Where can you see the Short-eared Owl?
Some of the best places to see the Short-eared Owl in the wild include Skomer Island (United Kingdom), Tombstone Territorial Park (Canada) and Chapada dos Guimarães National Park (Brazil) — among 189 wildlife hotspots across 26 countries, including the United States, the United Kingdom, Spain and Canada. Every hotspot below shows real sighting data and the best seasons to visit.
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…
VIEW WILDLIFE SANCTUARYAlligator 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…
VIEW WILDLIFE SANCTUARYAltai 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…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKAntisana 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…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKArchipiélago 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…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKArctic National Wildlife Refuge
Arctic Village, United States
+132 birds+15 mammals
Across the northernmost reaches of Alaska's Unorganized Borough, where the Brooks Range rises from the coastal plain and tundra spreads endlessly toward the Arctic Ocean, lies…
VIEW WILDLIFE SANCTUARYBadlands 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…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKBannau 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,…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKBear 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…
VIEW WILDLIFE SANCTUARYBecharof 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…
VIEW WILDLIFE SANCTUARYBerwyn National Nature Reserve
Llangywer, United Kingdom
+77 birds+11 mammals
Where the Berwyn Mountains rise across the borderlands of north Wales, upland moorland and mixed woodland create a landscape of profound ecological richness, shaped by oceanic…
VIEW NATURE RESERVEBic 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…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKBitter 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…
VIEW WILDLIFE SANCTUARYBlackwater 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…
VIEW WILDLIFE SANCTUARYBombay 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…
VIEW WILDLIFE SANCTUARYBrasília 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…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKCabañeros 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…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKCabo 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…
VIEW NATURAL PARKCabo 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…
VIEW OBSERVATION POINTCadí 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…
VIEW NATURAL PARKCairngorms 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…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKCajas National Park
Cuenca, Ecuador
+190 birds+7 mammals
High in the Andes above Cuenca, where elevation ranges from 3,100 to 4,200 metres, the páramo landscape dominates—a windswept realm of cushion plants, alpine grasses, and…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKCalanques 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…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKCampos del Tuyú National Park
Argentina
+169 birds+5 mammals
Subtropical forest graces the borderlands where Misiones Province meets Paraguay, a landscape shaped by the Paraná Plateau's weathered topography and the warm, humid climate of northeastern…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKCap 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…
VIEW NATURAL PARKCape 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…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKCévennes 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…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKChannel 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…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKChapada 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…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKChassahowitzka 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…
VIEW WILDLIFE SANCTUARYChiloé 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…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKChincoteague 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…
VIEW WILDLIFE SANCTUARYCirceo 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…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKCollserola 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…
VIEW NATURAL PARKCors 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…
VIEW NATURE RESERVECotopaxi 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…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKCuyahoga 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…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKDanube 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…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKDeath 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…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKDelta 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…
VIEW NATURAL PARKDenali 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…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKDirigida 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…
VIEW NATURE RESERVEDon 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.…
VIEW WILDLIFE SANCTUARYDoñana 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…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKDovrefjell-Sunndalsfjella National Park
Trøndelag, Norway
+127 birds+17 mammals
Granite peaks and deep valleys carved by ancient glaciers define this vast mountain wilderness straddling the spine of central Norway. Dovrefjell-Sunndalsfjella National Park rises where subalpine…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKEl 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…
VIEW BIOSPHERE RESERVEEmas 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…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKEryri 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…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKEspacio 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.…
VIEW NATURE RESERVEEstrecho 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…
VIEW NATURAL PARKEverglades 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,…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKExmoor 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.…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKFarallon 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…
