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Acadia National Park

Bar Harbor, United States

+291 birds+27 mammals

Where the Maine coast rises in granite cliffs and spruce-clad headlands, Acadia National Park unfolds across Mount Desert Island and its surrounding waters, a landscape carved…

Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge

Alaska, United States

+391 birds+58 mammals

Where the North Pacific collides with Alaska's rugged coastline, a sprawling archipelago of islands, rocky outcrops, and coastal headlands forms one of North America's most remote…

Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge

Dare County, United States

+288 birds+17 mammals

Where the coastal plain of North Carolina meets the Albemarle Peninsula, a sprawling mosaic of freshwater marshes, pocosins, and swamp forest creates one of the Atlantic…

Alta Murgia National Park

Bari, Italy

+168 birds+6 mammals

Across the limestone plateaux of Apulia's interior, where the Adriatic's influence fades into continental warmth, lies a landscape sculpted by millennia of human pastoralism and Mediterranean…

Altai Tavan Bogd National Park

Tsengel, Mongolia

+146 birds+3 mammals

Where the Altai Mountains rise in jagged defiance along Mongolia's western frontier, the terrain transforms into a realm of alpine tundra, rocky plateaus, and glacier-carved valleys…

Appennino Lucano Val d’Agri Lagonegrese National Park

Spinoso, Italy

+121 birds+3 mammals

The Apennine mountains rise in weathered limestone ridges across central Italy, and where they push into Basilicata's interior, the landscape opens into a complex mosaic of…

Arches National Park

Grand County, United States

+185 birds+20 mammals

Where rust-red sandstone fins rise abruptly from high desert scrubland, Arches National Park spans 548 square kilometers of one of North America's most sculptural landscapes. The…

Åsnens National Park

Kronoberg County, Sweden

+141 birds+8 mammals

Where forest meets water in the heart of Kronoberg County, Åsnens National Park unfolds across roughly 57 square kilometres of southern Swedish landscape, a mosaic of…

Badlands National Park

Wall, United States

+200 birds+14 mammals

Eroded badlands rise in jagged formations across northwestern South Dakota, where the White River has carved deep canyons through layers of sedimentary rock spanning millions of…

Bandhavgarh National Park

Garhpuri, India

+285 birds+17 mammals

Where granite ridges rise dramatically above sal and bamboo forests, one of India's most pristine tiger reserves unfolds across the Vindhyan plateau. Ancient rock formations tower…

Bannau Brycheiniog National Park

Powys, United Kingdom

+178 birds+36 mammals

Where sandstone ridges rise above the rolling moorlands of mid-Wales, Bannau Brycheiniog National Park protects one of Britain's most compelling upland landscapes. The park's dramatic peaks,…

Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge

Box Elder County, United States

+254 birds+9 mammals

Where the Bear River winds through the semi-arid basin country of northwestern Utah, a sprawling wildlife sanctuary transforms the high desert into a haven for migratory…

Becharof National Wildlife Refuge

United States

+146 birds+2 mammals

Across southwestern Alaska's windswept lowlands, where the Bristol Bay watershed spills into vast tidal flats and sedge marshes, lies one of North America's most pristine subarctic…

Białowieża National Park

Bialowieza, Poland

+177 birds+23 mammals

Straddling the border between Poland and Belarus, this primordial forest landscape encompasses one of Europe's last remaining expanses of old-growth woodland, where ancient trees rise through…

Bic National Park

Rimouski, Canada

+250 birds+9 mammals

Where the St. Lawrence River meets the Gaspé Peninsula, a rugged coastline of forests, wetlands, and rocky shores unfolds across nearly 95 square kilometres of protected…

Biebrza National Park

Goniądz, Poland

+242 birds+33 mammals

Where the Narew River sprawls across northeastern Poland's flatlands, Biebrza National Park unfolds as one of Europe's largest and most ecologically vital wetland complexes. Encompassing roughly…

Big Bend National Park

Brewster County, United States

+345 birds+34 mammals

Where the Chisos Mountains rise abruptly from the Sonoran Desert floor, Big Bend National Park spans over 7,300 square kilometers of one of North America's most…

Bitter Lake National Wildlife Refuge

Chaves County, United States

+284 birds+10 mammals

Across the high desert floor of southeastern New Mexico, where elevation and aridity shape every living thing, shallow alkaline lakes and marshes form an unexpected oasis…

Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park

Montrose County, United States

+169 birds+13 mammals

Where the Gunnison River has carved one of North America's steepest and most dramatic canyons, ancient metamorphic rock walls plunge nearly 2,000 feet in places, creating…

Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge

Fishing Creek, United States

+293 birds+15 mammals

Tidal marshes and brackish waterways define this wildlife sanctuary where the Chesapeake Bay's influence reshapes the landscape with every rise and fall of the water. Shallow…

Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge

Kent County, United States

+323 birds+15 mammals

Tidal marshes and brackish shallows define this sanctuary on Delaware's Atlantic coast, where the meeting of freshwater and salt creates some of the Mid-Atlantic's most dynamic…

Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge

Socorro County, United States

+345 birds+17 mammals

Where the Rio Grande emerges from its desert canyon in central New Mexico, a narrow ribbon of riparian woodland defies the arid landscape that surrounds it.…

Bryce Canyon National Park

Tropic, United States

+202 birds+20 mammals

Hoodoos rise like a forest of stone pillars from an amphitheater carved into Utah's high plateau, where the Paunsaugunt elevates the landscape to over 9,000 feet…

Bükk National Park

Répáshuta, Hungary

+161 birds+15 mammals

Where forested limestone ridges rise across northern Hungary, Bükk National Park unfolds across nearly 900 square kilometres of temperate woodland, rocky gorges, and karst formations that…

Butrint National Park

Vagalat, Albania

+140 birds+3 mammals

Where the Ionian coast meets ancient alluvial plains, Butrint National Park spans a landscape of extraordinary ecological complexity that has shaped human settlement for three millennia.…

Cabañeros National Park

Retuerta del Bullaque, Spain

+183 birds+8 mammals

Cabañeros National Park is one of Spain’s finest wildlife destinations and one of the best-preserved examples of Mediterranean forest and scrubland in Europe. Located in the…

Cabo de Gata-Níjar Natural Park

San José, Spain

+274 birds+11 mammals

Where volcanic ridges plunge toward the Mediterranean, Cabo de Gata-Níjar Nature Park unfolds across one of Europe's most arid coastlines, a landscape sculpted by tectonic violence…

Cabo Peñas

Susacasa, Spain

+303 birds+21 mammals

Where sea cliffs rise sheer from the Bay of Biscay, Susacasa's observation point commands one of Asturias's most dramatic coastal vistas. The landscape here is defined…

Cadí Moixeró Natural Park

Bor, Spain

+172 birds+21 mammals

Cadí-Moixeró Natural Park is one of the largest and most spectacular protected areas in Catalonia, located in the heart of the eastern Pyrenees. Covering more than…

Cairngorms National Park

Muir, United Kingdom

+192 birds+31 mammals

Where ancient granite massifs rise above the Scottish Highlands, a subarctic wilderness unfolds across 1,748 square kilometres of raw, elemental terrain. Windswept plateaus give way to…

Calanques National Park

Bouches-du-Rhône, France

+233 birds+42 mammals

Where limestone cliffs plunge dramatically into crystalline Mediterranean waters, Calanques National Park preserves one of Europe's most striking coastal landscapes. These steep-sided inlets, carved by erosion…

