Wildfires tore through Jasper this summer. Is Canada's iconic national park ready to welcome back tourists?

Situated in the country’s isolated south-west region, the Hump Ridge Track will officially launch in October 2024 and has the potential to save the tiny town of Tuatapere.

Commissioning editor and contributor to Lonely Planet’s East Coast Australia, to be published August 2024.

Commissioning editor and contributor to Lonely Planet’s Australia guidebook, to be published August 2024.

Ordinary people can help study marine life in the name of ecology aboard the science cruising trend. But is it helping anything?

Contributor to Lonely Planet’s The Joy of Quiet Places, to be published August 2024.

Solving the mysteries of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef is critical to safeguarding its future, which is why tourism operators in Bundaberg are now joining scientists in helping to find the answers.

There are three known wild contagious cancers in vertebrates, and Tasmanian devils have two of them. What does that mean for the endangered marsupials?

Contributor to Lonely Planet’s Offbeat North America, published May 2024.

Wildlife rescuers, veterinarians and researchers are working to protect Australia's now-endangered koalas—and travellers are a big part of the mission.

But Indigenous people—who stand to benefit the most from the commercialization of “bush tucker”—represent only 1 percent of the industry.

New Zealand is emerging as a global leader in regenerative tourism, thanks in part to Māori tour operators such as the Bay of Plenty's Kohutapu Lodge.

2023 marks the 125th anniversary of the Klondike Gold Rush – an event that’s being reframed with the rise of Indigenous–led tourism.

Australian start-up Loam is using fungi to help crops capture carbon in the soil—and keep it there. It could be a game-changer for farmers and the fight against climate change.

For an adventure that involves tramping but no trampling, Tasmania’s Flinders Island is embracing a new wave of responsible, regenerative tourism, writes Jessica Wynne Lockhart.

Co-author of a Lonely Planet cycling guidebook, published in October 2023.

Contributor to Lonely Planet’s collection of 60 wild swims, published September 2023.

Author of the Frommer’s New Zealand guidebook, to be published in September 2023.