VIEW WILDLIFE SANCTUARYFertő–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…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKForillon 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…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKGates 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…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKGiant 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…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKGlacier 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…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKGlacier 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…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKGrand 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,…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKGreat 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,…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKGros 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…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKGulf 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…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKHaleakalā 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…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKHamburgisches 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…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKHawaiʻi 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…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKHolkham 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…
VIEW NATURE RESERVEHortobágy 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…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKÎles-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…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKIndiana 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…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKIsle 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…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKIzembek 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…
VIEW WILDLIFE SANCTUARYJasper 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,…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKJavakheti 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.…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKKanha 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.…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKKatmai 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…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKKauhaneva–pohjankangas National Park
Kauhajoki, Finland
+72 birds+1 mammals
Across the boreal flatlands of South Ostrobothnia rises a landscape shaped by ice-age geology and millennia of ecological succession—Kauhaneva–pohjankangas National Park, spanning some 208 square kilometres…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKKenai 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…
VIEW WILDLIFE SANCTUARYKeoladeo 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…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKKerkini 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…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKKīlauea 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…
VIEW WILDLIFE SANCTUARYKlamath 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…
VIEW WILDLIFE SANCTUARYKluane 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…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKKobuk Valley National Park
United States
+80 birds+6 mammals
Arctic tundra sweeps across Kobuk Valley in northwestern Alaska, where permafrost underlies a treeless landscape of sedges, dwarf shrubs, and low herbaceous vegetation shaped by an…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKKodiak 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…
VIEW WILDLIFE SANCTUARYKosterhavets 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…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKKouchibouguac 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,…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKKoyukuk 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.…
VIEW WILDLIFE SANCTUARYL’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…
VIEW NATURAL PARKL’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…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKLaguna 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…
VIEW WILDLIFE SANCTUARYLahemaa 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…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKLake 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…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKLake 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…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKLand 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…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKLanín 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…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKLemmenjoki National Park
Inari, Finland
+87 birds+1 mammals
Where granite gorges cut through pristine boreal forest and the Lemmenjoki River winds through one of Europe's last great wilderness corridors, Finland's Arctic heart reveals itself…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKLindisfarne 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…
VIEW NATURE RESERVELlanganates National Park
Tena, Ecuador
+239 birds+8 mammals
Where the eastern slopes of the Andes plunge toward the Amazon basin, Llanganates National Park sprawls across nearly 3,500 square kilometers of montane wilderness, its terrain…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKLoch 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…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKLower 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…
VIEW WILDLIFE SANCTUARYLower 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…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKMalheur 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…
VIEW WILDLIFE SANCTUARYMercantour 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…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKMerritt 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…
VIEW WILDLIFE SANCTUARYMesa 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…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKMont-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…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKMontaña 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…
VIEW NATURAL PARKMontaña 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…
VIEW NATURAL PARKMonte León National Park
Argentina
+100 birds+4 mammals
