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Abijata-Shalla Lakes National Park

Ethiopia

+438 birds+7 mammals

Two crater lakes of contrasting chemistry define this remote corner of Ethiopia's Rift Valley, where soda lakes and freshwater basins create a mosaic of distinct aquatic…

Agulhas National Park

Cape Agulhas Local Municipality, South Africa

+224 birds+13 mammals

Where the Atlantic and Indian Oceans meet at Africa's southernmost tip, Agulhas National Park stretches across 892 square kilometres of windswept coastal landscape and rugged limestone…

Amacayacu National Park

Leticia, Colombia

+567 birds+25 mammals

Where the Rio Amazonas curves through the tri-border region where Colombia, Peru, and Brazil converge, Amacayacu National Park sprawls across more than 5,250 square kilometres of…

Amazônia National Park

Brazil

+439 birds+6 mammals

Where the Rio Amazonas and its tributaries weave through the heart of Pará state, a vast tapestry of rainforest stretches across 23,611 square kilometers of unbroken…

Amboseli National Park

Etonet/Lenkism ward, Kenya

+501 birds+43 mammals

Where the Amboseli basin opens toward the Tanzanian frontier, a shallow alkaline lake mirrors vast skies across one of East Africa's most iconic savanna landscapes. The…

Anavilhanas National Park

Brazil

+468 birds+8 mammals

Across the Rio Negro in central Amazonas, an archipelago of over a thousand islands rises from the world's largest rainforest river system, creating a labyrinth of…

Antisana National Park

Quijos, Ecuador

+432 birds+21 mammals

Where the eastern Andean slopes descend into the Amazon basin, Antisana National Park sprawls across roughly 2,500 square kilometers of some of South America's most dramatic…

Appennino Tosco-Emiliano National Park

Ventasso, Italy

+86 birds+8 mammals

Where the northern Apennines rise in folded ridges across the Emilia-Romagna borderland, the Dell'Appennino Tosco-Emiliano National Park protects one of Italy's most geologically complex mountain landscapes.…

Arabuko Sokoke Forest Reserve

Kilifi, Kenya

+383 birds+29 mammals

Coastal forest rises from the Indian Ocean plains of Kilifi County, where sandy soils and seasonal rainfall have sculpted a woodland ecosystem unlike anywhere else on…

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…

Archipiélago Juan Fernández National Park

San Juan Bautista, Chile

+31 birds+2 mammals

Granite peaks rise abruptly from the South Pacific off the Chilean coast, their weathered slopes studded with native woodland and sweeping down to coves where seabirds…

Arenal Volcano National Park

Peñas Blancas, Costa Rica

+551 birds+21 mammals

Straddling the border between Alajuela and Guanacaste in northwestern Costa Rica, this national park rises dramatically around one of Central America's most active volcanic systems. The…

Arrecifes de Cozumel National Park

San Miguel de Cozumel, Mexico

+112 birds+4 mammals

Beneath the turquoise shallows of the western Caribbean, Arrecifes de Cozumel National Park protects a sprawling marine realm across 484 square kilometres off the Quintana Roo…

Arusha National Park

Tanzania

+555 birds+16 mammals

Where the slopes of Mount Mawenzi rise above the Arusha region, a compact yet ecologically rich national park unfolds across montane forest, moorland, and alpine zones.…

Aspromonte National Park

Careri, Italy

+89 birds+5 mammals

Where the Aspromonte massif rises sharply from Calabria's Tyrrhenian coast, ancient beech and mixed temperate forests cloak the upper slopes, giving way at lower elevations to…

Augrabies Falls National Park

Kai !Garib Local Municipality, South Africa

+176 birds+20 mammals

Where the Orange River cuts a dramatic scar through the Northern Cape's arid interior, Augrabies Falls National Park sprawls across nearly 1,200 square kilometers of raw,…

Awash National Park

Didiga, Ethiopia

+473 birds+23 mammals

Where the Ethiopian Rift Valley carves through volcanic plateaus, a ribbon of riverine forest winds through acacia scrubland and grassland, creating a mosaic of habitats that…

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…

Bahuaja Sonene National Park

San Pedro de Putina Punco, Peru

+602 birds+8 mammals

Where the Madre de Dios and Heath rivers converge in southeastern Peru rises one of South America's most biodiverse wilderness regions: a vast protected realm of…

Baikal National Park

Ольхонский район, Russia

+184 birds+11 mammals

Where the world's deepest freshwater lake meets ancient Siberian taiga, Baikal National Park sprawls across 66,203 square kilometers of one of Earth's most singular ecosystems. The…

Baima Snow Mountain National Nature Reserve

Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, China

+204 birds+3 mammals

High-altitude ridges and steep-sided valleys define this reserve in northwestern Yunnan, where elevations surge from around 3,000 metres to peaks above 4,100 metres. The terrain supports…

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…

Bandipur National Park

Hirehalli, India

+302 birds+19 mammals

Where the Western Ghats descend into the Deccan plateau, ancient deciduous forests blanket a landscape carved by the Nugu River. Bandipur unfolds across 880 square kilometres…

Banff National Park

Improvement District No. 9, Canada

+264 birds+33 mammals

Where the Canadian Rockies thrust skyward in a cathedral of limestone and ice, Banff National Park preserves a wilderness of astounding vertical drama. Glacier-carved valleys cradle…

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,…

Barra del Colorado National Wildlife Refuge

Tortuguero, Costa Rica

+462 birds+36 mammals

Where the Caribbean's restless waters meet the Limón Province coastline, Barra del Colorado National Wildlife Sanctuary unfolds across a landscape of extraordinary ecological complexity. This equatorial…

Baru Volcano National Park

Cerro Punta, Panama

+402 birds+6 mammals

Where the land rises sharply toward the Caribbean's western spine, Baru Volcano National Park sprawls across roughly 220 square kilometres of southwestern Panama, anchored by the…

