Travel

Previous Pause Next

Travel

Avian Inspiration Takes Flight to New Heights

Birds’ wing physiology and flying behaviors still influence aeronautics today.

By Kate Yandell

Travel

Five Great Winter Destinations

These national parks offer a host of unique activities when the nights grow long.

By Catherine Griffin

Travel

Natural Wonders on the Caribbean's Island of Dominica

Dominica is a Caribbean pearl that harbors jewel-like rare parrots and a boiling lake.

By Christopher R. Cox

Travel

Primate Watching Is the New Birding

Counting birds is fun, but try this twist: tallying primates.

By Richard Conniff

Travel

A Father-Son Adventure in Peru's Amazon

With a little extra time and effort, you’ll be deep in the Peruvian Amazon, in a place ruled by caimans and anacondas, seven-foot otters, chattering monkeys, and birds to match every color of the rainbow.

By Alex Shoumatoff/Photography by Mattias Klum

Travel

Journey to Quebec’s Saint Lawrence River

Kayaking with whales and hiking among eider ducks are great adventures in Canada.

By T. Edward Nickens/Photography by Rick Lew

Two Months on the Appalachian Trail

One hiker’s experience on the northernmost section of the East’s famous footpath.

By Jesse Greenspan

Type: Magazine_article | From: Audubon Magazine

Walking With Wordsworth: Visiting England's Lake District

“A wild scene of crag and mountain,” the roughly thousand square miles that comprise England’s Lake District inspired the ideals of the Romantic era and formed the roots of the environmental movement.

By Bruce Stutz/ Photography by Macduff Everton

Type: Magazine_article | From: Audubon Magazine

Mideast Miracle

Amid the region’s political and religious turmoil, Jordan has set up a cluster of national parks that conserve an astonishing array of biodiversity.

By Andrew Lawler

Type: Magazine_article | From: Audubon Magazine

Over the Rainbow

Deep in Peru’s Amazon, visitors on a storied steamboat discover a bounty of colorful wildlife, from pink dolphins and scarlet macaws to giant river otters and black caimans.

By Susan Cosier

Type: Magazine_article | From: Audubon Magazine

Paradise Found

After enduring years of bloodshed and oppression under the brutal Khmer Rouge regime, Cambodia now hosts growing numbers of nature-seeking tourists who come to discover some of the largest wilderness areas remaining in Asia.

By Christopher R. Cox

Type: Magazine_article | From: Audubon Magazine

Parrots of the Caribbean

If you have heard of Bonaire at all, you may think of it as a haven for scuba divers or, maybe, loggerhead turtles. But this tiny island might also offer the best chance of survival for the yellow-shouldered Amazon parrot.

By Ted O’Callahan/Photography by Kim Hubbard

Type: Magazine_article | From: Audubon Magazine