Over 300 million people visited America’s national parks in 2017 – with hundreds of millions more visiting ecological and geologically protected areas around the globe. National parks are beautiful places, there’s no doubt about that. But they can also be dangerous killers too. Nearly 150 people died in America’s national […]

The National Trust is a UK charity which operates by using donations, membership fees and commercial activity. National Parks are a major priority of theirs, along with castles and monuments. The National Trust works alongside parliament to prevent people from developing or selling important historical or natural buildings or land. […]

Families flock from all over the country for the ancient woodland, open moors, heathland and cliff top walks at the New Forest in the South of England. The New Forest National Park is preserved by English authorities, as 90% the property of Her Majesty, for the peace and tranquility of […]

Following up on our previous piece on the rarest animals of America’s national parks, we thought it was time we took a look at the rarest animals of British national parks too. Although nowhere near as diverse as the American continent, the British Isles are host a to a large […]

Since they were first created a hundred or so years ago, the national parks of the United States have occupied a unique position in the public mythos. Some of the modern continent’s most treasured writers have drawn upon the wild and untamed landscapes for inspiration, and you can still visit […]

North America is a huge and diverse continent, spanning many thousands of miles. This variation in climates and biomes has allowed a wealth of interesting and unique species to flourish across the ancient landscape, many millions of years before humans arrived on the scene – let alone modern European settlers. […]

There are over 500 million acres of National Park land in the USA alone, covering the full range of climates and landscapes. These wild and untamed regions are a magnet for the adventurous and prospective explorers – but that same remoteness also gives them a mysterious air. Literally thousands of […]

For those people who have visited Great Britain and have just been to its capital London, they may have missed out on some of the most glorious countryside the north of Britain has to offer. Such as the Scottish Highlands, the Yorkshire Moors and of course the fabulous Lake District. […]

The second and concluding part of our journey across the world to visit the Seven Natural Wonders will take us to South America, Asia and Australia. In part one we saw the amazing Aurora Borealis and visited the Hollywood star that is The Grand Canyon, but now it is time […]

Since the first national parks were created in America in the late 1800s, the concept has spread all across the globe. In fact, to this day new national parks are still being fenced off from human development – from China to Peru or Sweden. So where are these developments in […]