Bavarian Forest National Park

Germany

+127 birds+18 mammals

Where ancient spruce and fir forests rise across the Bohemian plateau, the Bavarian Forest National Park unfolds as one of central Europe's most intact temperate woodland…

Ben Boyd National Park

Eden, Australia

+255 birds+47 mammals

Where the temperate forests of the far south coast meet towering sea cliffs, Ben Boyd National Park unveils one of New South Wales' most dramatic coastal…

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…

Biscayne National Park

Miami-Dade County, United States

+263 birds+7 mammals

Coral reefs and mangrove shallows dominate this marine sanctuary where the Florida Keys meet the Atlantic, creating a mosaic of shallow seagrass meadows, patch reefs, and…

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…

Bogani Nani Wartabone National Park

Bolaang Mongondow, Indonesia

+154 birds+4 mammals

Across North Sulawesi's rugged interior, where tectonic uplift has carved steep ridges and deep valleys through ancient volcanic terrain, Bogani Nani Wartabone National Park sprawls across…

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…

Bontebok National Park

Swellendam Local Municipality, South Africa

+204 birds+11 mammals

Where the Cape Fold Mountains give way to coastal lowlands, a landscape of rolling sandstone hills and fynbos heathland creates one of South Africa's most compact…

Bosc de Virós

Ainet de Besan, Spain

+126 birds+10 mammals

Where the Pyrenean foothills roll down through northeastern Catalonia, Bosc de Virós unfolds as a dense tapestry of mixed temperate forest in the Lleida province, its…

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.…

Bosques de Plan

San Juan de Plan, Spain

+124 birds+4 mammals

Where granite peaks plunge into beech and fir forests, the Pyrenean valleys of Bosques de Plan unfold in dramatic tiers of ancient woodland. This wilderness in…

Brasília National Park

Plano Piloto, Brazil

+338 birds+15 mammals

Cerrado grassland and scattered woodland sweep across the central Brazilian plateau where this national park sprawls across more than a thousand square kilometres of the Federal…

Braulio Carrillo National Park

Las Horquetas, Costa Rica

+547 birds+18 mammals

Where the Caribbean slope descends from the central volcanic cordillera toward the humid lowlands of Heredia, Braulio Carrillo National Park preserves one of Costa Rica's most…

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…

Budj Bim National Park

Australia

+137 birds+7 mammals

Across southwestern Victoria's volcanic plains, Budj Bim National Park preserves a landscape shaped by ancient lava flows and Indigenous land stewardship spanning millennia. The park's 184…

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…

Bwabwata National Park

Namibia

+377 birds+35 mammals

Where the Kavango River winds through northeastern Namibia, vast floodplains and dense riparian woodland create one of southern Africa's most ecologically dynamic protected landscapes. Spanning 14,249…

Bwindi Impenetrable National Park

Kanyashogi, Uganda

+603 birds+26 mammals

Steep ridges cloaked in montane forest rise from Uganda's southwestern borderlands, where the landscape grows so dense and tangled that early explorers named it impenetrable. At…

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…

Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge

United States

+155 birds+6 mammals

Across southwestern Arizona's harshest terrain, where the Colorado River marks the border with Mexico, lies a sanctuary shaped entirely by heat and aridity. Cabeza Prieta National…

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…

Caerlaverock National Nature Reserve

Carsethorn, United Kingdom

+109 birds+16 mammals

Where the Solway Firth meets the Scottish coast, saltmarsh and mudflat create a landscape shaped by tidal rhythms and temperate maritime climate. Caerlaverock's mosaic of habitats—brackish…

Cahuita National Park

Talamanca, Costa Rica

+359 birds+15 mammals

Where the Caribbean shoreline dissolves into mangrove creeks and coral gardens, Cahuita's mosaic of habitats unfolds across the Limón coast. The park's signature feature—a living coral…

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…

Caldera de Taburiente National Park

El Paso, Spain

+40 birds+1 mammals

Where volcanic ramparts rise nearly two kilometres above the Atlantic, Caldera de Taburiente reveals one of the Canary Islands' most dramatic geological narratives. This national park…

Calilegua National Park

Municipio de Calilegua, Argentina

+288 birds+8 mammals

Where the eastern Andean slopes plunge into northwestern Argentina's humid subtropics, nearly 2,645 square kilometers of steep terrain and luxuriant forest compose one of South America's…

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…

Cañón del Río Lobos Natural Park

Santa María de las Hoyas, Spain

+136 birds+2 mammals

Where the Río Lobos carves its relentless path through the Iberian plateau, limestone cliffs rise in dramatic ramparts above a ribbon of water that has spent…

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…

Capçaleres del Ter i del Freser Natural Park

La Farga, Spain

+125 birds+20 mammals

Where the eastern Pyrenees yield their first waters, granite gorges slice through dense forests of beech and fir, creating one of Catalonia's most hydrologically vital landscapes.…

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…

Carara National Park

Tárcoles, Costa Rica

+397 birds+19 mammals

Where the Pacific coastal plain meets transitional forest, Carara National Park straddles one of Central America's most dynamic ecological boundaries. The park's landscape encompasses lowland deciduous…

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…

Cederberg Wilderness Area

Cederberg Local Municipality, South Africa

+136 birds+12 mammals

Where ancient sandstone ridges rise dramatically from the semi-arid lowlands of Western Cape, the Cederberg Wilderness Area spreads across nearly 1,700 square kilometres of some of…

Central Balkan National Park

Zhidov dol, Bulgaria

+135 birds+16 mammals

Where granite peaks pierce the Bulgarian highlands, ancient beech and conifer forests blanket mountains that rise dramatically from the Balkan range's heart. This wilderness encompasses three…

Cévennes National Park

Vebron, France

+187 birds+63 mammals

Where granite gorges slice through the limestone plateaux of southern France, the Cévennes Cœur National Park unfolds across nearly 3,500 square kilometres of one of Europe's…

