Barn Swallow

Abijata-Shalla Lakes National Park

Ethiopia

+135 birds+22 mammals

Where two soda lakes mirror the Ethiopian highlands, a landscape of stark volcanic beauty unfolds across the Rift Valley floor. […]

Addo Elephant National Park

Sundays River Valley Local Municipality, South Africa

+129 birds+30 mammals

Where granite outcrops pierce acacia woodland and dense thicket smothers the Eastern Cape landscape, one of Africa’s most biodiverse reserves […]

Aggtelek National Park

Szin, Hungary

+44 birds+16 mammals

Where limestone plateaus fracture into sinkholes and underground streams carve hidden galleries through living rock, northern Hungary’s 543 square kilometers […]

Agulhas National Park

Cape Agulhas Local Municipality, South Africa

+106 birds+30 mammals

Where the Indian and Atlantic Oceans collide along Africa’s southernmost tip, a rugged coastline of limestone cliffs and windswept grasslands […]

Aketajawe Lolobata National Park

Halmahera Timur, Indonesia

+109 birds+7 mammals

Where rugged volcanic plateaus rise above the Halmahera seascape, one of Indonesia’s most biodiverse reserves sprawls across nearly 14,000 square […]

Alt Pirineu Natural Park

Cassibrós, Spain

+95 birds+22 mammals

Where granite peaks scrape the Catalan sky and ancient beech forests give way to high alpine meadows, one of the […]

Amboseli National Park

Etonet/Lenkism ward, Kenya

+124 birds+30 mammals

Dawn breaks over a vast volcanic plain where Mount Kilimanjaro dominates the horizon, its snow-capped peak floating above the Tanzanian […]

Angamedilla National Park

Polonnaruwa, Sri Lanka

+122 birds+30 mammals

Where granite outcrops rise dramatically from dry deciduous forest, Sri Lanka’s central highlands reveal one of the island’s most rugged […]

Arrecifes de Cozumel National Park

San Miguel de Cozumel, Mexico

+134 birds+21 mammals

Crystalline waters lap against the world’s second-longest coral barrier reef, where vibrant walls of living limestone plunge into the abyss. […]

Arusha National Park

Tanzania

+132 birds+30 mammals

Where the volcanic slopes of Mount Meru rise dramatically from Tanzania’s northern highlands, a landscape of extraordinary ecological diversity unfolds […]

Åsnens National Park

Kronoberg County, Sweden

+18 birds+3 mammals

Where granite ridges plunge into crystalline waters, Sweden’s southern borderlands reveal a landscape carved by ice age forces and refined […]

Aspromonte National Park

Careri, Italy

+130 birds+20 mammals

Where granite massifs pierce the Calabrian sky and Mediterranean maquis gives way to beech forests, one of southern Italy’s most […]

Awash National Park

Didiga, Ethiopia

+134 birds+29 mammals

Where the Ethiopian Rift Valley carves through volcanic plateaus, a ribbon of riverine forest winds through acacia scrubland and grassland, […]

Baikal National Park

Ольхонский район, Russia

+124 birds+27 mammals

Where ancient mountains plunge into Earth’s deepest freshwater lake, a landscape of dramatic contrasts unfolds across the southern shores of […]

Bandipur National Park

Hirehalli, India

+135 birds+30 mammals

Where the Western Ghats descend into the Deccan plateau, ancient deciduous forests blanket a landscape carved by the Nugu River. […]

Banff National Park

Improvement District No. 9, Canada

+121 birds+30 mammals

Where turquoise glacial lakes mirror jagged peaks and coniferous forests sweep across vast alpine plateaus, one of North America’s most […]

Bannau Brycheiniog National Park

Powys, United Kingdom

+120 birds+29 mammals

Red sandstone peaks rise abruptly from rolling moorland in South Wales, where wind-sculpted ridges and glacial valleys create some of […]

Bavarian Forest National Park

Germany

+121 birds+30 mammals

Where beech and spruce embrace across ancient granite uplands, Central Europe’s wildest borderland unfolds. The Bavarian Forest straddles the German-Czech […]

Belyy Kamen

Luzhsky District, Russia

+45 birds+2 mammals

Where crystalline granite outcrops pierce the boreal forest of western Russia, Белый камень unfolds across roughly 81 square kilometers of […]

Białowieża National Park

Bialowieza, Poland

+105 birds+29 mammals

Ancient woodland sprawls across the Polish-Belarusian border where primordial forests have escaped the axe for centuries. This 198-square-kilometre sanctuary harbours […]

Biebrza National Park

Goniądz, Poland

+130 birds+25 mammals

Where wetland and water merge across northeastern Poland’s vast floodplain, one of Europe’s most pristine riverine ecosystems unfolds across nearly […]

Bieszczady National Park

Bieszczady County, Poland

+82 birds+6 mammals

Where the Carpathian foothills roll eastward into Ukraine, ancient beech and spruce forests cling to steep slopes that rise above […]

Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park

Montrose County, United States

+103 birds+23 mammals

Where granite walls plunge nearly 2,000 feet to meet the Gunnison River’s relentless current, some of North America’s steepest and […]

Bogani Nani Wartabone National Park

Bolaang Mongondow, Indonesia

+96 birds+6 mammals

Where limestone peaks rise abruptly from dense rainforest and crystalline rivers carve through pristine valleys, one of Sulawesi’s most biodiverse […]

Bontebok National Park

Swellendam Local Municipality, South Africa

+101 birds+30 mammals

Dawn breaks over rippling grasslands where the Breede River carves a verdant ribbon through the Western Cape lowlands. This intimate […]

Bory Tucholskie National Park

Chojnice County, Poland

+43 birds+9 mammals

Where pine forests stretch endlessly across glacial plains, Poland’s hidden jewel unfolds across 155 square kilometres of pristine wilderness. Sandy […]

Bosc de Virós

Ainet de Besan, Spain

+121 birds+30 mammals

Where granite gorges slice through the eastern Pyrenees, a temperate wonderland emerges in the borderlands between Spain and Andorra. Bosc […]

Bosques de Plan

San Juan de Plan, Spain

+123 birds+30 mammals

Where granite peaks plunge into beech and fir forests, the Pyrenean valleys of Bosques de Plan unfold in dramatic tiers […]

Bükk National Park

Répáshuta, Hungary

+70 birds

Where limestone plateaus collide with deciduous forests, Hungary’s northern highlands unfold across nearly 900 square kilometres of Europe’s most biodiverse […]

Butrint National Park

Vagalat, Albania

+133 birds+17 mammals

Where Ionian breezes meet the Corfu Channel, saltmarsh and freshwater lagoons create a mosaic of habitats that pulse with life […]

Bwabwata National Park

Namibia

150+ birds+23 mammals

Where the Kavango and Zambezi rivers converge across northeastern Namibia, a vast wilderness of 14,249 square kilometres unfolds in layers […]

Cabañeros National Park

Retuerta del Bullaque, Spain

+57 birds+9 mammals

Cabañeros National Park is one of Spain’s finest wildlife destinations and one of the best-preserved examples of Mediterranean forest and […]

Cabo de Gata-Níjar Nature Park

San José, Spain

+131 birds+21 mammals

Where arid mountains plunge toward an impossibly blue Mediterranean, Spain’s southeastern corner harbors one of Europe’s most dramatically understated wilderness […]

Cadí Moixeró Nature Park

Bagà, Spain

+122 birds+30 mammals

Cadí-Moixeró Natural Park is one of the largest and most spectacular protected areas in Catalonia, located in the heart of […]

Cairngorms National Park

Muir, United Kingdom

+124 birds+27 mammals

Where ancient granite massifs rise above the Scottish Highlands, a subarctic wilderness unfolds across 1,748 square kilometres of raw, elemental […]

Camargue Regional Nature Park

Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer, France

+122 birds+30 mammals

Where the Rhône Delta sprawls into the Mediterranean, a landscape of stark and haunting beauty emerges—vast salt marshes punctuated by […]

Camdeboo National Park

Camdeboo Local Municipality, South Africa

+124 birds+30 mammals

Where granite gorges slice through semi-arid plateaus, ancient dolerite formations rise like sentinels above the Sundays River valley. Sprawling across […]