Camargue Regional Nature Park

Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer, France

+378 birds+48 mammals

Where the Rhône Delta sprawls into the Mediterranean, a landscape of stark and haunting beauty emerges—vast salt marshes punctuated by shallow lagoons, reed beds, and scrubland…

Canyonlands National Park

Wayne County, United States

+186 birds+15 mammals

Where the Colorado River has carved an intricate labyrinth through the high desert plateau of southeastern Utah, Canyonlands National Park sprawls across nearly 3,030 square kilometres…

Caohai National Nature Reserve

Bijie, China

+93 birds

At roughly 1,900 metres elevation on Guizhou's high plateau, Caohai sprawls across a temperate landscape shaped by pronounced seasonal extremes. Winters here are dry and cool,…

Cap de Creus Natural Park

Roses, Spain

+245 birds+23 mammals

Where the Pyrenees tumble into the Mediterranean, Cap de Creus Nature Park unfolds across 300 square kilometres of one of northeastern Spain's most dramatic coastal wilderness…

Cape Breton Highlands National Park

Cape Breton Highlands National Park, Canada

+215 birds+18 mammals

Where the Atlantic coast of Nova Scotia rises in weathered cliffs and glacially carved valleys, Cape Breton Highlands National Park spans a landscape where boreal and…

Capitol Reef National Park

Garfield County, United States

+196 birds+22 mammals

Wrinkled ridges of crimson and gold sandstone rise from the floor of south-central Utah, their weathered faces carved by the Fremont River into one of the…

Carlsbad Caverns National Park

Eddy County, United States

+309 birds+18 mammals

Beneath the Chihuahuan Desert floor of southern New Mexico lies one of North America's most spectacular subterranean landscapes. Carlsbad Caverns National Park encompasses over 518 square…

Cedar Keys National Wildlife Refuge

Levy County, United States

+268 birds+8 mammals

Where the Florida Gulf Coast transitions from mainland to archipelago, Cedar Keys National Wildlife Sanctuary protects a mosaic of salt marshes, shallow estuaries, and maritime hammocks…

Channel Islands National Park

Santa Barbara County, United States

+330 birds+15 mammals

A chain of eight volcanic islands rises from the cold Pacific waters off the California coast, their rugged sea cliffs and windswept terrain shaped by millions…

Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge

Murray Place, United States

+37 birds

Across the high plains of north-central Montana, where grasslands roll toward the Missouri River breaks, sprawls a semi-arid sanctuary shaped by millennia of wind, water, and…

Chassahowitzka National Wildlife Refuge

Homosassa, United States

+299 birds+14 mammals

Where the Gulf of Mexico's coastal marshes dissolve into brackish tidal flats and mangrove thickets, the Chassahowitzka National Wildlife Sanctuary near Homosassa represents one of Florida's…

Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge

Chincoteague, United States

+362 birds+16 mammals

Across the barrier islands and salt marshes of Virginia's Eastern Shore, where Atlantic tides sculpt an intricate mosaic of sandy spits and tidal flats, lies one…

Circeo National Park

Italy

+232 birds+6 mammals

Where limestone headlands plunge toward the Tyrrhenian Sea, Circeo National Park preserves a rare mosaic of Mediterranean coastal habitats that few Italian reserves can match. The…

Collserola Natural Park

Barcelona, Spain

+194 birds+20 mammals

Where Mediterranean scrubland rises steeply from Barcelona's urban edge, Collserola unfolds across 173 square kilometres of low mountains that form a crucial ecological buffer between city…

Congaree National Park

Richland County, United States

+205 birds+12 mammals

Where the Congaree River winds through the lowlands of South Carolina, an old-growth bottomland forest of extraordinary character rises from a landscape shaped by seasonal floods…

Cors Fochno National Nature Reserve

Borth, United Kingdom

+179 birds+27 mammals

Where the Dovey Estuary opens to the Irish Sea, a sprawling wetland mosaic of reedbed, fen and mire transforms the coastal flats of mid-Wales into one…

Cuyahoga Valley National Park

Brecksville, United States

+255 birds+27 mammals

Where the Cuyahoga River carves through a glaciated landscape of Ohio, the valley reveals a temperate deciduous forest ecosystem shaped by four distinct seasons and reliable…

Danube Delta Biosphere Reserve

Tulcea, Romania

+277 birds+27 mammals

Where the Danube surrenders to the Black Sea, a vast labyrinth of channels, reed beds, and freshwater lakes sprawls across nearly 13,400 square kilometers of eastern…

Dartmoor National Park

West Devon, United Kingdom

+162 birds+33 mammals

Across the high moorlands of Devon, where granite tors pierce through rolling heather and acid grassland, Dartmoor rises as one of Britain's most expansive upland wilderness…

Death Valley National Park

Inyo County, United States

+339 birds+25 mammals

Across nearly 3.5 million acres of southeastern California's Inyo County, vast salt flats meet sculpted badlands and alluvial fans in a landscape so extreme it defines…

Delta de l’Ebre Natural Park

Eucaliptus, Spain

+341 birds+18 mammals

Where the Ebro River spreads into a vast labyrinth of shallow lagoons, reed beds, and brackish marshes before surrendering to the Mediterranean, one of southern Europe's…

Denali National Park

Denali Borough, United States

+144 birds+18 mammals

Across nearly 31,000 square kilometres of interior Alaska, subarctic boreal forest gives way to alpine tundra, where the raw architecture of mountains—including the continent's tallest peak—shapes…

Dirigida Laguna de Gallocanta Nature Reserve

Las Cuerlas, Spain

+250 birds+7 mammals

Where continental steppe meets the vast mirror of inland water, Spain's largest natural lagoon reveals a landscape of haunting beauty. The shallow alkaline lake, cradled in…

Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge

Fremont, United States

+286 birds+20 mammals

Where the San Francisco Bay's shallow margins dissolve into tidal salt marshes and mudflats, this wildlife sanctuary preserves one of California's most ecologically vital estuarine systems.…

Doñana National Park

Hinojos, Spain

+300 birds+13 mammals

Where the Guadalquivir River delta spreads into the Atlantic, vast marshes, cork woodlands, and coastal dunes converge to create one of southwestern Europe's most biodiverse wetland…

Duna-Ipoly National Park

Dömös, Hungary

+208 birds+19 mammals

Where the Danube curves through central Hungary, the limestone hills and forested valleys of Duna-Ipoly National Park create a landscape that feels caught between seasons and…

El Vizcaíno

Laguna San Ignacio, Mexico

+317 birds+29 mammals

Where the Baja California peninsula thins into a tapestry of salt lagoons and coastal desert, one of Mexico's most biodiverse reserves sprawls across half a million…

Eryri National Park

Gwynedd, United Kingdom

+199 birds+36 mammals

Where granite peaks rise abruptly from the Snowdonia landscape, Eryri National Park encompasses one of Britain's most dramatic mountain terrain. The park's rugged plateaus, deep glacial…

Espacio Natural Remolar-Filipinas

El Prat del Llobregat, Spain

+297 birds+7 mammals

Where the Llobregat River delta meets the Mediterranean, a patchwork of salt marshes, reed beds, and shallow lagoons creates one of Catalonia's most dynamic wetland ecosystems.…

