Yellowstone the oldest national park in the world and was signed into law 1st March 1872. Covering almost three and a half thousand square miles (nearly 9000 square kilometres) it consists of lakes, canyons, rivers and mountain ranges. Mammals within the park include wolves, cougars , coyotes, red fox bobcat Canada lynx as well as a range of large herbivores such as bison elk and moose.

Old faithful is a geyser within the park which erupts regularly as one and is one of the regular draws of the area.

Lake Malawi is the southernmost of Africa’s great lakes and goes across 3 countries. These are Malawi, Mozambique and Tanzania. Now the lake contains all sorts of wildlife, including otters, crocodiles and hippos.

The lake splits at the bottom into two short fingers, and tucked between the two, lies lake Malawi national park. While this is a relatively small park, the park is also home to a range of mammals including chacma baboons, vervet monkeys, hippopotamuses, leopards, common duikers, bushbucks, greater kudus, and klipspringers. Also to be seen are crocodiles, African fish eagles, and white-breasted cormorants as well as wading birds, kingfishers, hornbills, nightjars, kestrels, swallow-tailed bee-eaters, and many other species of birds.

Containing the tallest mountain in Japan is not the only claim to fame that this national park has. Nevertheless around 300,000 people climb to the peak each year.

Much of the area is forested so it also includes an area of CE that is inhabited by indo-pacific dolphins. The Japanese Claude salamander is also found here though they do hibernate when it gets too cold. The regular scene species include the rare Japanese serow, easy attic black bears, Japanese squirrels and foxes. There is also a list of more than 100 bird species

Together four national parks make up this area, and as you can imagine have a wide range of wildlife. Both grizzly and black bears can be found within the reserves, along with both the lynx and the cougar. Both the coyote and the wolf are still doing well. There is a wide range of weasels including wolverines, and as a result of the forest environment the most common weasel member is the pine Martine. Others include ermines, long-tailed weasels, short-tailed weasels, fishers and skunks. Mountain goats and bighorn sheep are both relatively common. In terms of deer species they have moose, the American elk(wapiti) the mule deer and the white tailed deer. 

There are also a variety of small mammals which include the Colombian ground squirrel, the golden mantled ground squirrel, the chipmunk, hoary marmot, the porcupine, beavers, the little brown bat, the horseshoe hare and the pika

North America’s five Great lakes including erie huron Michigan Ontario and superior are all interconnected and were curved out by great glaciers during the last ice age. They make up the greatest body of freshwater on the earth and have a volume of more than 22,000 cubic kilometers (5400 cubic miles).

 There are a number of national parks that’s around the lakes and there is a great deal of effort to preserve the wilderness within these. In the quieter areas you could see peregrine and bald eagles. In the particularly remote areas black bear elk grey walls and even Canadian links can be seen as well. 

The lakes are so large that they make a difference to the climate, keeping the temperature lower than the surrounding area during the summer and warmer during the winter.

Along with a number of other reserves, this is an area that protects a number of Canada’s highest peaks- with high mountains and glaciers covering 80% of the park (which covers 22,000 square kilometres or 8500 square miles).

150 species of birds called the park home including the ptarmigan, peregrine falcon and golden eagle. Grizzly bears caribou snow-shoe hare and the world’s largest population of Dall sheep thrive in the variety of habitats from coastal and valley forest to alpine tundra and meadows.

In the past an area fruitful for hunting there is still a great deal of wildlife. In terms of birds they include northern divers. The place is particularly impressive as all the leaves turn to golden yellow in the autumn. Wildlife of the area include black bears bobcats raccoons grey wolves otters moose white-tailed deer and caribou. Local bed species include the American kestrel and the osprey as well as the barred owl.

One of the best place to see killer whales is off the coast of British Columbia where a population known as the southern residents live. Specialising in eating fish, there is another less well known population called the northern residents.

The southern resident population supports an eco tourism industry which is worth more than the salmon fishery business throughout the whole of British Columbia.

Unfortunately as with many other places the orca are under threat with a number having fallen by around 20% in the last few decades.

Orca are just one of 33 species of whale and dolphin found in the area. it is possible to enjoy kayaking with orcas, or go on a boat cruise boat to look out for humpback and minke whales, porpoise, seals and otters too. Enormous grey whales can be seen blowing fountains of sea water off the coast, as they migrate through the area between April and May.

Lying about 150 miles north of Vancouver, it stretches from the Pacific Ocean in the west to the caribou mountains in the east and then compasses three of British Columbia’s national parks. This area’s particularly well known forex salmon fishing grizzly bear population. These animals are omnivorous, eating plants and roots newborn caribou and the salmon. Other wildlife of the area includes moose, mountain goat, cougars and bald eagles. For the tourist visitors activities include kayaking, fishing and hiking.