Chaco National Park

Municipio de Presidencia de la Plaza, Argentina

+258 birds+7 mammals

Across the humid subtropical lowlands of northeastern Argentina, where the Paraná River basin feeds vast seasonal wetlands and gallery forests, Chaco National Park protects one of…

Chapada Diamantina National Park

Brazil

+346 birds+5 mammals

Where granite peaks and sandstone cliffs rise abruptly from the Brazilian interior, Chapada Diamantina National Park sprawls across 4,215 square kilometers of some of Brazil's most…

Chapada dos Guimarães National Park

Brazil

+450 birds+1 mammals

Where weathered sandstone plateaus rise above the cerrado grasslands of central Brazil, Chapada dos Guimarães National Park protects 624 square kilometres of ecological transition zone that…

Chapada dos Veadeiros National Park

Brazil

+324 birds+6 mammals

Where granite plateaus rise above the cerrado savanna in central Brazil, Chapada dos Veadeiros National Park unfolds across 6,665 square kilometres of some of the world's…

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…

Chiloé National Park

Dalcahue, Chile

+122 birds+6 mammals

Temperate rainforest cloaks the Chiloé archipelago's northwestern reaches, where granite ridges thrust through dense, moisture-laden canopy and freshwater streams carve ravines toward the Pacific. Across approximately…

Chiltern-Mt Pilot National Park

Australia

+229 birds+12 mammals

Granite ridges and eucalyptus woodlands define this 869-square-kilometre park straddling the border between Victoria and New South Wales, where rugged terrain rises sharply from gentler foothill…

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…

Chobe National Park

Botswana

+446 birds+45 mammals

Where the Chobe River cuts a sinuous path through northern Botswana, the landscape transforms into one of Africa's most dynamic wetland-savanna mosaics. This national park encompasses…

Cilento, Vallo di Diano and Alburni National Park

Campora, Italy

+145 birds+12 mammals

Where the southern Apennines descend toward the Tyrrhenian coast, the landscape transforms into a mosaic of limestone plateaus, deep ravines, and Mediterranean scrubland that defines Cilento,…

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…

Cleland National Park

Australia

+127 birds+14 mammals

Eucalypt woodlands rise and fall across Adelaide's nearby hills, where Cleland National Park sprawls across some twenty square kilometres of native South Australian bushland. The terrain…

Coffin Bay National Park

Australia

+143 birds+5 mammals

Across South Australia's Eyre Peninsula, where limestone headlands rise above turquoise shallows and eucalypt woodland gives way to coastal heath, lies a 1,319-square-kilometre sanctuary shaped by…

Coiba National Park

Montijo, Panama

+260 birds+10 mammals

An archipelago of volcanic and sedimentary islands rises from the Pacific waters off Panama's southwestern coast, its densest rainforest canopy unbroken for millennia. Coiba National Park…

Coll de Pal

La Molina, Spain

+142 birds+12 mammals

Where the eastern Pyrenees descend into Catalonia, alpine meadows and rocky slopes define the character of this mountain pass, a threshold between the high Iberian interior…

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…

Coorong National Park

Australia

+217 birds+15 mammals

Where the Murray River meets the Southern Ocean, a chain of shallow lagoons stretches across the South Australian coast, separated from the sea by a ribbon…

Corcovado National Park

Puerto Jiménez, Costa Rica

+444 birds+48 mammals

Where the Osa Peninsula juts into the Pacific, rainforest descends almost to the tide line, and Corcovado National Park protects one of Central America's most intact…

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…

Cotopaxi National Park

Mulaló, Ecuador

+211 birds+6 mammals

High in Ecuador's volcanic corridor, where the páramo transitions into cloud forest along the slopes of Cotopaxi volcano, the national park unfolds across nearly 500 square…

Curú National Wildlife Refuge

Paquera, Costa Rica

+249 birds+8 mammals

Where the Pacific coast of Puntarenas dissolves into dry deciduous forest and mangrove fringe, Curú Wildlife Sanctuary holds one of Costa Rica's most ecologically vital yet…

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…

D’Armorique Regional Nature Park

Le Faou, France

+103 birds+23 mammals

Where granite ridges meet Atlantic moorland, one of Brittany's wildest regions reveals itself in layers of ecological richness. The landscape shifts dramatically from heather-clad uplands to…

Daintree National Park

Dedin, Australia

+362 birds+37 mammals

Daintree National Park is one of the world’s oldest and most biologically diverse tropical rainforests, protecting an extraordinary landscape where ancient forests meet the Great Barrier…

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…

Darién National Park

Tucutí, Panama

+534 birds+13 mammals

Where the spine of Central America crumbles into wetland and rainforest, Darién National Park sprawls across more than 20,000 square kilometres of some of the tropics'…

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…

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…

Dorob National Park

Henties Bay, Namibia

+230 birds+13 mammals

Where the Skeleton Coast meets the Namib Desert's inland reaches, Dorob National Park sprawls across 34,021 square kilometres of one of southern Africa's most austere and…

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…

Dyfi National Nature Reserve

Aberdyfi, United Kingdom

+148 birds+25 mammals

Where the River Dyfi widens into a broad coastal basin, a 2,400-hectare mosaic of saltmarsh, reedbed, mudflat and freshwater wetland spreads across the Cardigan Bay estuary…

El Palmar National Park

Distrito Sexto, Argentina

+244 birds+14 mammals

Across the Paraná River floodplain in northeastern Argentina, palms rise from wetland and grassland in a landscape shaped by water and time. El Palmar National Park…

El Tamá National Park

Toledo, Colombia

+435 birds

Where the Andes descend toward the Caribbean coastal lowlands of northern Colombia, El Tamá National Park sprawls across nearly 3,800 square kilometres of montane forest, cloud…

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…

Emas National Park

Brazil

+333 birds+23 mammals

Across the high plateaux of central Brazil, where the cerrado grasslands roll toward distant horizons under an immense sky, Emas National Park anchors one of South…