Campos del Tuyú National Park

Argentina

+12 birds+18 mammals

Where the Atlantic Forest meets the wetlands of northeastern Argentina, rolling grasslands ripple across a landscape carved by the Tuyú […]

Cañón del Río Lobos Nature Park

Santa María de las Hoyas, Spain

+126 birds+25 mammals

Where limestone cliffs rise abruptly from a serpentine river valley, the Río Lobos carves one of Spain’s most dramatic natural […]

Cap de Creus Nature Park

Roses, Spain

+148 birds+14 mammals

Where granite cliffs plunge into crystalline Mediterranean waters, the easternmost reaches of the Iberian Peninsula reveal a landscape sculpted by […]

Cap de Ferrutx Nature Reserve

Artà, Spain

+137 birds+12 mammals

Where limestone cliffs plunge into crystalline Mediterranean waters, a mosaic of Mediterranean scrubland, pine forest, and rocky terrain defines one […]

Capçaleres del Ter i del Freser Nature Park

La Farga, Spain

+108 birds+20 mammals

Where granite peaks claw at the Catalan sky, alpine meadows and ancient beech forests unfold across nearly 300 square kilometers […]

Carlsbad Caverns National Park

Eddy County, United States

+131 birds+27 mammals

Where limestone towers pierce the New Mexico desert, an underground realm rivals the grandeur of any above-ground landscape. Spanning 518 […]

Casentinesi Forests, Monte Falterona, Campigna National Park

Santa Sofia, Italy

+120 birds+30 mammals

Where granite ridges rise above 1,600 meters through the heart of Tuscany and Romagna, beech forests transition into alpine meadows […]

Central Balkan National Park

Zhidov dol, Bulgaria

+111 birds+21 mammals

Where granite peaks pierce the Bulgarian highlands, ancient beech and conifer forests blanket mountains that rise dramatically from the Balkan […]

Cévennes (Cœur) National Park

Vebron, France

+120 birds+32 mammals

Where granite ridges plunge into serpentine river valleys, a wilderness of schist and limestone unfolds across the Massif Central. Ancient […]

Cilento, Vallo di Diano e Alburni National Park

Campora, Italy

+76 birds+17 mammals

Limestone cliffs plunge toward the Tyrrhenian Sea while ancient beech forests crown the interior highlands, creating a mosaic of Mediterranean […]

Circeo National Park

Italy

+140 birds+10 mammals

Where the Tyrrhenian Sea collides with limestone ridges and Mediterranean scrub, an ancient landscape unfolds along Italy’s southern Lazio coast. […]

Collserola Nature Park

Barcelona, Spain

+131 birds+20 mammals

Where Mediterranean scrubland rises abruptly from Barcelona’s urban edge, a remarkable patchwork of pine forests, cork woodlands, and rocky limestone […]

D’Aigüestortes i Estany de Sant Maurici National Park

la Vall de Boí, Spain

+106 birds+15 mammals

Granite peaks rise dramatically from crystalline lakes in Spain’s Pyrenean heartland, where torrential streams cascade through meadows studded with alpine […]

D’Armorique Regional Nature Park

Le Faou, France

+124 birds+30 mammals

Where granite ridges meet Atlantic moorland, one of Brittany’s wildest regions reveals itself in layers of ecological richness. The landscape […]

Danube Delta Biosphere Reserve

Tulcea, Romania

+123 birds+30 mammals

Where Europe’s mightiest river dissolves into the Black Sea, a labyrinth of reed beds, shallow lagoons, and floating islands creates […]

Dartmoor National Park

West Devon, United Kingdom

+103 birds+19 mammals

Where weathered granite tors pierce the horizon and wind-sculpted moorland sprawls across 368 square miles of southwestern England, a landscape […]

Death Valley National Park

Inyo County, United States

+130 birds+29 mammals

Where scorched salt flats stretch beneath some of Earth’s most punishing skies, a landscape of extremes unfolds across 30,012 square […]

Dell’Appennino Tosco-Emiliano National Park

Reggio nell'Emilia, Italy

+120 birds+30 mammals

Where the Apennine spine rises between Tuscany and Emilia-Romagna, beech forests give way to windswept alpine meadows and dramatic limestone […]

Dell’Arcipelago di la Maddalena National Park

Italy

+63 birds+3 mammals

Turquoise shallows lap against islands of weathered granite where the Tyrrhenian Sea meets Sardinia’s rugged coast. This archipelago comprises seven […]

Dell’Arcipelago Toscano National Park

Italy

+128 birds+22 mammals

Azure waters lap against wind-sculpted granite islands where Mediterranean macchia clings to rocky slopes and pine forests crown the hilltops. […]

Della Majella National Park

Pacentro, Italy

+53 birds+14 mammals

Where limestone massifs pierce the Apennine spine, a realm of vertical drama unfolds across nearly 75,000 hectares of pristine Italian […]

Delle Incisioni Rupestri di Naquane National Park

Capo di Ponte, Italy

+120 birds+30 mammals

Where Alpine valleys descend into the Lombardy foothills, glacier-carved granite formations rise in dramatic tiers above the Oglio River valley. […]

Dirigida Laguna de Gallocanta Nature Reserve

Las Cuerlas, Spain

+136 birds+21 mammals

Where continental steppe meets the vast mirror of inland water, Spain’s largest natural lagoon reveals a landscape of haunting beauty. […]

Dolomiti Bellunesi National Park

Sospirolo, Italy

+63 birds+15 mammals

Where jagged limestone towers pierce a sky of impossible blue, the Bellunesi Dolomites unfold as one of Europe’s most dramatic […]

Doñana National Park

Hinojos, Spain

+146 birds+12 mammals

Where the Guadalquivir River spills into the Atlantic, Spain’s southwestern corner erupts into one of Europe’s most biodiverse wetlands. Vast […]

Dorob National Park

Henties Bay, Namibia

+118 birds+30 mammals

Where the Skeleton Coast’s haunting dunes surrender to gravel plains and rocky outcrops, an extraordinary expanse of Namibian wilderness unfolds […]

Drawa National Park

Strzelce-Drezdenko County, Poland

+47 birds+7 mammals

Where pine forests slope toward crystalline waterways, one of Poland’s most compelling wilderness sanctuaries unfolds across 508 square kilometers of […]

Duna-Ipoly National Park

Dömös, Hungary

+121 birds+30 mammals

Where the Danube carves its sinuous path through northern Hungary, limestone ridges rise abruptly from the river valley, their pale […]

Ebro Delta Natural Park

Eucaliptus, Spain

+147 birds+6 mammals

Where the Ebro River surrenders to the Mediterranean, a vast mosaic of lagoons, reed beds, and salt marshes unfolds across […]

Eryri National Park

Gwynedd, United Kingdom

+122 birds+29 mammals

Where granite peaks pierce the Welsh sky, alpine meadows cascade into oak-clad valleys and windswept moorlands define the horizon. This […]

Espacio Natural Remolar-Filipinas

El Prat del Llobregat, Spain

+121 birds+28 mammals

Where the Llobregat River delta meets the Mediterranean, a patchwork of salt marshes, reed beds, and shallow lagoons creates one […]

Espai d’interès natural de les Gavarres

Cruïlles, Monells i Sant Sadurní de l'Heura, Spain

+116 birds+14 mammals

Where Mediterranean scrubland meets temperate forest, rolling granite hills define one of Catalonia’s most biodiverse landscapes. Across nearly 600 square […]

Estrecho Nature Park

Pedro Valiente, Spain

+135 birds+23 mammals

Where Mediterranean pine forests meet wind-sculpted coastal cliffs, one of Europe’s most dynamic ecological crossroads unfolds across the Strait of […]

Everglades National Park

Monroe County, United States

+123 birds+27 mammals

Where sawgrass prairie stretches endlessly beneath subtropical skies, a vast wetland wilderness pulses with primordial energy. Spanning over 13,000 square […]

Exmoor National Park

Somerset, United Kingdom

+103 birds+21 mammals

Windswept moorlands rise abruptly from the Bristol Channel, where heather and gorse blanket rolling uplands carved by Iron Age settlements […]