Estrecho Natural Park

Pedro Valiente, Spain

+281 birds+20 mammals

Where Mediterranean pine forests meet wind-sculpted coastal cliffs, one of Europe's most dynamic ecological crossroads unfolds across the Strait of Gibraltar. Spanning 686 square kilometers of…

Everglades National Park

Monroe County, United States

+345 birds+22 mammals

Where freshwater marsh meets subtropical sky, the Everglades sprawls across southwestern Florida as one of North America's most expansive wetland ecosystems. Spanning over 13,000 square kilometers,…

Färnebofjärden National Park

Gävleborgs län, Sweden

+170 birds+20 mammals

Where the Gävle River widens into a sprawling delta before meeting the Gulf of Bothnia, Färnebofjärden National Park unfolds across a landscape of exceptional ecological complexity.…

Fertő–hanság National Park

Fertőszéplak, Hungary

+246 birds+11 mammals

Where the Austro-Hungarian plains meet the foothills of Western Transdanubia, nearly 900 square kilometres of wetland, reed bed, and mixed woodland form one of Central Europe's…

Forillon National Park

Gaspé, Canada

+258 birds+16 mammals

Where the Gaspésie Peninsula juts into the Gulf of Saint Lawrence, granite cliffs and coastal headlands frame one of eastern Canada's most dramatic marine-terrestrial boundaries. Forillon…

Frontenac National Park

Sainte-Praxède, Canada

+178 birds+11 mammals

Where the Canadian Shield's ancient granite ridges meet coniferous forest and freshwater lakes, Frontenac National Park embraces a landscape carved by millennia of glacial movement. The…

Fundy National Park of Canada

Alma Parish, Canada

+217 birds+24 mammals

Where the Bay of Fundy's tidal rhythms sculpt a landscape of dramatic cliffs, forested valleys, and boulder-strewn shorelines, Fundy National Park rises across approximately 345 square…

Gaoligong Mountain National Nature Reserve

Nujiang Lisu Autonomous Prefecture, China

+443 birds+13 mammals

Gargano National Park

Cagnano Varano, Italy

+219 birds+7 mammals

Where the Gargano Peninsula's limestone plateaus descend toward the Adriatic, Cagnano Varano sits at the threshold of one of southern Italy's most ecologically vital landscapes. The…

Gates of the Arctic National Park

Unorganized Borough, United States

+112 birds+12 mammals

Where granite gorges pierce the Brooks Range and alpine tundra stretches endlessly beneath the Alaskan sky, Gates of the Arctic National Park unfolds across nearly 50,000…

Giant Panda National Park

Mianyang, China

+447 birds+47 mammals

Where the eastern slopes of China's Sichuan plateau descend into cloud-wrapped valleys, one of Asia's most biodiverse landscapes unfolds across more than 350,000 square kilometres. This…

Gir National Park

Asundrali, India

+258 birds+13 mammals

Dry deciduous forests cloak the rolling hills of western Gujarat where the Gir landscape rises as a final sanctuary for one of the world's rarest felids:…

Glacier Bay National Park

Unorganized Borough, United States

+221 birds+15 mammals

Tidewater glaciers calving into fjords of impossible blue, where temperate rainforest rises steeply from the water's edge and alpine peaks pierce the clouds—this is the ecological…

Glacier National Park

Glacier, Canada

+162 birds+12 mammals

Where granite peaks pierce the clouds above the Columbia River valley, Glacier National Park protects one of the most dramatic mountain wilderness areas in western Canada.…

Glacier National Park

United States

+246 birds+39 mammals

Where jagged peaks pierce a subarctic sky and glacial valleys carve through ancient rock, Glacier National Park spans the spine of the Northern Rockies along Montana's…

Gobi Gurvan Saikhan National Park

Tsagaan Subarga Hural, Mongolia

+183 birds+23 mammals

Where rust-coloured badlands rise from the southern Gobi steppe, the terrain transforms into a landscape of geological drama that few visitors expect to find in Mongolia's…

Gran Sasso and Monti della Laga National Park

Pietracamela, Italy

+155 birds+12 mammals

Where the Apennines rise in their most dramatic form, the Gran Sasso e Monti della Laga National Park unfolds across nearly 70,000 hectares of limestone peaks,…

Grand Canyon National Park

United States

+277 birds+35 mammals

A mile-deep chasm of rust-red rock and purple shadow cuts through the high desert plateau of northern Arizona, revealing nearly two billion years of geological history…

Grand Teton National Park

Teton County, United States

+247 birds+38 mammals

Where the Teton Range tears skyward in a dramatic escarpment above the Snake River valley, nearly 2,550 square kilometers of montane wilderness unfolds across Teton County,…

Grands-Jardins National Park

Lac-Pikauba, Canada

+166 birds+10 mammals

Where the boreal forest transitions into the subalpine plateaus of Quebec's Laurentian highlands, Grands-Jardins National Park sprawls across nearly 690 square kilometers of wild terrain that…

Great Basin National Park

White Pine County, United States

+170 birds+19 mammals

Where the Great Basin's high desert plateaus rise above 10,000 feet, ancient bristlecone pines endure on moonscape ridges of limestone and quartzite, creating one of North…

Great Sand Dunes National Park

Saguache County, United States

+193 birds+14 mammals

Where the Colorado high plains collide with one of North America's most extraordinary geological anomalies, nearly 600 square kilometres of windswept sand rise abruptly from the…

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Sevier County, United States

+244 birds+40 mammals

Where the southern Appalachian ridgeline reaches its most densely forested expression, over 4,200 square kilometres of temperate woodland rise and fall across Tennessee and North Carolina,…

Guadalupe Mountains National Park

Culberson County, United States

+262 birds+14 mammals

Where fossil-laden limestone ridges thrust skyward above the Chihuahuan Desert floor, Guadalupe Mountains National Park reveals a landscape sculpted by ancient seas and relentless aridity. These…

Gulf Islands National Park Reserve

Southern Gulf Islands Electoral Area, Canada

+268 birds+26 mammals

Scattered across the Salish Sea in British Columbia's southwestern corner, this national park reserve stitches together a fragmented archipelago of forested islands and rocky outcrops where…

Hamburgisches Wattenmeer National Park

Hamburg, Germany

+206 birds+6 mammals

Where the North Sea exhales across the Elbe estuary, the tidal mudflats of Hamburgisches Wattenmeer National Park emerge twice daily in a landscape of extraordinary ecological…

Harz National Park

Harz (LK Goslar), Germany

+141 birds+38 mammals

Where granite peaks rise above beech and spruce forests, the Harz unfolds as one of Germany's most biodiverse upland landscapes. Straddling the border between Lower Saxony…

Hautes-Gorges-De-La-Rivière-Malbaie National Park

Mont-Élie, Canada

+140 birds+8 mammals

Where the Rivière-Malbaie carves through the Laurentian highlands, steep-sided gorges rise dramatically above Quebec's coastal hinterland, their ancient bedrock sculpted by millennia of water and ice.…

Havasu National Wildlife Refuge

Lake Havasu City, United States

+291 birds+8 mammals

Where the Colorado River widens into a vast reservoir in the Sonoran Desert, Havasu National Wildlife Sanctuary protects one of the most critical wetland ecosystems in…

Hemis National Park

Raigahar Dhar, India

+131 birds+13 mammals

Where granite gorges cleave through the Himalayas at dizzying altitudes, a vast wilderness of alpine desert unfolds across the rain shadow of Ladakh. Hemis sprawls across…

