World Rainforest Day — Seeing Rainforests For More Than Their Trees
World Rainforest Day June 22, 2020 Venturing into the humid rainforest tropics for the first time can be a shock to your temperate senses. The heat feels like it never goes away. Even at night the heat and humidity can incite a restless riot of tossing in a...
What is an Endangered Species?
What is an Endangered Species and who decides when a species becomes endangered? Seems pretty obvious, until you start to give it some thought. With Endangered Species Day on Friday May 15th, many of you asked us that very What and Who question. Here’s the...
Earth Day Turns Fifty: A Gift of Trees
A low humid fog hangs over the river, shrouding the tops of the surrounding rainforest, an invisible bathing of microdroplets. This morning the river world is a monochrome grey-green, the sunrise still a half-hour away. Across from the tired wooden dock a pair...
Support your Favorite Primate Sanctuary…from Home
Around the world, animal sanctuaries have suspended their visitor and volunteer programs, and locked their doors to prevent the spread of COVID-19 and protect their animals. Many primate care organizations are facing significant financial setbacks, as well as...
A Forest Is Taking Root!
Thank you so much to everyone who has jumped in to help our Orangutan Tree Project take root. You have donated over 700 seedlings in just the first two months – fantastic! We’re well on our way of reaching our initial goal of 2,000 seedlings by the end of 2019, and...
For nearly 20 years, GLOBIO has been connecting kids and adults to the magic, awe and wonder of our planet. GLOBIO works with education partners, wildlife sanctuaries and conservation projects in Equatorial Africa and Borneo to support their conservation work on-the-ground, and share their stories with the rest of the world. Ever evolving, we also create engaging educational content to educate the public on shared environmental issues.