Fertő–hanság National Park

Fertőszéplak, Hungary

+12 birds+27 mammals

Where shallow waters meet vast reed beds beneath wide Hungarian skies, one of Central Europe’s most dynamic wetland complexes unfolds […]

Forêts (Cœur) National Park

Lucey, France

+47 birds+11 mammals

Deep beech and oak forests cloak the rolling plateaus of northeastern France, where ancient woodlands rise and fall across nearly […]

Frontenac National Park

Sainte-Praxède, Canada

+126 birds+26 mammals

Granite cliffs rise abruptly from crystalline lakes, their weathered faces painted in rust and lichen, while boreal forest sweeps across […]

Fundy National Park of Canada

Alma Parish, Canada

+131 birds+27 mammals

Where the Bay of Fundy’s tidal rhythms sculpt the Maritime landscape, a compact wilderness of 345 square kilometres unfolds across […]

Garden Route National Park

George, South Africa

+126 birds+30 mammals

Where fynbos-clad mountains plunge into temperate forests and pristine coastline, one of Africa’s most ecologically diverse reserves sprawls across nearly […]

Gargano National Park

Cagnano Varano, Italy

+133 birds+12 mammals

Where limestone plateaus rise abruptly from the Adriatic coast, a spur of land juts into southern Italy bearing one of […]

Gir National Park

Asundrali, India

150+ birds+12 mammals

Where granite ridges rise above dense deciduous forest and seasonal rivers carve through sandstone cliffs, a remarkable refuge persists in […]

Glacier National Park

Glacier, Canada

+123 birds+30 mammals

Where the Columbia Mountains rise in British Columbia’s interior, temperate rainforest gives way to alpine meadows scattered with late-lying snow. […]

Gladyshevskiy Wildlife Refuge

Gor'kovskoe, Russia

+37 birds

Taiga forest gives way to windswept tundra across this 131-square-kilometre sanctuary in Russia’s Far East, where boreal and arctic ecosystems […]

Gorce National Park

Szczawa, Poland

+50 birds+8 mammals

Where beech forests embrace limestone ridges and alpine meadows sweep across weathered peaks, a 279-square-kilometre sanctuary unfolds in southern Poland’s […]

Gran Sasso e Monti della Laga National Park

Pietracamela, Italy

+78 birds+18 mammals

Where granite massifs pierce the Apennine spine, weathered limestone cliffs rise from verdant beech forests in a landscape of dramatic […]

Grand Teton National Park

Teton County, United States

+123 birds+30 mammals

Where granite peaks pierce the Wyoming sky, a landscape of raw geological drama unfolds across 2,550 square kilometers of pristine […]

Great Sand Dunes National Park

Saguache County, United States

+91 birds

Where the Rocky Mountain front meets the San Luis Valley, towering walls of sand rise improbably from the Colorado high […]

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Sevier County, United States

+122 birds+30 mammals

Where ancient mountains meet temperate rainforest, a landscape of astonishing biological richness unfolds across 4,212 square kilometers of protected wilderness. […]

Gulf Islands National Park Reserve

Southern Gulf Islands Electoral Area, Canada

+130 birds+24 mammals

Where the Pacific Northwest’s temperate rainforest meets the Salish Sea, an archipelago of over 15 islands and numerous islets creates […]

Gunung Merbabu National Park

Magelang, Indonesia

+104 birds+1 mammals

Where volcanic slopes rise sharply from Java’s central plateau, a 197-square-kilometre sanctuary of montane forest unfolds in perpetual mist. Gunung […]

Gunung Mulu National Park

Long Seridan, Malaysia

+128 birds+29 mammals

Where granite monoliths pierce the rainforest canopy of Sarawak, an ancient limestone karst landscape reveals one of Southeast Asia’s most […]

Hamburgisches Wattenmeer National Park

Hamburg, Germany

+134 birds+21 mammals

Where the Elbe River surrenders to the North Sea, a vast tapestry of mud flats, salt marshes, and shallow tidal […]

Harz National Park

Harz (LK Goslar), Germany

+122 birds+30 mammals

Where dense beech and spruce forests rise across rolling highlands, ancient granite peaks emerge from blankets of mist, creating one […]

Hat Noppharat Thara-Mu Ko Phi Phi National Park

Ao Nang, Thailand

+127 birds+21 mammals

Limestone cliffs plunge into emerald waters where mangrove forests crown the shoreline and coral gardens flourish beneath transparent shallows. This […]

Hemis National Park

Raigahar Dhar, India

+128 birds+20 mammals

Where granite gorges cleave through the Himalayas at dizzying altitudes, a vast wilderness of alpine desert unfolds across the rain […]

Hortobágy National Park

Hortobágy, Hungary

+132 birds+19 mammals

Where the Great Hungarian Plain stretches endlessly toward the horizon, vast wetlands and grasslands create one of Europe’s most dynamic […]

Hustai National Park

Altanbulag, Mongolia

+47 birds+20 mammals

Where rolling steppe gives way to steep ravines and saxaul-dotted slopes, one of Mongolia’s most improbable conservation triumphs unfolds across […]

Îles-De-Boucherville National Park

Boucherville, Canada

+104 birds+10 mammals

Dawn breaks over a labyrinth of forested islands rising from the St. Lawrence River, where 18 square kilometres of protected […]

Isojärvi National Park

Kuhmoinen, Finland

+57 birds+3 mammals

Where granite outcrops pierce boreal forest and crystalline waters mirror ancient pine, Finland’s central lake district reveals its most compelling […]

Ithala Game Reserve

uPhongolo Local Municipality, South Africa

+133 birds+29 mammals

Where granite ridges thrust upward through acacia woodland, the landscape shifts between intimate valleys and sweeping grasslands across nearly 500 […]

Jasmund National Park

Sassnitz, Germany

+126 birds+26 mammals

Soaring white limestone cliffs plunge dramatically toward the Baltic Sea, their chalk faces sculpted by millennia of wind and wave […]

Jasper National Park

Improvement District No. 12, Canada

+127 birds+32 mammals

Where the Canadian Rockies erupt into a wilderness of turquoise glacial lakes and precipitous valleys, nearly 11,000 square kilometres of […]

Javakheti National Park

Bozali, Georgia

+148 birds+6 mammals

Dawn breaks over a high-altitude plateau where volcanic peaks pierce the Caucasian sky, their slopes cloaked in alpine meadows that […]

Kampinos National Park

Gurba, Poland

+123 birds+30 mammals

Vast wetlands and ancient pine forests sprawl across the sandy plains just northwest of Warsaw, where Poland’s largest national park […]

Karkonosze National Park

Przesieka, Poland

+50 birds+10 mammals

Where granite peaks claw at Polish skies, a landscape of rare alpine tundra unfolds across the Sudetes Mountains. This 326-square-kilometre […]

Kauhaneva–pohjankangas National Park

Kauhajoki, Finland

+61 birds+2 mammals

Dawn breaks over an intricate mosaic of raised bogs, pine-studded ridges, and glacial eskers that together form one of Finland’s […]

Kaziranga National Park

Kohora, India

+129 birds+30 mammals

Dawn breaks over the floodplains of the Brahmaputra, where tall grasslands stretch endlessly beneath monsoon-heavy skies. This sprawling wilderness of […]

Kerkini Lake National Park

Serres, Greece

+132 birds+25 mammals

Where the Strymon River winds through northeastern Greece, a sprawling freshwater lake mirrors the dramatic Belasitsa Mountains, creating one of […]

Khangchendzonga National Park

Sakkyong, India

+132 birds+30 mammals

Where the Eastern Himalayas rise in their most dramatic splendour, alpine meadows give way to ancient temperate forests cloaked in […]

Khao Laem Ya-Mu Ko Samet National Park

Mueang Rayong District, Thailand

+132 birds+30 mammals

Where limestone cliffs plunge into crystalline waters and coastal forests merge with rocky outcrops, a mosaic of Thailand’s most pristine […]

Khao Yai National Park

Prachantakham District, Thailand

+132 birds+30 mammals

Dawn breaks over a mosaic of evergreen forest, bamboo thickets, and grassland valleys where the Thai landscape rises and falls […]