Endeavour River National Park

Philadelphia, Australia

+203 birds+1 mammals

Where the Endeavour River winds through northeastern Queensland's tropical lowlands, a compact mosaic of rainforest, open woodland, and riverine corridor creates one of Australia's most ecologically…

Eravikulam National Park

Devikulam, India

+192 birds+7 mammals

High in the Western Ghats of Kerala, where monsoon mists cling to slopes that rise above 2,000 metres, Eravikulam National Park preserves one of South India's…

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.…

Espai d’interès natural de les Gavarres

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

+143 birds+16 mammals

Where Mediterranean scrubland rises and falls across the gentle hills of inland Catalonia, the Espai d'interès natural de les Gavarres protects one of the region's most…

Etosha National Park

Namibia

+356 birds+58 mammals

Across northern Namibia's stark semi-arid plateau, a vast shallow depression transforms seasonally into one of Africa's most dramatic wildlife theaters. Etosha National Park, encompassing more than…

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,…

Exmoor National Park

Somerset, United Kingdom

+159 birds+32 mammals

Where the Bristol Channel wind scours windswept moorland into rolling open heath, Exmoor rises from the Somerset coast as one of England's most rugged upland landscapes.…

Farallon National Wildlife Refuge

San Francisco, United States

+384 birds+16 mammals

Windswept granite peaks rising abruptly from the Pacific, the Farallon Islands form a wildlife sanctuary of extraordinary seabird abundance and ecological significance just twenty-seven miles west…

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…

Fitzgerald River National Park

Fitzgerald River National Park, Australia

+209 birds+11 mammals

Where granite peaks rise above windswept heathlands and pristine river systems carve through untamed wilderness, one of Australia's most biodiverse landscapes unfolds across the southwestern corner…

Flinders Chase National Park

Australia

+142 birds+14 mammals

Granite ridges and windswept mallee scrubland define this 1,630-square-kilometre expanse on Kangaroo Island, where ancient rock formations rise abruptly from coastal heathland and woodland mosaics. The…

Foreste Casentinesi, Monte Falterona and Campigna National Park

Santa Sofia, Italy

+92 birds+13 mammals

Where the northern Apennines rise above the Tuscan-Emilian divide, beech and fir forests cloak the slopes of Monte Falterona in a mantle of temperate woodland that…

Forêts National Park

Lucey, France

+140 birds+50 mammals

Across the rolling plateaux of central Burgundy, where limestone uplands give way to deep valleys carved by time and water, lies a landscape of profound ecological…

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…

Gandoca-Manzanillo National Wildlife Refuge

Manzanillo, Costa Rica

+394 birds+18 mammals

Where the Caribbean coastal plain surrenders to water-logged forest and mangrove tangles, Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Sanctuary shelters one of Costa Rica's most biodiverse lowland wetland ecosystems. The…

Gangotri National Park

Bhatwari, India

+119 birds+1 mammals

Where the Bhagirathi River carves through the western Himalayas in northern Uttarakhand, Gangotri National Park rises across steep alpine terrain that defines the boundary between temperate…

Gaoligong Mountain National Nature Reserve

Nujiang Lisu Autonomous Prefecture, China

+443 birds+13 mammals

Garajonay National Park

Hermigua, Spain

+68 birds+1 mammals

Laurel forests cloak the volcanic ridges of this Canarian national park, their evergreen canopy so dense that mist clings to the moss-draped branches even on cloudless…

General de División Omar Torrijos Herrera National Park

La Pintada, Panama

+401 birds+2 mammals

Across the highlands of central Panama, where the continental divide funnels moisture-laden trade winds into steep river valleys, the terrain rises and falls in a landscape…

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 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…

Gorce National Park

Szczawa, Poland

+90 birds+2 mammals

Where the Beskid Mountains rise above the Vistula River basin, Gorce National Park protects one of Lesser Poland's most distinctive mountain landscapes—a realm of beech and…

Gorkhi-Terelj National Park

Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

+137 birds+5 mammals

Where granite monoliths rise abruptly from rolling steppe grasslands, Gorkhi-Terelj National Park unfolds across the landscape north of Ulaanbaatar, a sanctuary where forest and alpine meadow…

Grampians National Park

Australia

+214 birds+18 mammals

Where sandstone ridges rise above the Western District of Victoria, Grampians National Park unfolds across rolling terrain sculpted by ancient geology and sustained by a temperate…

Gran Paradiso National Park

Cogne, Italy

+120 birds+16 mammals

Where the western Alps rise steeply above the Aosta Valley, granite ridges and alpine meadows converge in a landscape shaped as much by glacial history as…

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 Otway National Park

Australia

+255 birds+42 mammals

Temperate rainforest and wet eucalyptus woodland cloak the ridges and gullies of Victoria's Great Otway National Park, where persistent moisture and mild year-round temperatures sustain a…

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 Sandy National Park

Australia

+306 birds+40 mammals

Where coastal dunes rise inland from the Queensland coastline, Great Sandy National Park encompasses a landscape of remarkable ecological diversity shaped by subtropical humid conditions year-round.…

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,…

Great White Heron National Wildlife Refuge

Monroe County, United States

+118 birds+3 mammals

Shallow mangrove bays and salt-marsh flats sprawl across Monroe County's coastal sanctuary, where brackish water meets the Florida Keys' distinctive transition zone between temperate and subtropical…

Greater Bendigo National Park

Whipstick, Australia

+202 birds+8 mammals

Across the red volcanic plains of inland Victoria, Greater Bendigo National Park sprawls across more than 1,000 square kilometres of eucalyptus woodland, open grassland, and scattered…

Gros Morne National Park

Canada

+180 birds+19 mammals

Where glacier-carved fjords pierce the interior of Newfoundland, Gros Morne National Park unfolds across nearly four thousand square kilometres of some of Canada's most dramatic coastal…

