitat for many
wildlife species.
Europe In the cold Svalbard archipelago
of Norway, reindeer and polar bears still outnumber people. But
wildlife also thrives in Europe's warmer and more people friendly
Mediterranean climates.
Australia - Coming Soon!
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National Geographic photographer Nick Nichols
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Endangered
Siberian Tigers now have a
protected homeland in Russia's Far East. Russia has established a
new 1,562 square mile national park - Anyuiski - in the forested
Sikhote-Alin mountain range. More News
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