Khoridol Saridag National Park

Khatgal, Mongolia

+90 birds+21 mammals

Where granite peaks thrust skyward across Mongolia’s remote southeastern reaches, a landscape of raw geological drama unfolds. Deep river gorges […]

Kilimanjaro National Park

Kenya

+132 birds+30 mammals

Where Africa’s tallest mountain rises in solitary majesty, moorland grasslands give way to dense montane forests draped in moss and […]

Kolkheti National Park

Nigvziani, Georgia

+149 birds+6 mammals

Where the Caucasus descends to meet the Black Sea, a mosaic of wetlands, reed beds, and coastal lagoons creates one […]

Kootenay National Park

Area G (Forster Creek/Mount Assiniboine), Canada

+64 birds+26 mammals

Where the Canadian Rockies fracture into emerald valleys, hot springs bubble through mineral-rich earth, and the Kootenay River carves its […]

Kosterhavets National Park

Västra Götalands län, Sweden

+133 birds+17 mammals

Where the Skagerrak’s cold currents lap against Sweden’s western coast, a labyrinth of granite islands and skerries emerges from the […]

Kouchibouguac National Park of Canada

Carleton Parish, Canada

+114 birds+16 mammals

Salt marshes melting into Acadian forest meet the Bay of Fundy’s restless tides along New Brunswick’s hidden gem. This 591-square-kilometre […]

Kruger National Park

Ba-Phalaborwa Local Municipality, South Africa

+132 birds+30 mammals

Where the Limpopo River forms a natural frontier, vast savannas sweep across nearly 20,000 square kilometers of pristine African wilderness. […]

Kurjenrahka National Park

Nousiainen, Finland

+58 birds+2 mammals

Where boreal forest meets glacial wetland, southwestern Finland’s hidden gem reveals a landscape of striking contrasts. Across 112 square kilometres, […]

L’Albufera Nature Park

València, Spain

+130 birds+22 mammals

Dawn breaks over a vast lagoon where freshwater meets saltmarsh, creating one of Spain’s most biodiverse wetland mosaics. This protected […]

L’Empordà Nature Park Marshes

Empuriabrava, Spain

+127 birds+26 mammals

Where the Pyrenean foothills flatten into the Mediterranean, freshwater marshes, reed beds, and lagoons create one of Spain’s most vital […]

L’Île-Bonaventure-Et-Du-Rocher-Percé National Park

Le Rocher-Percé, Canada

+146 birds+3 mammals

Where the St. Lawrence River crashes against Quebec’s Gaspésie Peninsula, a pierced limestone monolith rises 88 metres from churning Atlantic […]

La Mata de València

Son, Spain

+62 birds+11 mammals

Forests of Mediterranean pine and deciduous woodland blanket the terrain around Son in Lleida, where the Catalan landscape transitions between […]

Lagunas de Archidona Nature Reserve

Archidona, Spain

+133 birds+25 mammals

Where shallow lagoons mirror the vast Spanish sky, a patchwork of reed beds and freshwater marshes creates one of Iberia’s […]

Lahemaa National Park

Lääne-Viru County, Estonia

+111 birds+15 mammals

Where primordial forests meet crystalline coastlines, Estonia’s largest national park unfolds across 1,304 square kilometers of Nordic wilderness. Granite bedrock, […]

Lake District National Park

Westmorland and Furness, United Kingdom

+124 birds+25 mammals

Glacial valleys plunge between fell-sided mountains where slate-grey waters mirror some of England’s most dramatic upland terrain. This landscape of […]

Lake Mburo National Park

Uganda

+124 birds+30 mammals

Dawn breaks across a mosaic of acacia woodland, papyrus swamps, and open grassland where Uganda’s southwestern savanna meets the edge […]

Liesjärven National Park

Tammela, Finland

+69 birds+8 mammals

Granite outcrops rise dramatically from boreal forest where Finland’s Liesjärvi River carves through one of the country’s most geologically compelling […]

Loch Lomond & the Trossachs National Park

Duchray, United Kingdom

+91 birds+18 mammals

Where ancient woodlands rise from glassy lochs and rugged Highland peaks pierce the lowland horizon, Scotland’s most biodiverse landscape unfolds […]

Lore Lindu National Park

Indonesia

+101 birds

Where limestone karst formations pierce a landscape of pristine rainforest, Central Sulawesi’s 4,856-square-kilometre conservation heartland rises from sea level to […]

Losiny Ostrov National Park

Balashikhinsky District, Russia

+120 birds+30 mammals

Ancient pine and birch forests sweep across undulating terrain where the Moskva River winds through Moscow’s northeastern reaches, creating a […]

Lower Oder Valley National Park

Schwedt/Oder, Germany

+124 birds+30 mammals

Where two nations’ borders converge along the Oder River, a landscape of wetlands, floodplain forests and oxbow lakes unfolds across […]

Lower Saxon Wadden Sea National Park

Dunum, Germany

+124 birds+28 mammals

Tidal mud flats stretch to the horizon where the North Sea exhales and inhales twice daily, sculpting one of Europe’s […]

Lunugamvehera National Park

Sri Lanka

+129 birds+30 mammals

Where scrubland meets open water beneath the dry zone sky, one of Sri Lanka’s most underrated wilderness sanctuaries reveals itself […]

Mabamba Swamp

Memere, Uganda

150+ birds

Where papyrus stands shoulder-high and water mirrors an infinite sky, one of Africa’s most biodiverse wetland systems unfolds across 283 […]

Machakhela Planned National Park

Skurdidi, Georgia

+138 birds+12 mammals

Where the Lesser Caucasus mountains plunge toward the lowlands of southern Georgia, a landscape of dramatic contrasts unfolds. Steep limestone […]

Mago National Park

Ethiopia

+69 birds+10 mammals

Where the Omo River carves its path through the volcanic highlands of southwestern Ethiopia, a wilderness of startling contrasts unfolds. […]

Magura National Park

Kotań, Poland

+76 birds+11 mammals

Where beech and spruce forests rise across the Pieniny Mountains, a landscape of dramatic limestone gorges and verdant plateaux unfolds […]

Mapungubwe National Park

Musina Local Municipality, Botswana

+132 birds+30 mammals

Where the Limpopo River carves a boundary between nations, ancient sandstone cliffs rise in sculptured isolation above riverine woodland and […]

Marakele National Park

Modimolle Local Municipality, South Africa

+122 birds+30 mammals

Where granite gorges slice through the bushveld and ancient mountains rise in weathered majesty, southern Africa’s most underrated wilderness unfolds […]

Marjal Pego-Oliva Nature Park

Molinell, Spain

+132 birds+19 mammals

Where freshwater marshes meet Mediterranean scrubland, one of Spain’s most vital wetland systems unfolds across the Valencian coast. Brackish lagoons […]

Mauricie National Park

Shawinigan, Canada

+120 birds+30 mammals

Where granite ridges rise above boreal forest and pristine waterways carve through the Canadian Shield, a wilderness of rare ecological […]

Mercantour (Cœur) National Park

Isola, France

+120 birds+29 mammals

Where alpine meadows surrender to vertiginous limestone cliffs, the Mercantour’s beating heart pulses with Mediterranean and Alpine rhythms. This 4,221-square-kilometre […]

Minneriya National Park

Sri Lanka

+123 birds+30 mammals

Dawn breaks over a sprawling tapestry of dry deciduous woodland and freshwater marshland where ancient granite outcrops punctuate the landscape […]

Mokala National Park

Siyancuma Local Municipality, South Africa

+123 birds+30 mammals

Where semi-arid savanna meets ancient granite outcrops, a 715-square-kilometre wilderness unfolds across the Northern Cape’s undulating terrain. Mokala’s landscape is […]

Monfragüe National Park

Torrejón el Rubio, Spain

+118 birds+11 mammals

Where granite gorges slice through the heart of Extremadura, ancient Mediterranean scrubland meets a landscape sculpted by the Tagus River. […]

Mont-Tremblant National Park

Lac-des-Dix-Milles, Canada

+110 birds+23 mammals

Where granite ridges rise above boreal forest and crystalline lakes mirror the Quebec sky, one of eastern Canada’s most dynamic […]