Guácharos Cave National Natural Park

Acevedo, Colombia

+359 birds

High in the Andean foothills of southern Huila, where mist-laden slopes rise above 1,600 metres, lies a landscape carved by underground rivers and crowned by karst…

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…

Gunung Merbabu National Park

Magelang, Indonesia

+61 birds+2 mammals

Where volcanic slopes rise sharply from the plateau of Central Java, Gunung Merbabu National Park encompasses nearly 200 square kilometers of montane forest that transitions through…

Gunung Palung National Park

Kayong Utara, Indonesia

+38 birds+1 mammals

Rainforest swells across the steep terrain of West Kalimantan, where ancient volcanic ridges rise abruptly from lowland swamps and weathered plateaus. Gunung Palung National Park encompasses…

Haleakalā National Park

Maui County, United States

+66 birds+4 mammals

Ascending from sea level to over 10,000 feet across a mere thirty miles, Haleakalā National Park commands one of the Pacific's most dramatic elevation gradients, 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…

Hat Noppharat Thara-Mu Ko Phi Phi National Park

Ao Nang, Thailand

+253 birds+9 mammals

Where limestone karsts rise dramatically from turquoise waters, Hat Noppharat Thara-Mu Ko Phi Phi National Park unfolds across a mosaic of beach, mangrove forest, and island…

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…

Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park

Hawaiʻi County, United States

+84 birds+2 mammals

Where volcanic slopes descend toward the Pacific across more than five thousand square kilometers, Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park presents one of Earth's most dynamic laboratories of…

Heathcote National Park

Sydney, Australia

+119 birds+16 mammals

Sandstone ridges and eucalypt woodlands rise from the Cumberland Plain southwest of Sydney, where Heathcote National Park unfolds across 82 square kilometres of bushland shaped by…

Hell’s Gate National Park

Olkaria ward, Kenya

+388 birds+18 mammals

Volcanic scarps and geothermal vents dominate the floor of Hell's Gate, where the East African Rift has carved a dramatic gorge through crystalline rock formations. The…

Hermaness National Nature Reserve

Shetland, United Kingdom

+86 birds+3 mammals

At the northern tip of Unst, the northernmost inhabited island of Shetland, sea cliffs of weathered sandstone and basalt rise dramatically from the North Sea, their…

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…

Huanglong Scenic and Historic Interest Area

Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, China

+194 birds+7 mammals

Across the high plateau of northwestern Sichuan, a geological wonder unfolds where limestone terraces and mineral-rich springs have sculpted one of China's most distinctive natural monuments.…

Huascarán National Park

Independencia, Peru

+201 birds+5 mammals

Where granite peaks pierce the Andean sky above 6,000 metres, Huascarán National Park sprawls across more than 11,500 square kilometres of Peru's Cordillera Blanca, a landscape…

Iguaçu National Park

Brazil

+387 birds+17 mammals

Where the Paraná Plateau plunges toward the Atlantic watershed, six thousand square kilometers of subtropical rainforest cling to steep gorges and river valleys in this corner…

Iguazú National Park

Puerto Iguazú, Argentina

+346 birds+15 mammals

Where the Paraná Plateau plunges toward the Atlantic watershed, nearly 800 square kilometers of subtropical rainforest drape across Misiones Province in a landscape carved by millennia…

Ikara-Flinders Ranges National Park

Australia

+149 birds+10 mammals

Where ancient quartzite ridges rise across the semi-arid heart of South Australia, Ikara-Flinders Ranges National Park unfolds across nearly two thousand square kilometres of one of…

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…

Insh Marshes National Nature Reserve

Insh, United Kingdom

+120 birds+14 mammals

Shallow channels and open water weave through expansive reedbeds and wet grassland where the River Spey meanders across the Cairngorms foothills in the Scottish Highlands. Insh…

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…

Itatiaia National Park

Brazil

+519 birds+12 mammals

Where granite peaks pierce the Atlantic rainforest canopy in southeastern Brazil, Itatiaia National Park rises as one of the country's oldest and most ecologically vital protected…

Ithala Game Reserve

uPhongolo Local Municipality, South Africa

+328 birds+26 mammals

Rolling thornbush savanna and acacia woodland dominate the landscape of this 494-square-kilometre national park in KwaZulu-Natal's uPhongolo Local Municipality, where granite outcrops punctuate grassland plateaus and…

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,…

Jiuzhai Valley

Jiuzhaigou County, China

+226 birds+7 mammals

Where crystalline alpine streams cascade through limestone gorges and karst terrain rises in dramatic vertical walls, Jiuzhai Valley unfolds across nearly 1,300 square kilometers of southwestern…

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.…

Karkonosze National Park

Przesieka, Poland

+83 birds+6 mammals

Where granite peaks rise above the tree line and deep beech forests cloak the lower slopes, Karkonosze National Park spans some 326 square kilometres across the…

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…

Kerinci Seblat National Park

Kerinci, Indonesia

+228 birds+16 mammals

Across nearly 67,000 square kilometres of Sumatra's spine, a mountainous realm of equatorial rainforest rises from steaming lowlands to volcanic peaks shrouded in cloud. Kerinci Seblat…

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…

Khangai Nuruu National Park

Erdenetsogt, Mongolia

+136 birds+7 mammals

Where granite ridges pierce Mongolia's central steppe, alpine meadows give way to dense coniferous forests that climb toward windswept summits. Khangai Nuruu sweeps across 1.2 million…

Khangchendzonga National Park

Sakkyong, India

+290 birds+1 mammals

Where the eastern Himalayas surge toward their crowning peaks, Khangchendzonga National Park embraces a landscape of almost overwhelming vertical drama. Rising from subtropical river valleys into…

Khao Laem National Park

Sangkhla Buri District, Thailand

+197 birds

Where the Vajiralongkorn Reservoir sprawls across the forested valleys of Kanchanaburi's northern borderlands, Khao Laem National Park protects a landscape where limestone ridges rise dramatically from…