Holkham National Nature Reserve

North Norfolk, United Kingdom

+235 birds+11 mammals

Where Norfolk's coastal flatlands meet the North Sea, Holkham National Nature Reserve unfolds across nearly 4,000 hectares of some of England's most dynamic and least predictable…

Hortobágy National Park

Hortobágy, Hungary

+260 birds+17 mammals

Across the North Great Plain of Hungary stretches one of Europe's most expansive semi-natural grassland systems, where horizon-wide vistas of steppe and wetland create a landscape…

Hot Springs National Park

Hot Springs, United States

+168 birds+8 mammals

Thermal waters rising from deep within the Ouachita Mountains have carved a landscape unlike anywhere else in the continental United States, where 47 natural hot springs…

Hustai National Park

Altanbulag, Mongolia

+198 birds+16 mammals

Where the steppe rolls endlessly beneath vast Mongolian skies, Hustai National Park preserves one of Central Asia's most dynamic grassland ecosystems. Rolling hills and open prairie…

Îles-De-Boucherville National Park

Boucherville, Canada

+243 birds+8 mammals

Where the Saint Lawrence River braids into a labyrinth of islands and channels, Îles-de-Boucherville National Park sprawls across approximately 18 square kilometres of riverine wilderness just…

Imperial National Wildlife Refuge

La Paz County, United States

+222 birds+4 mammals

Where the Colorado River carves through the Sonoran Desert in southwestern Arizona, Imperial National Wildlife Sanctuary unfolds across a landscape shaped by water and aridity. The…

Indiana Dunes National Park

Porter, United States

+304 birds+15 mammals

Along the southern shore of Lake Michigan, where glacial geology meets temperate woodland and open water, sprawls a landscape of extraordinary ecological complexity. The dunes themselves—massive…

Isle Royale National Park

Keweenaw County, United States

+197 birds+9 mammals

Across Lake Superior's cold waters lies an island wilderness where boreal forest meets rocky shoreline, a place where the climate refuses to yield easy comfort. Isle…

Izembek National Wildlife Refuge

Cold Bay, United States

+138 birds+9 mammals

Where the Aleutian archipelago reaches westward into the Bering Sea, subarctic tundra and shallow coastal waters converge to create one of Alaska's most ecologically vital wildlife…

J.N. “Ding” Darling National Wildlife Refuge

Sanibel, United States

+277 birds+6 mammals

Mangrove channels and coastal marshlands dominate this 6,400-acre sanctuary on Florida's Gulf coast, where brackish waterways weave between dense stands of red, black, and white mangrove…

Jasmund National Park

Sassnitz, Germany

+136 birds+7 mammals

Towering chalk cliffs rise abruptly from the Baltic shoreline, their luminous white faces sculpted by millennia of wind, frost, and wave action into one of northern…

Jasper National Park

Improvement District No. 12, Canada

+235 birds+34 mammals

Where the Canadian Rockies rise in dramatic succession across western Alberta, Jasper National Park spans over 11,000 square kilometres of subalpine and alpine terrain, glaciated valleys,…

Javakheti National Park

Bozali, Georgia

+138 birds

Dawn breaks over a high-altitude plateau where volcanic peaks pierce the Caucasian sky, their slopes cloaked in alpine meadows that stretch toward horizons of impossible clarity.…

Joshua Tree National Park

Riverside County, United States

+221 birds+23 mammals

Across 5,610 square kilometers of Riverside County's high desert, a landscape of geological drama unfolds where granite monoliths pierce through bajadas of creosote scrub and Joshua…

Kampinos National Park

Roztoka, Poland

+183 birds+18 mammals

Sandy pine forests and wetland mosaics spread across the glacial plains northwest of Warsaw, where Kampinos National Park protects one of central Europe's most distinctive lowland…

Kanha Tiger Reserve

Kanha Kisli F.V., India

+321 birds+23 mammals

Where sal forests give way to emerald meadows and crystalline streams carve through ancient valleys, one of India's finest wilderness reserves unfolds across the Maikal Range.…

Katmai National Park

Lake and Peninsula Borough, United States

+160 birds+19 mammals

Across southwestern Alaska's Lake and Peninsula Borough, nearly 27,000 square kilometers of subarctic wilderness sprawl between volcanic peaks and coastal wetlands, anchored by the confluence of…

Kaziranga National Park

Kohora, India

+422 birds+26 mammals

Dawn breaks over the floodplains of the Brahmaputra, where tall grasslands stretch endlessly beneath monsoon-heavy skies. This sprawling wilderness of northeastern Assam is a mosaic of…

Kenai Fjords National Park

Kenai Peninsula Borough, United States

+164 birds+19 mammals

Granite peaks and tidewater glaciers dominate Alaska's Kenai Peninsula, where nearly 7,900 square kilometers of pristine coastal wilderness descend from the Harding Icefield toward the Gulf…

Kenai National Wildlife Refuge

United States

+152 birds+16 mammals

Across Alaska's Kenai Peninsula, where glacial valleys descend toward the Cook Inlet and the Gulf of Alaska, lies one of North America's most expansive subarctic wildlife…

Kenfig National Nature Reserve

Kenfig, United Kingdom

+142 birds+5 mammals

Where brackish lakes meet windswept dunes and the North Atlantic's influence shapes every living thing, Kenfig National Nature Reserve spreads across Wales's coastal Glamorgan landscape like…

Keoladeo National Park

Shreenagar Rural, India

+326 birds+14 mammals

Where shallow wetlands shimmer beneath vast Rajasthani skies, one of Asia's finest bird sanctuaries pulses with extraordinary life. This former maharaja's hunting reserve, now spanning 29…

Kerkini Lake National Park

Serres, Greece

+291 birds+18 mammals

Where the Strymon River widens into a sprawling freshwater lake hemmed by the Rhodope Mountains, Kerkini National Park unfolds across northern Greece as one of southeastern…

Khoridol Saridag National Park

Khatgal, Mongolia

+164 birds+6 mammals

Where granite peaks thrust skyward across Mongolia's remote southeastern reaches, a landscape of raw geological drama unfolds. Deep river gorges carved through ancient stone create a…

Kielderhead National Nature Reserve

Catcleugh, United Kingdom

+108 birds+21 mammals

High moorland sweeps across the Pennines at Kielderhead, where blanket bog and heathland dominate a landscape shaped by cool, moist Atlantic winds and the reserve's temperate…

Klamath Marsh National Wildlife Refuge

Klamath County, United States

+219 birds+7 mammals

Where the volcanic plateau of south-central Oregon slopes into a broad, shallow basin lies one of the Pacific Northwest's most underappreciated wetland sanctuaries. Klamath Marsh National…

Kluane National Park and Reserve

Canada

+171 birds+17 mammals

Where granite peaks thrust through boreal forest to touch the sky, Kluane National Park and Reserve sprawls across southwestern Yukon as one of North America's most…

Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge

United States

+221 birds+22 mammals

Where temperate rainforest meets subarctic coast, Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge sprawls across Alaska's largest island, a sanctuary defined by steep valleys carved by tidewater glaciers and…

Kolkheti National Park

Nigvziani, Georgia

+60 birds+1 mammals

Where the Caucasus descends to meet the Black Sea, a mosaic of wetlands, reed beds, and coastal lagoons creates one of the Mediterranean's most biodiverse refuges.…