Montaña de Montserrat Nature Park

Marganell, Spain

+126 birds+30 mammals

Where granite monoliths erupt from the Mediterranean scrubland like cathedral spires, an otherworldly landscape unfolds across Catalonia’s most dramatic mountain […]

Montaña Palentina Nature Park

Vidrieros, Spain

+86 birds+15 mammals

Where granite massifs rise above 2,200 metres and beech forests give way to alpine meadows, Spain’s northern interior reveals a […]

Montañas de Prades

Capafonts, Spain

+126 birds+28 mammals

Where granite peaks rise abruptly from the Tarragona hinterland, a wild mosaic of pine forests, scrubland, and limestone cliffs creates […]

Montes de Málaga Nature Park

Málaga, Spain

+146 birds+12 mammals

Where pine forests descend into Mediterranean scrubland and limestone ridges puncture the Andalusian sky, a landscape of remarkable ecological complexity […]

Montseny Nature Park

Viladrau, Spain

+105 birds+22 mammals

The Montseny Natural Park is one of Catalonia’s most remarkable protected areas, offering an extraordinary blend of biodiversity, scenic landscapes, […]

Mount Ainos National Park

Sami Municipal Unit, Greece

+77 birds+6 mammals

Where the Ionian Sea meets the limestone heights of Cephalonia, a windswept wilderness of scree slopes and ancient Calabrian pines […]

Mount Elgon National Park

Matumbei ward, Kenya

+142 birds+20 mammals

Where ancient volcanic slopes rise across the Kenya-Uganda border, Mount Elgon commands the landscape as one of East Africa’s most […]

Mount Merapi National Park

Hargobinangun, Indonesia

+93 birds+3 mammals

Where volcanic slopes rise through bands of montane forest and alpine meadow, one of Indonesia’s most dynamic ecosystems reveals itself […]

Mount Nanling Forest Park

Ruyang Forest Farm, China

+83 birds+4 mammals

Granite peaks thrust through a verdant canopy where the Nanling range divides tropical and subtropical China, creating a mosaic of […]

Mount Parnitha National Park

Municipal Unit of Acharnes, Greece

+135 birds+15 mammals

Where granite ridges rise dramatically above the Athenian sprawl, a remarkable wilderness unfolds across nearly 38,000 hectares of Mediterranean terrain. […]

Mount Rainier National Park

Pierce County, United States

+105 birds+27 mammals

Where volcanic slopes rise dramatically from temperate rainforest to alpine tundra, a landscape of raw geological power unfolds across 1,322 […]

Mountain Zebra National Park

Inxuba Yethemba Local Municipality, South Africa

+123 birds+30 mammals

Jagged sandstone peaks rise abruptly from the high interior plateau of the Eastern Cape, their weathered faces sculpted by millennia […]

Mu Ko Ang Thong National Park

Thailand

+105 birds+18 mammals

Limestone karsts pierce an emerald sea, their weathered peaks rising abruptly from turquoise waters where mangrove forests cling to tidal […]

Murchison Falls National Park

Uganda

+129 birds+30 mammals

Where the Victoria Nile surges through a narrow rocky chasm and plummets 43 metres in a thunderous cascade, Uganda’s oldest […]

Namib-Naukluft National Park

Namibia

+119 birds+30 mammals

Where rust-coloured dunes rise like frozen waves against an impossibly blue sky, Africa’s oldest desert unfolds across nearly 95,000 square […]

National Park Djerdap

Mehedinți, Romania

+47 birds+14 mammals

Where the Danube River carves through the Iron Gates gorge, one of Europe’s most dramatic landscape mosaics unfolds across 2,400 […]

Nech Sar National Park

Arba Minch, Ethiopia

+109 birds+17 mammals

Where the East African Rift Valley plateaus drop dramatically toward the shore of Lake Abaya, a mosaic of habitats unfolds […]

New River Gorge National Park

Fayette County, United States

+118 birds+23 mammals

Where sandstone cliffs plunge nearly 900 feet into a churning ribbon of whitewater, one of North America’s most dramatic river […]

Ngorongoro Conservation Area

Tanzania

+123 birds+30 mammals

Where the East African plateau drops away into a vast amphitheatre of volcanic splendour, a 600-square-kilometre caldera cradles one of […]

Nizhnyaya Kama National Park

Yelabuzhsky District, Russia

+118 birds+9 mammals

Where the middle Volga River carves through the ancient steppes of Tatarstan, a sprawling 1,100-square-kilometre sanctuary unfolds across meadows, wetlands, […]

Nkasa Rupara National Park

Namibia

+106 birds+28 mammals

Where the Okavango Delta’s papyrus-choked waterways spill into northern Namibia’s borderlands, a landscape of startling contrasts emerges. Sprawling across 518 […]

North York Moors National Park

North Yorkshire, United Kingdom

+128 birds+21 mammals

Heather moorlands roll across 554 square miles of the Yorkshire uplands, where rolling hills give way to deep valleys carved […]

Northumberland National Park

Northumberland, United Kingdom

+71 birds+12 mammals

Where the Cheviot Hills rise like ancient sentinels above the Scottish borderlands, a landscape of moorland, forestry, and river valleys […]

Nuuksio National Park

Espoo, Finland

+90 birds+12 mammals

Where granite bedrock meets boreal forest within easy reach of Helsinki, a wilderness of unexpected grandeur unfolds across nearly 200 […]

Ojców National Park

Ojców, Poland

+69 birds+9 mammals

Where limestone gorges knife through southern Poland’s Vistula Valley, a temperate landscape of remarkable ecological drama unfolds across 82 square […]

Olympic National Park

Jefferson County, United States

+122 birds+29 mammals

Where temperate rainforest meets alpine meadow and windswept coastline, a remarkable wilderness unfolds across Washington’s Olympic Peninsula. This 10,765-square-kilometre sanctuary […]

Olympos National Park

Pieria Regional Unit, Greece

+133 birds+17 mammals

Where the Thessalian plains meet the Mediterranean, granite peaks thrust skyward in defiant majesty, their slopes cloaked in a mosaic […]

Orang National Park

Rangagarapathar, India

+147 birds+15 mammals

Dawn breaks across the floodplains of Assam, where the Brahmaputra River sprawls into a mosaic of grasslands, riverine forests, and […]

Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park

Sobrarbe, Spain

+121 birds+29 mammals

Where limestone cliffs rise nearly a thousand metres in sheer vertical walls, the Pyrenees reveal their most dramatic visage. Ordesa […]

Őrség National Park

Kondorfa, Hungary

+65 birds+20 mammals

Where the Alps fade into the Carpathian foothills, a gentle mosaic of ancient forests and rolling hills defines one of […]

Ozyornoe Wildlife Refuge Marsh

Lebyazh'e, Russia

+69 birds+7 mammals

Where sphagnum mosses and shallow waters merge across sixteen square kilometers of undisturbed wetland, Russia’s Озёрное emerges as one of […]

Paanajärvi National Park

Panozero, Russia

+70 birds+6 mammals

Where granite peaks rise abruptly from boreal wilderness, pristine lakes mirror Nordic skies across one of Europe’s last genuinely wild […]

Päijänne National Park

Padasjoki, Finland

+66 birds+1 mammals

Where granite islands pierce the glassy waters of Finland’s second-largest lake, ancient boreal forests meet archipelago wilderness across 503 square […]

Parc del Foix

Castellet i la Gornal, Spain

+111 birds+13 mammals

Where limestone cliffs plunge toward the Foix River, a ribbon of Mediterranean riparian woodland winds through steep-sided gorges in Catalonia’s […]

Parc del Garraf

Rat-Penat, Spain

+128 birds+11 mammals

Where Mediterranean limestone plateaus plunge toward the Catalan coast, sculpted cliffs and hidden ravines create a landscape of stark beauty […]

Parc del Montnegre i el Corredor

Font-Montnegre, Spain

+110 birds+24 mammals

Where the Mediterranean scrublands rise into pine-clad ridges, a mosaic of ancient forests and rocky outcrops defines one of Catalonia’s […]