Khao Laem Ya-Mu Ko Samet National Park

Mueang Rayong District, Thailand

+159 birds+3 mammals

Where limestone hills meet the Gulf of Thailand, Khao Laem Ya–Mu Ko Samet National Park stitches together a mosaic of terrestrial and marine worlds that few…

Khao Yai National Park

Prachantakham District, Thailand

+377 birds+46 mammals

Evergreen dipterocarp forest blankets the rolling terrain of this national park in eastern Thailand, where limestone hills rise abruptly from the forest floor and seasonal streams…

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…

Kidepo Valley National Park

Uganda

+478 birds+24 mammals

Where the Narus and Kidepo rivers carve through northeastern Uganda's semi-arid lowlands, a landscape of sparse acacia woodland, grassland, and riverine thickets creates one of East…

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…

Kīlauea Point National Wildlife Refuge

Kilauea, United States

+79 birds+1 mammals

At the northernmost tip of Kauai, where the Pacific trades collide with volcanic rock, Kīlauea Point National Wildlife Sanctuary crowns a dramatic headland overlooking one of…

Kinglake National Park

Australia

+164 birds+11 mammals

Where the volcanic plains of central Victoria rise into forested ridges, Kinglake National Park encompasses roughly 844 square kilometres of diverse habitat that represents one of…

Kofa National Wildlife Refuge

Yuma County, United States

+142 birds+10 mammals

Desert mountains rise in sculptured ridges across northwestern Arizona, where the Colorado River's distant influence fades into some of the most austere terrain in the American…

Komodo National Park

Komodo, Indonesia

+155 birds+14 mammals

Where volcanic peaks rise dramatically from turquoise waters, a primordial landscape unfolds across three main islands and countless smaller ones scattered throughout the Lesser Sunda archipelago.…

Kootenay National Park

Area G (Forster Creek/Mount Assiniboine), Canada

+181 birds+23 mammals

Where the spine of the Canadian Rockies rises above 3,000 metres, the high alpine realm around Forster Creek and Mount Assiniboine reveals one of the continent's…

Kosciuszko National Park

Australia

+211 birds+52 mammals

Where the Great Dividing Range reaches its highest peaks in southeastern Australia, Kosciuszko National Park encompasses a landscape of windswept plateaus, rocky ridges, and deep river…

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,…

Koyukuk National Wildlife Refuge

United States

+105 birds+2 mammals

Boreal wetlands and spruce forests define this vast sanctuary in central Alaska's Unorganized Borough, where slow rivers wind through a landscape shaped by subarctic climate extremes.…

Kruger National Park

Ba-Phalaborwa Local Municipality, South Africa

+540 birds+91 mammals

Across the low-lying savanna of northeastern South Africa unfolds one of Africa's largest and most ecologically intact protected areas, where acacia woodlands merge into mopane scrub…

Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park

Sydney, Australia

+216 birds+39 mammals

Where Hawkesbury sandstone cliffs plunge toward sheltered bays and creeks, Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park unfolds across rugged terrain just north of Sydney, a mosaic of eucalyptus…

Kuching Wetlands National Park

Kuching, Malaysia

+103 birds+4 mammals

Where brackish waters meet mangrove stilts and freshwater swamps blend into coastal mudflats, one of Southeast Asia's most dynamic wetland ecosystems unfolds across Sarawak's northwestern coast.…

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…

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

Le Rocher-Percé, Canada

+214 birds+3 mammals

A dramatic thrust of russet sandstone pierces the Gulf of Saint Lawrence, its weathered arch framing a seascape where cool Atlantic currents sweep past cliffs alive…

La Maddalena Archipelago National Park

La Maddalena, Italy

+86 birds+1 mammals

Crystalline waters lap against granite islands scattered across the Tyrrhenian Sea, where Dell'Arcipelago di la Maddalena unfolds as a Mediterranean archipelago of raw geological beauty and…

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 del Tigre National Park

Petén, Guatemala

+399 birds+29 mammals

Where the Petén lowlands dissolve into wetland and forest, Laguna del Tigre National Park protects one of Guatemala's most ecologically vital landscapes. This sprawling reserve encompasses…

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…

Lagunas de Montebello National Park

Laguna de Montebello, Mexico

+360 birds+2 mammals

Where turquoise lagoons pierce the limestone plateau of southeastern Chiapas, the Lagunas de Montebello National Park unfolds across roughly 174 square kilometers of spectral water 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…

Lake Eildon National Park

Australia

+119 birds+8 mammals

Across the rippled waters and wooded shorelines of central Victoria's sprawling reservoir system, Lake Eildon National Park encompasses nearly 870 square kilometres of transformed landscape where…

Lake Mburo National Park

Uganda

+505 birds+24 mammals

Rolling acacia woodland and scattered lakes define this intimate savanna preserve in southwestern Uganda, where the rift valley's geological drama shapes every water source and grassland.…

Lake Nakuru National Park

Nakuru West, Kenya

+494 birds+32 mammals

Alkaline waters ringed by acacia woodland and grassland create one of East Africa's most distinctive wetland ecosystems, where the interplay of geology and climate sustains a…

Lamington National Park

Australia

+227 birds+24 mammals

Where subtropical rainforest rises steeply from the Queensland coast, Lamington National Park spreads across 541 square kilometres of one of Australia's most biodiverse mountain landscapes. The…

Land of the Leopard National Park

Khasansky District, Russia

+83 birds+11 mammals

Where coniferous and mixed forests sweep across the rolling terrain of Russia's Far East, Land of the Leopard National Park embraces a landscape shaped by the…

Langtang National Park

Helambu, Nepal

+364 birds+14 mammals

Where the southern slopes of the Himalayan highlands descend toward the subtropical valleys of central Nepal, Langtang National Park sprawls across one of the subcontinent's most…

Lanín National Park

Argentina

+128 birds+7 mammals

Where the volcanic spine of the Andes plunges into Patagonian steppe, Lanín National Park sprawls across nearly 4,700 square kilometers of one of Argentina's most visually…