Kosterhavets National Park

Västra Götalands län, Sweden

+211 birds+9 mammals

Where the west coast of Sweden dissolves into an archipelago of granite skerries and pine-clad islands, Kosterhavets National Park emerges as one of northern Europe's most…

Kouchibouguac National Park of Canada

Carleton Parish, Canada

+207 birds+14 mammals

Where the Maritime provinces meet the Atlantic, 591 square kilometres of coastal forest and wetland unfold across New Brunswick's eastern shoulder, a mosaic of boreal woodland,…

L’Albufera Natural Park

València, Spain

+321 birds+18 mammals

Where shallow lagoons meet Mediterranean coastal marshland, L'Albufera Nature Park unfolds as one of Spain's most vital wetland complexes. This protected landscape, designated under IUCN Category…

Lac-Témiscouata National Park

Témiscouata, Canada

+176 birds+4 mammals

Where the boreal forests of eastern Quebec embrace a sprawling freshwater lake, Lac-Témiscouata National Park unfolds across 509 square kilometres of pristine landscape that bridges two…

Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge

Cameron County, United States

+365 birds+19 mammals

Where coastal prairie meets shallow lagoon along the southernmost tip of Texas, Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Sanctuary sprawls across a landscape sculpted by salt spray and…

Lagunas de Archidona Nature Reserve

Archidona, Spain

+142 birds+4 mammals

Where shallow freshwater lagoons merge with reed beds and Mediterranean scrub, Lagunas de Archidona in Andalusia creates a wetland mosaic of profound ecological importance. These interconnected…

Lahemaa National Park

Lääne-Viru County, Estonia

+237 birds+25 mammals

Where the Baltic coast meets temperate forest in northwestern Estonia, Lahemaa National Park sprawls across more than 1,300 square kilometers of deeply character-filled terrain. Coastal wetlands…

Lake Clark National Park

United States

+158 birds+11 mammals

Where subarctic tundra meets volcanic terrain and pristine waterways, Lake Clark National Park unfolds across southwestern Alaska as a landscape carved by ice age glaciers and…

Lake District National Park

Westmorland and Furness, United Kingdom

+209 birds+36 mammals

Where slate fells rise steeply from mirror-still waters, the Lake District unfolds as one of Britain's most ecologically intricate mountain landscapes. The park's patchwork of deep…

Lassen Volcanic National Park

Shasta County, United States

+239 birds+18 mammals

Volcanic peaks and geothermal upheaval have sculpted 545 square kilometers of Northern California into a landscape where fire and water engage in perpetual dialogue. Lassen Peak…

Lindisfarne National Nature Reserve

Holy Island, United Kingdom

+240 birds+13 mammals

Windswept tidal flats and rocky outcrops define this reserve on Holy Island, where the North Sea's relentless rhythm shapes both landscape and wildlife. The terrain shifts…

Loch Lomond & the Trossachs National Park

Duchray, United Kingdom

+188 birds+40 mammals

Where ancient woodlands rise from glassy lochs and rugged Highland peaks pierce the lowland horizon, Scotland's most biodiverse landscape unfolds across 720 square kilometres of wild…

Losiny Ostrov National Park

Balashikhinsky District, Russia

+173 birds+20 mammals

Across the forested plateaus of Moscow Oblast, where the Losinka River winds through mixed woodland and marshy clearings, lies a national park that captures the ecological…

Lower Oder Valley National Park

Schwedt/Oder, Germany

+216 birds+21 mammals

Where the Oder River winds through northeastern Brandenburg, the Lower Oder Valley National Park protects one of Central Europe's most vital wetland systems. This sprawling mosaic…

Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge

Starbase, United States

+311 birds+11 mammals

Where the Rio Grande delta spreads across the coastal plain of South Texas, a sanctuary of subtropical wetlands and riparian corridors creates a landscape that pulses…

Lower Saxon Wadden Sea National Park

Norderney, Germany

+193 birds+12 mammals

Where the North Sea meets the German coast, a vast expanse of tidal mudflats, salt marshes, and shallow waters creates one of Europe's most dynamic estuarine…

Malheur National Wildlife Refuge

Harney County, United States

+309 birds+24 mammals

Across the high desert plateau of southeastern Oregon, where sagebrush scrubland stretches toward distant ridgelines under an enormous sky, lies a sanctuary shaped by water in…

Marjal Pego-Oliva Natural Park

Molinell, Spain

+219 birds+2 mammals

Where the Valencian littoral flattens into wetland and reed-bed, Marjal Pego-Oliva straddles the boundary between the Mediterranean and its inland margins, a mosaic of shallow lagoons,…

Mauricie National Park

Shawinigan, Canada

+184 birds+12 mammals

Where the Canadian Shield meets boreal forest, Mauricie National Park unfolds across a landscape of granite ridges, crystalline lakes, and dense coniferous woodland that defines the…

Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge

Brevard County, United States

+341 birds+19 mammals

Brackish marshes and palmetto scrub define this wildlife sanctuary spanning the coastal lowlands of central Florida, where the Atlantic tide meets freshwater systems in a dynamic…

Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge

United States

+91 birds+1 mammals

Straddling the international date line roughly midway between North America and Asia, this atoll sanctuary rises from the North Pacific as a cluster of coral and…

Monfragüe National Park

Torrejón el Rubio, Spain

+219 birds+10 mammals

Where the Tagus River cuts through limestone plateaus in central Extremadura, Monfragüe National Park rises as a fortress of Mediterranean and Atlantic woodland, its dramatic rocky…

Mont-Saint-Bruno National Park

Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville, Canada

+200 birds+13 mammals

Hardwood forests rise steeply from the suburbs of Montreal to crown a distinctive peak in the Monterégian Hills, their ancient geology pushing through mixed deciduous woodland…

Mont-Tremblant National Park

Lac-des-Dix-Milles, Canada

+200 birds+12 mammals

Where the Laurentian plateau rises in central Quebec, a landscape of boreal forest and glacially carved lakes unfolds across nearly 3,100 square kilometres of protected wilderness.…

Mount Rainier National Park

Pierce County, United States

+187 birds+25 mammals

A volcanic colossus dominates the Cascade Range in western Washington, its 4,392-meter summit crowned year-round with glacial ice that cascades down toward temperate rainforest and subalpine…

Nahanni National Park

Dehcho Region, Canada

+151 birds+11 mammals

Where the South Nahanni River carves through the Mackenzie Mountains, a landscape of extraordinary wildness unfolds across more than 61,000 square kilometres of boreal forest, alpine…

National Elk Refuge

Jackson, United States

+230 birds+27 mammals

Where the sagebrush flats of northwestern Wyoming rise toward the Gros Ventre Mountains, winter transforms the landscape into a realm of survival and spectacle. The National…

National Park Djerdap

Mehedinți, Romania

+127 birds+5 mammals

Where the Danube carves its most dramatic passage through southeastern Europe, the Djerdap Gorge defines the boundary between Romania and Serbia, and within this UNESCO-recognised landscape…

Nizhnyaya Kama National Park

Yelabuzhsky District, Russia

+92 birds+7 mammals

Where the Kama River carves through the eastern margins of European Russia, a sprawling mosaic of floodplain forests, oxbow lakes, and riparian grasslands protects one of…