Parcial C Marina de les Medes Nature Reserve

Torroella de Montgrí, Spain

+121 birds+11 mammals

Crystal waters lap against a constellation of seven limestone islands where the Costa Brava meets the Mediterranean, their rocky shores […]

Parcial de la Fageda d’en Jordà Nature Reserve

Santa Pau, Spain

+20 birds+1 mammals

Dark volcanic basalt underpins a beech forest unlike any other in the Mediterranean basin. In northeastern Catalonia, a modest five-square-kilometre […]

Parque Nacional Arrecife Alacranes

Chicxulub, Mexico

+37 birds+2 mammals

Coral pinnacles rise from the Gulf of Mexico’s turquoise shallows like submerged cathedrals, their bleached limestone summits barely breaking the […]

Parque Nacional Cerro de la Estrella

Mexico

+123 birds+30 mammals

Volcanic ridges rise abruptly from the valley floor south of Mexico City, their slopes clothed in a mosaic of pine-oak […]

Parque Nacional Grutas de Cacahuamilpa

Pilcaya, Mexico

+141 birds+19 mammals

Where limestone cliffs plunge into shadowed canyons, the Río Río Grande carves its ancient passage through one of Mexico’s most […]

Parque Nacional Isla Isabel

Santiago Ixcuintla, Mexico

+49 birds+4 mammals

Where the Pacific swells meet volcanic stone, three dormant cinder cones rise from the Sea of Cortez like sentinels guarding […]

Parque-Reserva Natural de las Quinientas

Berlanga, Spain

+134 birds+23 mammals

Where limestone cliffs rise dramatically above emerald valleys, a tapestry of Mediterranean ecosystems unfolds across one of Spain’s most biodiverse […]

Patvinsuo National Park

Lieksa, Finland

+53 birds

Boardwalks wind through one of Finland’s most pristine wetland complexes, where sphagnum bogs dominate a sprawling 185-square-kilometre sanctuary in eastern […]

Peixe National Park Lagoon

Brazil

150+ birds+5 mammals

Coastal lagoons and barrier-island ecosystems unfold across southern Brazil’s Rio Grande do Sul, where freshwater meets Atlantic salt in an […]

Pembrokeshire Coast National Park

Pembrokeshire, United Kingdom

+123 birds+28 mammals

Where jagged sea cliffs rise dramatically from churning Atlantic waters, one of Britain’s finest coastal wildernesses unfolds across southwest Wales. […]

Penang National Park

Balik Pulau, Malaysia

+125 birds+30 mammals

Granite peaks rise abruptly from the Andaman Sea where tropical rainforest clings to steep slopes in one of Malaysia’s oldest […]

Peneda-Gerês National Park

A Baixa Limia, Portugal

+79 birds+18 mammals

Granite peaks pierce the mist-laden highlands of northern Portugal, where ancient schist valleys carve through some of Europe’s last true […]

Península de Llevant Nature Park

Betlem, Spain

+138 birds+12 mammals

Where Mediterranean limestone cliffs plunge toward turquoise shallows, the eastern peninsula of Mallorca reveals one of Spain’s most ecologically pristine […]

Phou Khao Khouay National Protected Area

Thaphabath District, Thailand

+64 birds

Dawn breaks over limestone karsts that rise like sentinels above dense monsoon forest, their weathered peaks crowned in mist. Phou […]

Phou Xieng Thong National Protected Area

Khong Chiam District, Thailand

+81 birds+3 mammals

Where limestone karsts pierce a tapestry of dry deciduous forest, Thailand’s Phou Xieng Thong National Protected Area unfolds across rugged […]

Picos de Europa National Park

Posada de Valdeón, Spain

+120 birds+17 mammals

Where limestone peaks pierce the Asturian sky at nearly 2,700 metres, three colossal massifs create a fortress of vertical rock […]

Pieniny National Park

Tylka, Poland

+74 birds+5 mammals

Where granite gorge walls rise dramatically from the Dunajec River’s emerald waters, a ribbon of wilderness threads through Poland’s Pieniny […]

Pieniny National Park

Sromowce Niżne, Poland

+50 birds

Where granite gorges cut through densely forested ridges, the Dunajec River Gorge creates one of Central Europe’s most dramatic natural […]

Pilanesberg National Park

Moses Kotane Local Municipality, South Africa

+130 birds+30 mammals

Where ancient volcanic calderas rise above the surrounding lowveld, a 734-square-kilometre sanctuary unfolds across the North West Province of South […]

Pindos National Park

Ioannina Regional Unit, Greece

+128 birds+22 mammals

Where granite peaks pierce the clouds above Greece’s spine, the Pindos Mountains harbour one of southern Europe’s wildest and most […]

Pinnacles National Park

San Benito County, United States

+120 birds+30 mammals

Jagged volcanic spires thrust skyward across this 222-square-kilometre preserve in California’s Coast Ranges, their rust-coloured stone sculpted by millions of […]

Pirin National Park

Bansko, Bulgaria

+133 birds+21 mammals

Where jagged limestone peaks pierce the Macedonian sky, ancient glacial valleys cradle some of Bulgaria’s most pristine wilderness. This southwestern […]

Point Pelee National Park

Leamington, Canada

+125 birds+28 mammals

Where Lake Erie’s waters meet a sandy finger of Ontario’s shoreline, one of North America’s most vital migratory corridors pulses […]

Pointe-Taillon National Park

Lac-Saint-Jean-Est, Canada

+135 birds+24 mammals

Where the St. Lawrence River widens into the Gulf, a slender peninsula of boreal forest and wetland emerges from the […]

Polesie National Park

Michałów, Poland

+96 birds+10 mammals

Where the Narew River winds through Poland’s eastern borderlands, pristine wetlands and ancient forests converge in one of Europe’s most […]

Pollino National Park

Viggianello, Italy

+102 birds+23 mammals

Where the southern Apennines rise toward the sky in jagged limestone peaks, forests of Bosnian pine cling to precipitous slopes […]

Ponga Nature Park

San Juan de Beleño, Spain

+35 birds+8 mammals

Where limestone cliffs plunge into emerald valleys, the Picos de Europa rise dramatically above the Asturian countryside, their jagged peaks […]

Portobelo National Park

Portobelo, Panama

+115 birds+16 mammals

Where Caribbean waters dissolve into rainforest, a protected realm of pristine coastal wilderness unfolds across 570 square kilometers of northern […]

Ports Natural Park

Alfara de Carles, Spain

+55 birds+8 mammals

Where limestone ridges rise dramatically above Mediterranean scrubland, the Ports massif commands the border between Catalonia and Aragon in northeastern […]

Posets–maladeta Natural Park

Benasque, Spain

+121 birds+29 mammals

Where granite peaks pierce the Pyrenean sky at over 3,300 metres, the Posets–Maladeta massif commands one of Spain’s most dramatic […]

Puigventós Nature Reserve

Olesa de Montserrat, Spain

+123 birds+28 mammals

Where the limestone ridges of Catalonia fold into Mediterranean scrubland, a patchwork of cork oak forests and rocky outcrops creates […]

Pyhä-Luosto National Park

Pelkosenniemi, Finland

+53 birds+2 mammals

Where granite ridges pierce through boreal forest in central Finnish Lapland, a landscape of startling contrasts reveals itself across 616 […]

Queen Elizabeth National Park

Uganda

+129 birds+30 mammals

Where the Albertine Rift’s dramatic escarpments plunge toward sprawling savanna, one of Africa’s most ecologically diverse landscapes unfolds across southwestern […]

Racha-Lechkhum-Kvemo Svaneti Planned National Park

Zeskho, Georgia

+91 birds+11 mammals

Where granite gorges cut through the southern Caucasus, pristine alpine meadows cascade downward into temperate beech forests of extraordinary primeval […]

Redes Nature Park

Arrobio, Spain

+78 birds+16 mammals

Where granite gorges slice through the Cantabrian mountains, beech forests rise in cathedral-like stands above cascading streams and alpine meadows. […]

Redwood National Park

Humboldt County, United States

+126 birds+29 mammals

Where ancient titans pierce the California fog, the tallest trees on Earth create a primordial landscape unlike anywhere else. Spanning […]