Lincoln National Park

Australia

+149 birds+5 mammals

Across the mid-north of South Australia, where the landscape transitions from coastal lowlands toward semi-arid interior plains, sprawls a wilderness of 2,671 square kilometres where red-earth…

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…

Little Desert National Park

Australia

+200 birds+11 mammals

Across northwestern Victoria's semi-arid interior, sandstone ridges and heathland plateaus rise from red earth in a landscape sculpted by fire and drought rather than water. Little…

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…

Lore Lindu National Park

Indonesia

+177 birds+4 mammals

Across the mountainous spine of Central Sulawesi spreads a wilderness of montane forest, rolling ridges, and deep valleys that rises from the island's volcanic bedrock to…

Los Alerces National Park

Argentina

+84 birds+3 mammals

Where the temperate rainforests of southern Patagonia sweep down towards crystalline lakes, Los Alerces National Park unfolds across nearly 3,000 square kilometres of one of South…

Los Glaciares National Park

Argentina

+121 birds+3 mammals

Where granite peaks and sprawling ice fields dominate the landscape, Los Glaciares National Park encompasses over ten thousand square kilometres of Patagonian wilderness in southern Argentina.…

Los Quetzales National Park

Copey, Costa Rica

+232 birds+3 mammals

Cloud forest sweeps across the upper slopes of the Central Valley watershed, where elevation and persistent moisture forge an ecosystem unlike any other in Costa Rica.…

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…

Mabamba Swamp

Memere, Uganda

+464 birds+2 mammals

Across the Central Region of Uganda spreads one of Africa's most biodiverse freshwater wetlands, a sprawling nature reserve of roughly 283 square kilometres where papyrus swamps…

Maduru Oya National Park

Sri Lanka

+74 birds+1 mammals

Granite ridges rise abruptly from the humid lowlands of Sri Lanka's Uva Province, their weathered slopes clothed in dry monsoon forest and scattered woodland where deciduous…

Magura National Park

Kotań, Poland

+133 birds+14 mammals

Where the Pieniny Mountains rise in soft folds across the Subcarpathian landscape, Magura National Park spans 635 square kilometres of mixed deciduous and coniferous woodland, limestone…

Makgadikgadi Pans National Park

Gucta, Botswana

+272 birds+27 mammals

Where salt-crusted flatlands stretch endlessly toward a shimmering horizon, one of Africa's most extraordinary ecosystems awakens with the rains. The Makgadikgadi Pans comprise vast mineral-rich basins…

Mammoth Cave National Park

Edmonson County, United States

+179 birds+13 mammals

Beneath the rolling hills of central Kentucky lies one of North America's most extensive cave systems, where limestone passages descend through a landscape shaped by water…

Manu National Park

Manu, Peru

+892 birds+26 mammals

Across the eastern slopes of the Peruvian Andes, tropical rainforest descends into the Amazon basin with a complexity that few terrestrial ecosystems match. Manu National Park…

Manuel Antonio National Park

Quepos, Costa Rica

+426 birds+22 mammals

Where tropical rainforest descends steeply to a rocky Pacific coastline, Manuel Antonio National Park distills Central American biodiversity into one of Costa Rica's most compressed and…

Manusela National Park

Maluku Tengah, Indonesia

+112 birds+3 mammals

Across the Maluku Tengah district of Indonesia's eastern archipelago, a sprawling expanse of 4,175 square kilometers of largely intact tropical forest rises from coastal lowlands toward…

Mapungubwe National Park

Musina Local Municipality, South Africa

+358 birds+29 mammals

Where the Limpopo River cuts through sandstone ridges at the convergence of South Africa, Botswana, and Zimbabwe, Mapungubwe National Park preserves a landscape of profound ecological…

Marakele National Park

Modimolle Local Municipality, South Africa

+341 birds+36 mammals

Granite ridges and sprawling grasslands dominate this 1,176-square-kilometre reserve in Limpopo's heartland, where bushveld transitions between rocky outcrops and open savanna. The park's rugged topography creates…

Marino Ballena National Park

Bahía Ballena, Costa Rica

+336 birds+8 mammals

Where mangrove forests meet coral-fringed shorelines along Costa Rica's southern Pacific coast, Marino Ballena National Park encompasses a marine and terrestrial mosaic that ranks among Central…

Marino Las Baulas National Park

Santa Cruz, Costa Rica

+246 birds+9 mammals

Where the Pacific meets a mosaic of dry forest and mangrove estuary, this coastal national park protects one of Central America's most dynamic wildlife theatres. The…

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,…

Mercantour National Park

Isola, France

+146 birds+32 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 sanctuary straddles France's southeastern border, its…

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…

Mesa Verde National Park

Montezuma County, United States

+166 birds+10 mammals

Across the high desert plateau of southwestern Colorado, where sandstone mesas rise abruptly from piñon-juniper scrubland, Mesa Verde National Park preserves one of North America's most…

Mgahinga Gorilla National Park

Cyanika, Uganda

+429 birds+6 mammals

Where the Virunga Mountains rise steeply from the Uganda–Rwanda–Democratic Republic of Congo frontier, montane forest cloaks the volcanic slopes in a dense, moisture-laden embrace. Mgahinga Gorilla…

Minneriya National Park

Sri Lanka

+158 birds+9 mammals

Across the dry zone of Sri Lanka's North Central Province spreads a landscape of shallow tanks, grassland margins, and scattered dry forest—a mosaic of water and…

Mokala National Park

Siyancuma Local Municipality, South Africa

+246 birds+35 mammals

Across the semi-arid savanna of the Northern Cape, where red earth meets sparse acacia woodland and open grassland punctuated by rocky outcrops, lies a landscape shaped…

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-Mégantic National Park

La Patrie, Canada

+136 birds+8 mammals

Granite peaks and boreal forest define the rugged terrain of this 115-square-kilometre national park in Quebec's Eastern Townships, where the landscape rises sharply above the surrounding…