North York Moors National Park

North Yorkshire, United Kingdom

+234 birds+32 mammals

Across the high moorlands of North Yorkshire, where heather and bilberry sprawl beneath vast skies, the landscape rises and falls in gentle undulation—a patchwork of open…

Northeast China Tiger and Leopard National Park

Mu Dan Jiang Shi, China

+202 birds+19 mammals

Across the temperate forests of northeastern China, where winters grip the landscape in subzero silence and summers remain cool and brief, the Mudanjiang region supports a…

Northumberland National Park

Northumberland, United Kingdom

+133 birds+20 mammals

Granite ridges and moorland sweep across the Cheviot Hills in northern England, where windswept uplands give way to deep river valleys carved through ancient bedrock. Northumberland…

Nuuksio National Park

Espoo, Finland

+135 birds+12 mammals

Across the forested plateaus and rocky shorelines of southern Finland, where granite bedrock pierces through boreal woodland just twenty kilometers northwest of Helsinki, lies a landscape…

Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge

Charlton County, United States

+206 birds+14 mammals

Vast wetlands of cypress and blackwater creeks define this wildlife sanctuary straddling the Georgia–Florida border, where the landscape shifts between open marsh, dense swamp forest, and…

Olympic National Park

Jefferson County, United States

+263 birds+35 mammals

Where temperate rainforest meets alpine wilderness, Olympic National Park sprawls across nearly 11,000 square kilometers of the Pacific Northwest's most pristine landscape. The park's three distinct…

Orang National Park

Rangagarapathar, India

+298 birds+1 mammals

Where the Brahmaputra's floodplains meet the foothills of Assam, Orang National Park unfolds across a mosaic of riverine grasslands, forests and wetlands that pulse with the…

Pallas-Yllästunturi National Park

Muonio, Finland

+137 birds+19 mammals

Where boreal forest meets fell, across the Finnish Arctic frontier, nearly 3,650 square kilometres of pristine subarctic wilderness unfold in a landscape sculpted by glacial epochs…

Panna National Park

Badgadi Kalan, India

+271 birds+17 mammals

Where granite gorges slice through central India's Vindhyan plateau, a landscape of stark beauty unfolds across nearly six hundred square kilometers. The Ken River carves through…

Parc del Foix

Castellet i la Gornal, Spain

+180 birds+4 mammals

Where the Foix River carves through limestone ridges southwest of Barcelona, a natural park of modest area but outsized ecological richness unfolds across roughly 37 square…

Parc del Garraf

Rat-Penat, Spain

+190 birds+15 mammals

Where limestone ridges rise abruptly from the Mediterranean coastal plain, Parc Natural del Garraf unfolds across 319 square kilometers of one of Catalonia's most dramatic protected…

Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge

Dare County, United States

+356 birds+15 mammals

Where the Outer Banks taper toward the Atlantic, a sliver of barrier island creates a microcosm of coastal ecology. Pea Island National Wildlife Sanctuary spans over…

Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge

Windsor, United States

+265 birds+4 mammals

Where Florida's Indian River widens into a brackish estuary, a small island sanctuary commands the attention of waterbirds across the Atlantic Flyway. Pelican Island National Wildlife…

Pembrokeshire Coast National Park

Pembrokeshire, United Kingdom

+250 birds+41 mammals

Where the Cambrian coastline meets the Celtic Sea, cliff-top moorland and hidden coves define a landscape carved by 300 million years of geological drama. Pembrokeshire Coast…

Peneda-Gerês National Park

A Baixa Limia, Portugal

+156 birds+15 mammals

Where granite gorges cut through ancient montane forests, the Peneda-Gerês National Park rises across the rugged borderlands between northern Portugal and Galicia, a landscape shaped by…

Petrified Forest National Park

Apache County, United States

+206 birds+23 mammals

Across the high desert plateau of northeastern Arizona, where the climate swings between scorching summer days and frost-laden winters, badlands of raw earth and timber-turned-to-stone dominate…

Pinnacles National Park

San Benito County, United States

+197 birds+33 mammals

Jagged volcanic spires thrust from chaparral-covered ridges across 222 square kilometers of central California's inner Coast Ranges, their pale stone crowns catching the afternoon light like…

Pleshcheyevo Lake National Park

Pereslavl-Zalessky, Russia

+137 birds+4 mammals

Where the continental forests of western Russia meet the glacial imprint of the last ice age, Pleshcheyevo Lake sprawls across the landscape near Pereslavl-Zalessky like a…

Point Pelee National Park

Leamington, Canada

+296 birds+14 mammals

Where Lake Erie's shallow waters meet the Ontario shoreline, a slender sandy peninsula juts into the Great Lakes like a natural funnel for migrating wildlife. This…

Pointe-Taillon National Park

Lac-Saint-Jean-Est, Canada

+157 birds+10 mammals

Where boreal forest meets the shores of Lac-Saint-Jean, Pointe-Taillon National Park unfolds across a landscape shaped by glacial legacy and water. Sandy peninsulas and islands rise…

Polesie National Park

Michałów, Poland

+172 birds+9 mammals

Where the Pripyat River winds through eastern Poland, Polesie National Park sprawls across 418 square kilometres of a landscape shaped by water, peat, and millennia of…

Port-Cros National Park

Hyères, France

+271 birds+29 mammals

Where Mediterranean granite islands rise from crystalline waters off the Provençal coast, Port-Cros National Park protects one of Europe's most intact marine and terrestrial ecosystems. The…

Poyang Lake National Nature Reserve

Shangrao, China

+270 birds+7 mammals

Where the Yangtze River's massive floodplain spreads across central China, Poyang Lake National Nature Reserve encompasses one of the continent's most dynamic and water-rich wetland systems.…

Purbeck Heaths National Nature Reserve

Norden, United Kingdom

+143 birds+8 mammals

Across the gently undulating plateau of Dorset's heathlands, Purbeck's ancient landscape unfolds as a mosaic of heather, gorse, and scattered pines—a habitat shaped by millennia of…

Qinghai Lake National Nature Reserve

Hainan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, China

+243 birds+11 mammals

At 3,200 metres above sea level on the Tibetan plateau, where winter temperatures plunge far below freezing and snow blankets the landscape for half the year,…

Ranthambhore National Park

Sawai Madhopur, India

+294 birds+20 mammals

Granite ridges and ravines carved through the Aravalli Range frame this protected landscape in eastern Rajasthan, where deciduous forest mingles with open scrubland and seasonal water…

Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge

Beaverhead County, United States

+216 birds+10 mammals

Where the Greater Yellowstone ecosystem's northern reaches meet the high plateaus of southwestern Montana, a network of glacial lakes and wetlands sustains one of the continent's…

Redes Natural Park

Arrobio, Spain

+163 birds+16 mammals

Where the Picos de Europa cast their shadow westward, the Redes Nature Park sprawls across nearly 600 square kilometres of Asturian limestone and schist, a wild…

Redwood National Park

Humboldt County, United States

+343 birds+43 mammals

Where the Pacific fog rolls deep into northern California's coastal valleys, some of the tallest trees on Earth rise from a landscape shaped by tectonic forces…

Ribble Estuary National Nature Reserve

Southport, United Kingdom

+197 birds+17 mammals

Where the Ribble flows into the Irish Sea, a landscape of mudflats, salt marshes and shallow pools creates one of northwest England's most dynamic estuarine ecosystems.…

