A Walk in Costa Rica’s Monteverde Cloud Forest
For a relatively small country, Costa Rica offers remarkably rich wildlife and nature opportunities. Anyone with an eye trained on eco-friendly, conservati...
Michelle Peters
Michelle Peters
From her home office in northwest Seattle, Michelle has been crafting compelling content about travel destinations worldwide for more than 20 years. In those two decades, she made the leap from editor for the hotel and resort department at Virtuoso to a full-time freelance editor and writer—and never looked back.
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Tapirs: Nature’s Gentle Gardeners & Where to See Them
A spotted lowland tapir calf rustles through the brush among the flat-topped, clustered rock formations, or tepuis, of Serranía de Chiribiquete National Pa...
Michelle Peters
Why Beluga Whales Migrate to Churchill, Canada, Each Summer
If you’re a wildlife lover and you hear “Churchill, Canada,” you likely think of polar bears. And you’d be right—after all, Churchi...
Michelle Peters
Wildlife of Patagonia: Pumas, Condors and More
Peerless Patagonia is striking in grandeur, yet humble in character. As Andean spires rise to the sky, glaciers wind their way down to turquoise lakes dott...
Michelle Peters
How to Choose the Best Antarctica Trip for You
Imagine gliding through a silent sea of icebergs, the only sounds the occasional calving of glaciers, the call of seabirds and the excited murmur of your h...
Michelle Peters
How to Experience Denali National Park While the Park Road is Closed
Denali National Park and Preserve is a bit of an enigma. With 6 million acres of wild land to explore, the region is so much more than a mountain. Alaska’s...
Michelle Peters
Why Botswana Is a Model for Ecotourism Around the World
Conservation Through Travel: How Botswana Leads in Sustainable Safaris In today’s world of mindful travel, more explorers are asking how their journeys imp...
Michelle Peters
English Wildlife: Intriguing Animals of Great Britain & The Cotswolds
Sometimes, the most pastoral landscapes can reveal some of nature’s wildest secrets. Case in point: the refined Cotswold Hills in England. Amid tidy countr...
Michelle Peters
Where to See Wolves in Yellowstone National Park
Wolves have long fascinated wildlife enthusiasts. We tend to view them as truly wild and rugged. Their tendency to live and travel in family packs echoes o...
Michelle Peters
From Acadia to Yellowstone: The Best U.S. National Parks to Visit This Summer
We agree with Wallace Stegner: Our national parks are “America’s Best Idea.” These natural sanctuaries call our name when the concrete ju...
Michelle Peters
What’s the Difference Between Echidnas, Hedgehogs and Porcupines?
No one likes to be labeled, especially when it’s the wrong label. And the echidnas of southern Australia are no different. Don’t call them porcupines, plea...
Michelle Peters
Experience the Canadian Mountain West Without the Crowds on New Vancouver to Banff Adventure
What if you could take a helicopter flight over the craggy Bugaboo Mountains of British Columbia, landing at a deluxe wilderness lodge where few are fortun...
Michelle Peters
Wildlife of the Canadian Rockies
The Canadian Rockies have called to me ever since I first visited the region at the tender age of one. My parents had a photo in my childhood home, taken a...
Michelle Peters
Mythology Set in Stone: Get to Know the Ancient Artists of Australia’s Grampians
It’s the mid-1800s in southern Australia, and the soon-to-be first lieutenant governor of Victoria, Charles La Trobe, has given up the search. A ferocious ...
Michelle Peters
Must-See Animal Migrations
What is the sound of nearly two million wildebeest and zebra moving across the plains of Tanzania’s Serengeti and Kenya’s Maasai Mara? Clichéd as it sounds...
Michelle Peters
10 Ways to Celebrate World Water Day
World Water Day is March 22! This year’s theme is Water for Peace. As articulated by the United Nations: When we cooperate on water, we create a posi...
Michelle Peters
There Are Only Two Northern White Rhinos Left—But a New Breakthrough Could Bring Them Back
Meet Najin and Fatu, the world’s last two northern white rhinos. This mother-and-daughter pair live together in Kenya’s renowned Ol Pejeta Conservancy, whe...
Michelle Peters
6 Facts About the “Original Pandas” for International Red Panda Day
Whether you’re a red panda fan because you’ve seen them at your local zoo, or because your tween has watched Disney’s “Turning Red” movie umpteen times, yo...
Michelle Peters