Regional Park of the Catalan Pyrenees

Olette, France

+120 birds+30 mammals

Where granite peaks thrust skyward above cloud-laden valleys, a wild tapestry of Mediterranean and alpine ecosystems interweaves across the Franco-Spanish […]

Repovesi National Park

Kouvola, Finland

+58 birds+1 mammals

Where granite gorges slice through boreal forest, crystalline lakes nestle between weathered rock walls that rise dramatically from the surrounding […]

Rila National Park

Mala tsarkva, Bulgaria

+131 birds+20 mammals

Where granite peaks pierce the Balkan skyline, pristine conifer forests blanket steep mountain slopes in an ecological tapestry that has […]

Río Pilcomayo National Park

Argentina

150+ birds+10 mammals

Where wetlands sprawl across the Argentine Chaco, the Pilcomayo River carves a vital ribbon of life through one of South […]

Rocky Mountain National Park

Larimer County, United States

+121 birds+31 mammals

Where granite peaks pierce the Colorado sky above 12,000 feet, alpine tundra sprawls across windswept plateaus alongside dense subalpine forests […]

Rokua National Park

Muhos, Finland

+65 birds+2 mammals

Where Finland’s boreal forest meets an undulating mosaic of esker ridges and kettle lakes, a primordial landscape unfolds across some […]

Roztocze National Park

Obrocz, Poland

+50 birds

Where rolling loess hills rise and fall across the Polish borderlands, a living frontier emerges between continental and Atlantic climates. […]

Rubondo Island National Park

Tanzania

+84 birds+14 mammals

Dawn breaks over Lake Victoria’s southwestern waters, revealing a primordial landscape where dense tropical forest cascades toward pristine shorelines. This […]

S’Albufera Nature Park

Platja de Muro, Spain

+133 birds+15 mammals

Dawn breaks across a mosaic of shallow lagoons and reed beds where the Mediterranean meets one of Europe’s most vital […]

Saguaro National Park

Tucson, United States

+126 birds+28 mammals

Towering sentinels of the Sonoran Desert rise across nearly two thousand square kilometers of Arizona’s most iconic terrain. These magnificent […]

Samaria National Park

Chania Regional Unit, Greece

+138 birds+12 mammals

Where granite gorges plunge nearly a kilometer into the Cretan landscape, a dramatic wilderness unfolds across 4,850 hectares of Crete’s […]

Samegrelo Planned National Park

Medani, Georgia

+60 birds+16 mammals

Where the Caucasus descends toward the Black Sea, temperate rainforests cloak steep valleys in an emerald tapestry rarely seen in […]

Santa Rosa National Park

Santa Elena, Costa Rica

+129 birds+30 mammals

Dawn breaks over a mosaic of dry forest and humid woodland where Costa Rica’s northwestern peninsula juts into the Pacific. […]

Sarakinikou National Park

Chania Regional Unit, Greece

+134 birds+4 mammals

Where limestone cliffs plunge toward turquoise waters and endemic Mediterranean scrub clings to rocky slopes, Greece’s most dramatic coastal wilderness […]

Saxon Switzerland National Park

Sebnitz, Germany

+120 birds+30 mammals

Where sandstone cliffs soar vertically above the Elbe River, a landscape of extraordinary geological drama unfolds across the German-Czech borderlands. […]

Schleswig-Holsteinisches Wattenmeer National Park

Germany

+130 birds+21 mammals

Twice daily, the North Sea withdraws from an immense stage of mud, sand, and salt marsh, revealing one of Europe’s […]

Schwarzwald National Park

Baiersbronn, Germany

+72 birds+9 mammals

Where dense spruce forests give way to ancient beech woodlands and windswept moorlands, one of Central Europe’s most ecologically vital […]

Serengeti National Park

Tanzania

+131 birds+30 mammals

Dawn breaks over an endless golden savanna where acacia-studded plains stretch to distant volcanic highlands, their slopes cloaked in montane […]

Serra D’Irta Nature Park

Alcossebre, Spain

+129 birds+22 mammals

Where limestone cliffs plunge into the crystalline Mediterranean, a ribbon of protected coastline unfolds along Spain’s eastern seaboard. The Serra […]

Serra de Mariola Nature Park

Bocairent, Spain

+95 birds+13 mammals

Where limestone ridges claw skyward across the inland Valencia region, a landscape of dramatic contrasts unfolds across 225 square kilometers. […]

Serra de Montsant Nature Park

La Morera de Montsant, Spain

+129 birds+27 mammals

Where limestone ridges thrust skyward above rolling Mediterranean scrubland, a landscape of dramatic contrasts rewards the discerning traveler. Montsant’s jagged […]

Shoria National Park

Tashtagolsky Municipal Okrug, Russia

+34 birds

Where granite peaks pierce the boreal wilderness of southern Siberia, a landscape of dramatic contrasts unfolds across nearly ten thousand […]

Sibillini Mountains National Park

Ussita, Italy

+123 birds+27 mammals

Where limestone ridges claw toward 2,476 metres, ancient beech forests surrender to alpine meadows and windswept crags that define the […]

Sierra de Andújar Nature Park

Our Lady of Cabeza, Spain

+105 birds+20 mammals

Where granite gorges slice through Mediterranean scrubland and cork forests cascade down Andalusian hillsides, one of Spain’s most pristine wilderness […]

Sierra de Boumort

Segan, Spain

+125 birds+29 mammals

Where granite gorges slice through the Catalan Pyrenees, ancient limestone cliffs rise in dramatic ramparts above dense Mediterranean forests. This […]

Sierra de Gredos Regional Park

Candeleda, Spain

+130 birds+10 mammals

Where granite peaks claw at 2,592 metres and alpine meadows give way to cork oak scrubland, Spain’s central highlands reveal […]

Sierra de Guadarrama National Park

Rascafría, Spain

+141 birds+19 mammals

Where granite peaks rise abruptly from the Castilian plateau, weathered by millennia into a landscape of raw alpine drama, lies […]

Sierra de las Nieves National Park

Tolox, Spain

+79 birds+6 mammals

Where Mediterranean pine forests give way to dramatic limestone peaks, a landscape of austere beauty commands attention across Málaga’s hinterland. […]

Sierra de Tejeda, Almijara y Alhama Nature Park

Frigiliana, Spain

+127 birds+24 mammals

Where limestone peaks thrust skyward between the Costa del Sol and the Axarquia plain, dramatic gorges and cascading waterfalls carve […]

Sierra Nevada National Park

Válor, Spain

+71 birds+3 mammals

Where granite peaks pierce the Mediterranean sky at nearly 3,500 metres, ancient snow lingers even as spring wildflowers carpet the […]

Sierra y Cañones de Guara Natural Park

Casbas de Huesca/Casbas de Uesca, Spain

+46 birds+9 mammals

Where limestone gorges slice through the Pyrenean foothills of northeastern Spain, dramatic canyon systems create a landscape of vertical cliffs […]

Sierras Subbéticas Nature Park

Algar, Spain

+49 birds+6 mammals

Where limestone ridges rise sharply above Andalusian valleys, a landscape of dramatic contrasts unfolds across nearly 600 square kilometers of […]

Sila National Park

San Giovanni in Fiore, Italy

+133 birds+17 mammals

Where ancient beech forests rise above a high Calabrian plateau, Italy’s wilderness core reveals itself in dramatic relief. At elevations […]

Sipoonkorven National Park

Sipoo, Finland

+88 birds+6 mammals

Where granite outcrops pierce boreal forest and pristine wetlands sprawl beneath Nordic skies, one of Finland’s most ecologically vital reserves […]

Skomer Island

Haverfordwest, United Kingdom

+74 birds+3 mammals

Where the Irish Sea crashes against the Welsh coast, wind-scoured cliffs rise dramatically from churning waters, creating one of Britain’s […]

Słowiński National Park

Smołdzino, Poland

+50 birds

Where wind-sculpted dunes rise abruptly from the Baltic shoreline, a landscape of stunning ecological contrasts unfolds across Poland’s northwestern coast. […]

Soberanía National Park

Cristóbal, Panama

+132 birds+30 mammals

Where the Chagres River cuts through lowland tropical forest mere kilometres from Panama City’s skyline, one of Central America’s most […]