Rocky Mountain National Park

Larimer County, United States

+259 birds+33 mammals

Where granite peaks rise above 12,000 feet and alpine tundra gives way to subalpine forest, Rocky Mountain National Park spans the Continental Divide across nearly 1,600…

Roztocze National Park

Obrocz, Poland

+117 birds+4 mammals

Where the Lublin Upland plateaus meet their gentler eastern slopes, Roztocze National Park unfolds across 272 square kilometres of Central European woodland mosaic—a landscape where glacial…

S’Albufera Natural Park

Platja de Muro, Spain

+253 birds+6 mammals

Where Mediterranean lagoons meet the Balearic coast, S'Albufera stretches across nearly 1,600 hectares of wetland and dune systems that rank among Europe's most ecologically vital shallow-water…

Sagarmatha National Park

Khumjung, Nepal

+219 birds+7 mammals

Soaring peaks and deep glacial valleys define this alpine wilderness in northeastern Nepal, where the terrain rises from forested foothills into a realm of high-altitude tundra…

Saguaro National Park

Rincon Valley, United States

+354 birds+40 mammals

Where the Sonoran Desert meets sky-island mountains, two geographically separated districts of Saguaro National Park sprawl across nearly two thousand square kilometers of Arizona's most iconic…

Salton Sea National Wildlife Refuge

Imperial County, United States

+289 birds+4 mammals

Across the floor of California's inland desert, where summer temperatures soar and rainfall is measured in tenths of inches, lies an improbable oasis of shallow water…

Sanjiangyuan National Park

Nagqu, China

+187 birds+25 mammals

Where the headwaters of three great Asian rivers emerge from a high alpine plateau, the landscape unfolds in tundra and dwarf shrubland—a world of austere beauty…

Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge

Hidalgo County, United States

+349 birds+12 mammals

Where the Rio Grande delta meets the semi-arid scrublands of South Texas, Santa Ana National Wildlife Sanctuary preserves a rare mosaic of wetland and thornforest habitat…

Schleswig-Holsteinisches Wattenmeer National Park

Germany

+378 birds+49 mammals

Where the North Sea ebbs and flows across a vast expanse of exposed mud and sand, the Schleswig-Holsteinisches Wattenmeer National Park reveals one of Europe's most…

Seedskadee National Wildlife Refuge

Sweetwater County, United States

+209 birds+8 mammals

Where the Green River carves through the high-desert basin of southwestern Wyoming, Seedskadee National Wildlife Sanctuary preserves one of the West's most vital riparian corridors. The…

Sequoia National Park

Tulare County, United States

+187 birds+27 mammals

Granite peaks rising above 3,600 meters dominate the southern Sierra Nevada, where Sequoia National Park sprawls across one of North America's most vertically compressed wilderness zones.…

Seven Sisters National Nature Reserve

Eastbourne, United Kingdom

+190 birds+15 mammals

Where the South Downs meet the English Channel, the chalk cliffs of Seven Sisters rise in a dramatic sequence of white promontories that have shaped both…

Shenandoah National Park

Page County, United States

+243 birds+31 mammals

Ridges of ancient quartzite rise above the Shenandoah Valley floor, their slopes dressed in a mosaic of oak and hickory forest that yields to cove hardwoods…

Sierra de Andújar Natural Park

Our Lady of Cabeza, Spain

+198 birds+19 mammals

Where granite gorges slice through Mediterranean scrubland and cork forests cascade down Andalusian hillsides, one of Spain's most pristine wilderness areas unfolds across 74,000 hectares of…

Sierras Subbéticas Natural Park

Algar, Spain

+156 birds+10 mammals

Where limestone ridges rise abruptly from the Córdoba countryside, the Sierras Subbéticas Nature Park sprawls across nearly 583 square kilometres of one of Andalusia's most rugged…

Sila National Park

San Giovanni in Fiore, Italy

+125 birds+11 mammals

Where the Calabrian Apennines rise inland from the Ionian coast, Sila National Park preserves a landscape of high plateaus and beech-dominated forests that feel more Central…

Skomer Island

Haverfordwest, United Kingdom

+177 birds+5 mammals

Where the Irish Sea crashes against the Welsh coast, wind-scoured cliffs rise dramatically from churning waters, creating one of Britain's most pristine island sanctuaries. Skomer Island's…

Słowiński National Park

Smołdzino, Poland

+217 birds+16 mammals

Where the Baltic shoreline surrenders to vast inland dunes and freshwater lagoons, Słowiński National Park spans nearly 610 square kilometres of one of Europe's most dynamic…

Somiedo Natural Park

Pola de Somiedo, Spain

+165 birds+25 mammals

Where granite gorges cleave through the Cantabrian Mountains of northern Spain, alpine meadows roll toward beech and oak forests in a landscape virtually untouched by industrial…

South Downs National Park

Chichester, United Kingdom

+298 birds+45 mammals

Chalk downland ridges rise and fall across the South Downs, their open grasslands and beech hangers creating a mosaic of habitats that has shaped human settlement…

St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge

Saint Marks, United States

+324 birds+16 mammals

Where the Apalachee Bay begins to define the Florida coastline, salt marshes and freshwater impoundments merge into one of the southeastern United States' most productive wildlife…

St. Paul Island

Saint Paul, United States

+255 birds+8 mammals

Windswept tundra rolls across this remote Pribilof island, where volcanic basalt cliffs plunge into the Bering Sea and fog rolls in thick enough to erase the…

Stackpole National Nature Reserve

Bosherston, United Kingdom

+111 birds+4 mammals

Where limestone grasslands meet freshwater lakes and coastal dunes, Stackpole unfolds across the Pembrokeshire peninsula as one of Wales's most ecologically diverse nature reserves. The reserve's…

Stenshuvuds National Park

Skåne län, Sweden

+224 birds+19 mammals

Where limestone cliffs rise sharply above the Øresund Strait, Stenshuvuds National Park commands the southeastern tip of Skåne, a landscape carved by glaciation into rolling beech…

Tablas de Daimiel National Park

Daimiel, Spain

+246 birds+6 mammals

Where the Guadiana River spreads into a labyrinth of shallow lagoons and reed beds across the sun-baked plains of central Spain, Tablas de Daimiel National Park…

Tadoba National Park

Palasgaon Singru, India

+270 birds+20 mammals

Where sal forests meet open grasslands and rocky outcrops rise from red laterite soil, central India's landscape unfolds in raw, untamed beauty. Ancient teak woodlands and…

The Wash National Nature Reserve

King's Lynn and West Norfolk, United Kingdom

+141 birds+3 mammals

Where the North Sea meets the Norfolk coast, The Wash sprawls as one of Britain's most extensive estuarine systems—a vast, restless realm of mudflats, saltmarsh, and…

Tombstone Territorial Park

Dawson City, Canada

+150 birds+17 mammals

Where granite peaks pierce the Yukon sky and tundra stretches endlessly toward the Arctic horizon, the Tombstone Range commands attention with uncompromising beauty. This subarctic wilderness…

Transbaikal National Park

Barguzinsky Rayon, Russia

+83 birds+7 mammals

Where the eastern shore of Lake Baikal meets the Barguzinsky Range, a vast wilderness of boreal forest, alpine tundra, and rocky shoreline unfolds across more than…