Where the Patagonian steppe meets the Atlantic, Monte León National Park protects a landscape of windswept coastal cliffs, rocky outcrops, and semi-arid grassland spanning over 1,200…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKMoor 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…
VIEW NATURE RESERVEMuddus / Muttos National Park
Norrbottens län, Sweden
+128 birds+7 mammals
Where boreal forest meets wetland across the high plateaus of Swedish Lapland, Muddus National Park unfolds as one of northern Europe's most pristine wilderness sanctuaries. Vast…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKNahanni 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…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKNahuel 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…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKNational 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…
VIEW WILDLIFE SANCTUARYNewport Wetlands National Nature Reserve
Goldcliff, United Kingdom
+153 birds+7 mammals
Across the Severn Estuary's southern reaches, where the Gwent Levels meet tidal mud and reedbed in a mosaic of wet grassland and shallow pools, lies one…
VIEW NATURE RESERVENorth 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…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKNorthumberland 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…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKPadjelanta
Norrbotten County, Sweden
+119 birds+6 mammals
Where the Scandinavian plateau rises into a landscape of low, rolling fells and vast moorlands, Padjelanta National Park sprawls across 3,435 square kilometres of subarctic wilderness…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKPallas-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…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKParque Nacional de Galápagos
Santo Tomás, Ecuador
+139 birds+23 mammals
Volcanic peaks and weathered lava fields dominate this remote archipelago in the Pacific, where the interplay of cold ocean currents and tropical latitude creates an ecological…
VIEW ISLAND & ARCHIPELAGOParque Provincial Península de Magallanes
Argentina
+125 birds+4 mammals
Granite peaks and windswept steppe converge across this 415-square-kilometre peninsula jutting into the cold Atlantic waters of southern Patagonia, where the Magallanes landscape embodies the raw,…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKPatagonia National Park
Cochrane, Chile
+133 birds+8 mammals
Where the Andes meet the Patagonian steppe, vast grasslands and shrublands sweep across rolling terrain carved by ancient glaciation, their contours softened by distance and dramatic…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKPatvinsuo National Park
Lieksa, Finland
+134 birds+1 mammals
Across eastern Finland's borderlands, where boreal forest meets waterlogged terrain, Patvinsuo National Park sprawls across roughly 185 square kilometers of one of northern Europe's most intact…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKPea 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…
VIEW WILDLIFE SANCTUARYPeixe National Park Lagoon
Brazil
+293 birds+4 mammals
Where the coastal plains of Rio Grande do Sul meet the Atlantic, Peixe National Park Lagoon sprawls across nearly 2,200 square kilometres of shallow waters, reed…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKPembrokeshire 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…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKPinnacles 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…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKPoint 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…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKPort-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…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKPosets–maladeta Natural Park
Benasque, Spain
+122 birds+9 mammals
Where granite gorges cut through the High Pyrenees, Posets–Maladeta Natural Park rises as one of Spain's most formidable alpine landscapes. Straddling the Huesca province along the…
VIEW NATURAL PARKPoyang 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.…
VIEW NATURE RESERVEPurbeck 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…
VIEW NATURE RESERVEPuyehue National Park
Puyehue, Chile
+110 birds+4 mammals
Across the volcanic spine of the Los Lagos Region, where the Andes descend toward temperate rainforest, Puyehue National Park encompasses nearly 2,600 square kilometers of one…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKPyhä-Luosto National Park
Pelkosenniemi, Finland
+113 birds+6 mammals
Where boreal forest meets fell landscape in Finnish Lapland, Pyhä-Luosto National Park sprawls across 616 square kilometres of terrain that embodies the raw essence of the…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKRed 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…
VIEW WILDLIFE SANCTUARYRedwood 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…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKRegional Park of the Catalan Pyrenees
Olette, France
+244 birds+63 mammals
Where granite peaks thrust skyward above cloud-laden valleys, a wild tapestry of Mediterranean and alpine ecosystems interweaves across the Franco-Spanish frontier. These Pyrenean slopes harbour extraordinary…
VIEW NATURE RESERVERibble 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.…
VIEW NATURE RESERVERum National Nature Reserve
Isle Of Rum, United Kingdom
+112 birds+8 mammals
Where the Inner Hebrides rise from the Atlantic, Rum's landscape embodies the raw drama of Scotland's northwest. Steep ridges and volcanic plateaus dominate this island nature…
VIEW NATURE RESERVES’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…
VIEW NATURAL PARKSacramento National Wildlife Refuge
Glenn County, United States
+247 birds+13 mammals
Across the flat expanse of Glenn County's Sacramento Valley, shallow pools and seasonal marshes create one of California's most vital wetland sanctuaries—a landscape shaped by water…
VIEW WILDLIFE SANCTUARYSalton 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…
VIEW WILDLIFE SANCTUARYSan Luis National Wildlife Refuge
Merced County, United States
+219 birds+14 mammals
Across the floor of California's San Joaquin Valley, where semi-arid grasslands meet shallow seasonal wetlands, San Luis National Wildlife Sanctuary preserves a critical mosaic of habitats…
VIEW WILDLIFE SANCTUARYSanta 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…
VIEW WILDLIFE SANCTUARYSão Joaquim National Park
Brazil
+222 birds+9 mammals
Where the southern Brazilian highlands rise above the Atlantic Forest, São Joaquim National Park protects nearly 1,000 square kilometers of montane terrain that shifts between temperate…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKSarek
Norrbotten County, Sweden
+119 birds+8 mammals
Where granite gorges cut through boreal wilderness and meltwater streams cascade across weathered plateaus, Sarek National Park sprawls across nearly 3,100 square kilometres of Swedish Lapland's…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKSchleswig-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…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKSea Lion Island
Sealion Island Settlement, Falkland Islands
+74 birds+3 mammals
Windswept tussock grasslands roll across volcanic terrain where Southern Ocean swells crash against rocky shores, creating one of the Falkland Islands' most dramatic wildlife theatres. This…
VIEW ISLAND & ARCHIPELAGOSeedskadee 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…
VIEW WILDLIFE SANCTUARYSerra Geral National Park
Brazil
+211 birds+2 mammals
Where basalt cliffs and sandstone escarpments rise above the subtropical forests of southern Brazil, Serra Geral National Park preserves one of the Atlantic region's most dramatic…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKSeven 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…
VIEW NATURE RESERVEShenandoah 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…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKSierra 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…
VIEW NATURAL PARKSierra de Cazorla, Segura y las Villas Nature Park
Las Canalejas, Spain
+176 birds+21 mammals
Where granite gorges slice through mountainous terrain in eastern Andalusia, the Sierra de Cazorla, Segura y las Villas Nature Park sprawls across more than 5,200 square…
VIEW NATURAL PARKSirmilik National Park
Qikiqtaaluk Region, Canada
+58 birds+4 mammals
Where the Canadian Arctic archipelago fractures into a labyrinth of islands, Sirmilik National Park protects one of the High North's most pristine marine and terrestrial ecosystems.…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKSkomer 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…
VIEW ISLAND & ARCHIPELAGOSłowiński 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…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKSomiedo 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…
VIEW NATURAL PARKSouth 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…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKSt. 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…
VIEW WILDLIFE SANCTUARYSt. 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…
VIEW PROTECTED LANDSCAPEStenshuvuds 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…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKStora Sjöfallet
Norrbotten County, Sweden
+150 birds+10 mammals
Where granite plateaus rise above boreal forest and ice-carved valleys plunge toward rushing rivers, Stora Sjöfallet unfolds across nearly 3,300 square kilometres of pristine subarctic wilderness…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKSyöte National Park
Taivalkoski, Finland
+80 birds+1 mammals
Across nearly two thousand square kilometres of North Ostrobothnian wilderness, Syöte National Park unfolds a landscape where boreal forest meets open fell, where swift rivers carve…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKTablas 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…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKThe 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…
VIEW NATURE RESERVETombstone 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…
VIEW NATURE RESERVETule 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…
VIEW WILDLIFE SANCTUARYTuscan Archipelago National Park
Rio, Italy
+174 birds+8 mammals
Where the Tyrrhenian Sea fragments into granite and schist islands, the Arcipelago Toscano National Park protects one of the Mediterranean's most biodiverse maritime realms. Scattered across…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKUjście 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…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKUrdaibai 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…
VIEW BIOSPHERE RESERVEUrho Kekkonen National Park
Sodankylä, Finland
+122 birds+11 mammals
Across nearly 2,700 square miles of boreal wilderness in Lapland, where the Arctic Circle's influence shapes every ecosystem, lies a landscape dominated by dense spruce and…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKVicente Pérez Rosales National Park
Puerto Varas, Chile
+109 birds+8 mammals
Where the Andes descend toward the temperate rainforests of Chile's Lake District, nearly 4,641 square kilometers of pristine wilderness unfolds across Vicente Pérez Rosales National Park.…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKVorpommersche 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…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKWapusk 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…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKWaterton 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…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKWest Point Island
West Point, Falkland Islands
+67 birds+3 mammals
Windswept cliffs plunge dramatically into the South Atlantic, their rust-coloured rock faces sculpted by millennia of gales and spray. This northwestern outpost of the Falkland Islands…
VIEW ISLAND & ARCHIPELAGOWheeler 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.…
VIEW WILDLIFE SANCTUARYWichita 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…
VIEW WILDLIFE SANCTUARYWolin 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.…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKWood 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…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKWrangell-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…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKYancheng 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…
VIEW NATURE RESERVEYellowstone 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…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKYnys-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…
VIEW NATURE RESERVEYorkshire 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…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKYukon 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…
VIEW WILDLIFE SANCTUARYZemo Svaneti Planned National Park
Hamashi-Totoleshi, Georgia
+159 birds+6 mammals
Where granite peaks pierce the clouds above the Caucasus, sweeping alpine meadows give way to pristine beech and spruce forests that have remained largely untouched for…
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