Stumped for something fun and original to do on your next family vacation? If your clan is a pack of animal-lovers with a taste for exotic destinations, take a volunteer vacation to work with wildlife ...

Swimming with whale sharks in Mexico. Gorilla trekking in Rwanda. Tracking pumas in Patagonia. Animals motivate us to make pilgrimages to the ends of the earth, filling our bucket lists and our ...

You are excused if you haven’t heard of Family Nature Summits. Your hiking boots cost more than this volunteer-run, nonprofit group’s advertising budget. Existing in the shadow of heavily promoted ...

Along the Texas Gulf Coast lies a breathtaking island refuge where pristine wetlands, vibrant birdlife, and untouched coastal ...

Like authentic and experiential, sustainable is a word that’s increasingly ubiquitous when we talk about travel. And it’s a great thing that so many hotels and resorts, say, encourage guests to reuse ...

Families are so busy juggling science projects, carpools and after-school activities that we often don’t take enough time to connect with nature, or with one another, in our daily lives.

For a few years, when I was 10 to 13 years old, my family rented a house in Margate City, New Jersey, for a week in July each year. We did some of the vacation things, including going to the beach in ...

The J.N. “Ding” Darling National Wildlife Refuge on Sanibel reported that due to the lapse in federal appropriations, most ...