Tule Lake National Wildlife Refuge

Siskiyou County, United States

+255 birds+9 mammals

Across the high volcanic plateau of northeastern California, where summer heat scorches the alkali flats and winter winds sweep unobstructed through open water and marsh, Tule…

Ujście Warty National Park

Gorzów County, Poland

+212 birds+9 mammals

Where the Warta River spreads into its delta before joining the Oder, wetland and woodland merge into one of central Europe's most vital ecological crossroads. Ujście…

Upper Klamath National Wildlife Refuge

Klamath County, United States

+217 birds

Where shallow marshes and open water meet the high desert of south-central Oregon, the Upper Klamath National Wildlife Sanctuary creates a landscape of startling contrasts. Fed…

Urdaibai Biosphere Reserve

Txatxarramendi, Spain

+268 birds+8 mammals

Where the Pyrenean foothills surrender to the Bay of Biscay, tidal estuaries carve through Basque limestone, creating one of Europe's most ecologically vital wetland complexes. Salt…

Valdai National Park

Валдайский муниципальный округ, Russia

+102 birds+5 mammals

A tapestry of boreal forest, glacial lakes, and wetland complexes spreads across the Novgorod Oblast landscape, where Valdai National Park anchors one of Russia's most ecologically…

Valdaysky National Park

Валдайский муниципальный округ, Russia

+102 birds+5 mammals

Rolling glacial hills rise and fall across the Novgorod Oblast landscape, their slopes mantled in dense boreal forest that stretches toward a horizon punctuated by countless…

Vorpommersche Boddenlandschaft National Park

Küstengewässer einschließlich Anteil am Festlandso, Germany

+230 birds+19 mammals

Where the Baltic coast dissolves into a labyrinth of shallow lagoons and coastal wetlands, Vorpommersche Boddenlandschaft National Park protects one of northern Europe's most dynamic and…

Voyageurs National Park

Northwest Saint Louis, United States

+198 birds+13 mammals

Where the boreal forest meets the glacially sculpted lakes of northwestern Minnesota, Voyageurs National Park sprawls across nearly two thousand square kilometres of a landscape shaped…

Wapusk National Park

Unorganized Division No. 23, Canada

+140 birds+6 mammals

Across the subarctic lowlands of northern Manitoba, where permafrost underlies a mosaic of stunted boreal forest, open muskeg, and coastal tundra, Wapusk National Park sprawls across…

Waterton Lakes National Park

Improvement District No. 04, Canada

+252 birds+31 mammals

Where the Continental Divide plunges toward the prairies of Alberta, glacier-carved valleys and emerald lakes pierce a landscape where montane forest meets alpine tundra. Waterton Lakes…

Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge

Triana, United States

+268 birds+10 mammals

Shallow impoundments and meandering channels spread across northern Alabama's humid subtropical landscape, where Wheeler National Wildlife Sanctuary anchors a critical junction of wetland and woodland habitat.…

White Sands National Park

Otero County, United States

+178 birds+6 mammals

Across the Tularosa Basin in south-central New Mexico sprawls an otherworldly landscape of gypsum dunes—the largest gypsum field on Earth and a stark desert playground shaped…

Wichita Mountains National Wildlife Refuge

Medicine Park, United States

+256 birds+17 mammals

Granite peaks rise abruptly from rolling prairie in southwestern Oklahoma, where the Wichita Mountains National Wildlife Refuge protects a rare collision of ecosystems. This sanctuary encompasses…

Wielkopolska National Park

Trzebaw, Poland

+141 birds+8 mammals

Across the glacial plains of Greater Poland, where ice-age geology shaped a landscape of shallow lakes and mixed forest, Wielkopolska National Park stretches across nearly 190…

Wigry National Park

Czerwony Folwark, Poland

+130 birds+8 mammals

Where glacial lakes cut through northeastern Poland's primordial forests, Wigry National Park sprawls across 368 square kilometers of one of Europe's least disturbed wilderness tracts. The…

Wind Cave National Park

Custer County, United States

+175 birds+13 mammals

Beneath the rolling prairie of the Black Hills, a network of passages carved through limestone creates one of North America's most extensive cave systems. Wind Cave…

Wolin National Park

Kamień County, Poland

+232 birds+21 mammals

Where the Baltic shoreline meets vast wetland complexes and Pleistocene woodlands, Wolin National Park unfolds across nearly 440 square kilometres of northwestern Poland's most biodiverse terrain.…

Wolong National Nature Reserve

Wenchuan County, China

+333 birds+17 mammals

Where the Qingyi River cuts through the eastern flanks of the Minshan Range, a temperate montane forest cloaks steep valleys in dense canopy that thins dramatically…

Wood Buffalo National Park

Improvement District No. 24, Canada

+187 birds+10 mammals

Across nearly 75,000 square kilometres of boreal forest, wetland and grassland in northern Alberta, the landscape unfolds in a mosaic of spruce and pine woodland interspersed…

Wrangell-Saint Elias National Park

Unorganized Borough, United States

+155 birds+13 mammals

Where granite peaks thrust above 5,400 metres and vast fields of glacial ice dominate the landscape, Wrangell-Saint Elias encompasses one of North America's most extreme wilderness…

Yancheng National Nature Reserve

Yancheng, China

+208 birds+4 mammals

Where the East China Sea's tidal rhythms sculpt the Jiangsu coast, Yancheng National Nature Reserve sprawls across one of Asia's most dynamic wetland complexes. This vast…

Yellowstone National Park

Park County, United States

+253 birds+43 mammals

Across nearly 11,400 square kilometres of the Rocky Mountain plateau, geothermal fury and pristine wilderness converge in one of Earth's most dynamic landscapes. Hot springs, geysers…

Ynys-hir National Nature Reserve

Machynlleth, United Kingdom

+149 birds+5 mammals

Where the River Einig winds through the lowland valleys of mid-Wales, Ynys-hir National Nature Reserve unfolds as a mosaic of wet grassland, reedbed, and riparian woodland…

Yoho National Park

Area A (Kicking Horse/Kinbasket Lake), Canada

+207 birds+19 mammals

Where the Canadian Rockies meet the Columbia River watershed, a vast wilderness of 2,211 square kilometres unfolds across Yoho National Park in British Columbia. The landscape…

Yorkshire Dales National Park

North Yorkshire, United Kingdom

+169 birds+25 mammals

Limestone pavements and deep limestone gorges carved by glaciation dominate the landscape of the Yorkshire Dales, creating a landscape of exceptional geological drama where moorland plateaus…

Yosemite National Park

Mariposa County, United States

+224 birds+28 mammals

Granite cliffs soar nearly a kilometer above the valley floor in this expanse of high Sierra wilderness, where glacial U-shaped valleys sculpt a landscape of dramatic…

Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge

Bethel, United States

+156 birds+12 mammals

Across the Yukon Delta sprawls one of North America's most expansive coastal wetland sanctuaries, where the boreal subarctic climate strips down existence to essentials. This vast…

Zhalong National Nature Reserve

Qiqihar, China

+78 birds

Across the wetlands of northeastern China, where the Heilongjiang climate swings between brutal winters and warm summers, lies one of East Asia's most vital refuges for…

Zion National Park

Washington County, United States

+244 birds+30 mammals

Towering sandstone cliffs in shades of crimson, rust, and cream rise abruptly from the Virgin River's winding canyon floor, their sculpted faces bearing witness to millions…