Söderåsens National Park

Skåne län, Sweden

+130 birds+26 mammals

Dramatic limestone gorges slice through beech and oak forest where the Helge River carves its way southward across Skåne’s rolling […]

Somiedo Natural Park

Pola de Somiedo, Spain

+120 birds+30 mammals

Where granite gorges cleave through the Cantabrian Mountains of northern Spain, alpine meadows roll toward beech and oak forests in […]

Soomaa National Park

Viljandi County, Estonia

+46 birds+6 mammals

Where peat bogs stretch endlessly beneath vast Estonian skies, four distinct wetland rivers carve through 749 square kilometers of primordial […]

Sounio National Park

Municipal Unit of Ayios Konstantinos, Greece

+135 birds+15 mammals

Where the Athenian coast fractures into dramatic rocky promontories, ancient marble cliffs plunge toward the Aegean in a landscape that […]

South Downs National Park

Chichester, United Kingdom

+122 birds+28 mammals

Rolling chalk downlands rise and fall across southern England in a landscape sculpted by millennia of grazing and cultivation. These […]

St. Paul Island

Saint Paul, United States

+131 birds+2 mammals

Windswept tundra rolls across this remote Pribilof island, where volcanic basalt cliffs plunge into the Bering Sea and fog rolls […]

Stelvio National Park

Valfurva, Italy

+120 birds+30 mammals

Where granite peaks pierce the Alpine sky above 3,000 metres, three valleys converge in a realm of stark beauty and […]

Stenshuvuds National Park

Skåne län, Sweden

+136 birds+18 mammals

Where windswept cliffs plunge toward the Baltic and ancient beech forests cling to limestone slopes, southern Sweden reveals one of […]

Strandzha Nature Park

Kondolovo, Bulgaria

+132 birds+23 mammals

Where the Rhodope Mountains descend toward the Black Sea coast, ancient forests rise above limestone plateaus in a tapestry of […]

Šumava National Park

Germany

+120 birds+29 mammals

Where ancient spruce forests rise and peat bogs stretch beneath mist-laden skies, the Bavarian borderlands hold one of Central Europe’s […]

Świętokrzyski National Park

Dębno, Poland

+70 birds+1 mammals

Granite peaks pierce the forested plateau of central Poland’s Holy Cross Mountains, where ancient rock formations thrust dramatically from blankets […]

Syöte National Park

Taivalkoski, Finland

+54 birds+2 mammals

Where boreal forests meet rolling fells and ancient gorges carve through weathered bedrock, Finland’s largest national park unfolds across nearly […]

Tablas de Daimiel National Park

Daimiel, Spain

+137 birds+14 mammals

Where two rivers converge across a vast, flat plain in central Spain, shallow wetlands stretch toward an endless horizon—a landscape […]

Table Mountains National Park

Karłów, Poland

150+ birds+30 mammals

Where sandstone plateaus rise like ancient fortresses above forested valleys, Poland’s 108-square-kilometre wilderness unfolds across the Table Mountains. Vertical rock […]

Tadoba National Park

Palasgaon Singru, India

+133 birds+25 mammals

Where sal forests meet open grasslands and rocky outcrops rise from red laterite soil, central India’s landscape unfolds in raw, […]

Taman Nasional Baluran

Situbondo, Indonesia

+86 birds+13 mammals

Where savanna grasslands sweep toward volcanic slopes and mangrove-lined coastlines converge, East Java’s most biodiverse protected landscape unfolds across nearly […]

Taman Negara Bukit Lambir National Park

Miri, Malaysia

+137 birds+15 mammals

Rainforest cascades down sandstone ridges where crystal streams carve through ancient geology, creating a landscape of profound biological richness in […]

Tankwa-Karoo National Park

Hantam Local Municipality, South Africa

+101 birds

Where ancient mountains crumble into rust-red plains, the Tankwa Karoo unfolds as one of South Africa’s most austere and compelling […]

Tarangire National Park

Tanzania

+124 birds+30 mammals

Where acacia woodlands meet vast plains and the Tarangire River cuts a lifeline through Tanzania’s heartland, one of Africa’s most […]

Tatra National Park

Zakopane, Poland

+93 birds+2 mammals

Where granite peaks slash through the clouds at over 2,600 metres, Poland’s only true alpine ecosystem unfolds across 507 square […]

Tbilisi National Park

Tezami, Georgia

150+ birds

Where the Caucasus foothills descend toward Georgia’s capital, pristine river valleys and limestone cliffs create a remarkable patchwork of habitats […]

Teide Natural Monument

La Orotava, Spain

+126 birds+9 mammals

Where the Atlantic swells meet volcanic stone, Spain’s highest peak rises 3,718 metres into crystalline air, its slopes a masterclass […]

Teijo National Park

Salo, Finland

+57 birds

Where granite bedrock surfaces through boreal forest and pristine waterways converge, one of Finland’s most intimate wilderness reserves unfolds across […]

Theodore Roosevelt National Park

Billings County, United States

+92 birds+18 mammals

Where the Little Missouri River carves through the North Dakota badlands, a landscape of rust-colored buttes, golden grasslands, and deep […]

Timanfaya National Park

Tinajo, Spain

+132 birds+5 mammals

Where volcanic stone dominates the horizon in shades of rust and charcoal, Lanzarote’s most dramatic wilderness unfolds across 13,600 hectares […]

Torronsuon National Park

Tammela, Finland

+64 birds+8 mammals

Blanket bogs and pine forests merge beneath vast Nordic skies across this 78-square-kilometre sanctuary in central Finland. Ancient peatlands dominate […]

Tortuguero National Park

Roxana, Costa Rica

+124 birds+30 mammals

Where emerald waterways thread through impenetrable rainforest and pristine Caribbean beaches merge with lagoons, one of Costa Rica’s most biodiverse […]

Transbaikal National Park

Barguzinsky Rayon, Russia

+75 birds+7 mammals

Where granite gorges plunge into emerald taiga and crystalline rivers carve through ancient bedrock, one of Russia’s most spectacular wilderness […]

Trialeti Planned National Park

Tbisi, Georgia

+130 birds+21 mammals

Where limestone plateaus rise above the Caucasian foothills, a mosaic of oak forests, alpine meadows, and beech woodlands creates one […]

Tsavo East National Park

Athi ward, Kenya

+132 birds+30 mammals

Dawn breaks over one of Africa’s most expansive wilderness areas, where volcanic outcrops pierce the savanna and the Galana River […]

Tsavo West National Park

Mwatate, Kenya

+132 birds+30 mammals

Where volcanic rock formations pierce the savanna and sulfurous springs bubble beneath rust-coloured earth, Kenya’s southwestern wilderness reveals itself in […]

Tsentralno-Lesnoy Gosudarstvennyy Prirodnyy Biosfernyy Nature Reserve

Nelidovsky District, Russia

+82 birds+8 mammals

Ancient spruce and fir forests stretch across undulating terrain in western Russia, where primordial taiga landscape remains largely untouched by […]

Túria Nature Park

València, Spain

+103 birds+11 mammals

Where limestone cliffs rise dramatically above the sinuous Túria River, one of Spain’s most compelling natural laboratories unfolds across nearly […]

Tusheti National Park

Shavtskala, Georgia

+55 birds+8 mammals

Where granite peaks pierce the Caucasian sky at over 4,600 meters, ancient river valleys carve their way through one of […]

Tutuaca

Tosanachi, Mexico

+122 birds+22 mammals

Where copper canyons plunge deeper than the Grand Canyon itself, Mexico’s remote Sierra Madre Occidental unfolds in dramatic vertical relief. […]

Ujście Warty National Park

Gorzów County, Poland

+50 birds

Where the Warta River sprawls into the Oder, vast wetlands unfold across northwestern Poland in a landscape sculpted by water […]

Urdaibai Biosphere Reserve

Txatxarramendi, Spain

+113 birds+11 mammals

Where the Pyrenean foothills surrender to the Bay of Biscay, tidal estuaries carve through Basque limestone, creating one of Europe’s […]

V. Peskov Voronezhsky State Nature Biosphere Reserve

Kaverinskiy, Russia

+57 birds+7 mammals