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.…

Montaña de Montserrat Natural Park

Marganell, Spain

+149 birds+10 mammals

Where granite monoliths erupt from the Mediterranean scrubland like cathedral spires, an otherworldly landscape unfolds across Catalonia's most dramatic mountain reserve. These iconic sandstone and conglomerate…

Montaña Palentina Natural Park

Vidrieros, Spain

+180 birds+29 mammals

Where the Cantabrian mountains rise above the Palencia plateau, Montaña Palentina Nature Park sprawls across nearly 1,500 square kilometres of some of northern Spain's most dramatic…

Montañas de Prades

Capafonts, Spain

+151 birds+13 mammals

Where granite peaks rise abruptly from the Tarragona hinterland, a wild mosaic of pine forests, scrubland, and limestone cliffs creates one of northeastern Spain's most biodiverse…

Montes de Málaga Natural Park

Málaga, Spain

+159 birds+7 mammals

Where cork oak and pine forest sweep across the rugged hills inland from the Costa del Sol, the Montes de Málaga Nature Park unfolds as a…

Monti Sibillini National Park

Castelsantangelo sul Nera, Italy

+113 birds+11 mammals

Where the Apennines rear their limestone spine across central Italy, the Sibillini Mountains National Park reveals a landscape of dramatic vertical relief, high plateaus, and deeply…

Montseny Natural Park

Viladrau, Spain

+156 birds+30 mammals

The Montseny Natural Park is one of Catalonia’s most remarkable protected areas, offering an extraordinary blend of biodiversity, scenic landscapes, and cultural heritage within easy reach…

Moor House-Upper Teesdale National Nature Reserve

Barnard Castle, United Kingdom

+94 birds+8 mammals

Where the Pennine watershed reaches its highest moorland plateaus, Moor House-Upper Teesdale National Nature Reserve encompasses over 4,000 hectares of upland landscape shaped by centuries of…

Morrocoy National Park

Municipio Silva

+290 birds

Where the Caribbean coast of northwestern Venezuela meets protected coastal waters, a mosaic of mangrove forests, sandy beaches, and coral reef systems defines Morrocoy National Park.…

Morton National Park

Australia

+253 birds+57 mammals

Across nearly 4,800 square kilometers of New South Wales's Southern Tablelands, rugged sandstone plateaus rise above sheltered valleys where cool-climate eucalypt woodland meets grassy heath and…

Mount Ainos National Park

Sami Municipal Unit, Greece

+118 birds+1 mammals

Where limestone and conglomerate peaks rise dramatically above the Ionian Sea, Mount Ainos commands the landscape of Kefalonia with a rugged majesty that few Mediterranean summits…

Mount Merapi National Park

Hargobinangun, Indonesia

+150 birds+3 mammals

Where the volcanic slopes of central Java rise into mist and montane forest, Mount Merapi National Park guards one of Indonesia's most dynamic landscapes. Spanning roughly…

Mount Parnitha National Park

Municipal Unit of Acharnes, Greece

+137 birds+4 mammals

Where pine-clad ridges rise abruptly from the Attica plains, Mount Parnitha National Park unfolds across nearly 4,000 hectares of Mediterranean mountain wilderness. The park's defining character…

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…

Mount Revelstoke National Park

Area B (Shelter Bay/Mica Creek), Canada

+155 birds+8 mammals

Where the Columbia River carves through the western ranges of British Columbia, Shelter Bay and Mica Creek mark the entrance to a wilderness where subalpine meadows…

Mountain Zebra National Park

Inxuba Yethemba Local Municipality, South Africa

+265 birds+35 mammals

Across the windswept plateaus and deeply incised valleys of the Eastern Cape's interior, Mountain Zebra National Park unfolds as a landscape of geological drama and ecological…

Mungo National Park

Australia

+135 birds+7 mammals

Across the semi-arid inland plains of New South Wales, where sparse shrubland and scattered grassland stretch beneath enormous skies, lies a landscape shaped by ancient geological…

Murchison Falls National Park

Uganda

+608 birds+33 mammals

Where the Victoria Nile compresses through a narrow gorge and explodes across a 45-meter precipice, the landscape speaks in thunder. Murchison Falls National Park sprawls across…

Murray-Sunset National Park

Australia

+205 birds+2 mammals

Across the semi-arid borderlands of northwestern Victoria, where the Murray River defines the state's edge, sprawls a landscape of remarkable resilience and subtle beauty. Murray-Sunset National…

Mutis Timau National Park

Timor Tengah Selatan, Indonesia

+77 birds

Where the volcanic highlands of Timor Tengah Selatan rise above the surrounding lowlands, Mutis Timau National Park unfolds across approximately 224 square kilometres of mountain forest…

Nagarahole Tiger Reserve

Nalkeri Forest, India

+323 birds+23 mammals

Where granite escarpments rise above dense deciduous forests and the Kabini River carves through pristine wilderness, one of India's most biodiverse landscapes unfolds across the Western…

Nahuel Huapi National Park

Argentina

+124 birds+11 mammals

Where the Andes descend toward Patagonia, vast glacial lakes cut through a landscape of southern beech forest and granite peaks, creating one of South America's most…

Nairobi National Park

Nairobi, Kenya

+515 birds+35 mammals

Just minutes from Kenya's capital, where the Nairobi River winds through acacia woodland and open grassland, lies one of Africa's most paradoxical wildlife sanctuaries. The park's…

Nambung National Park

Grey, Australia

+124 birds+2 mammals

Where limestone pinnacles rise like sharpened teeth from golden sand, Nambung National Park unveils one of Western Australia's most distinctive landscapes. The Pinnacles Desert, the park's…

Nanda Devi National Park

Garpak, India

+218 birds+5 mammals

Where the Himalayas surge into their most dramatic alpine amphitheater, a wilderness of raw geological power unfolds across 624 square kilometers of pristine terrain. Nanda Devi,…