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Fjords Play a Big Role in Storing CO2

Long, deep and usually surrounded by breathtaking cliffs, a fjord begins as a U-shaped trough, gouged out by an advancing glacier. When the glacier retreats,...

Ruksana Hussain

Protecting Mountain Lions Before They Become an Endangered Species

Los Angeles recently celebrated the life of a very famous and dearly loved personality: “Hollywood Cat” P-22 (Puma No. 22). The sole mountain lion to make the...

Michelle Peters

9 New Animal Species to Celebrate in the New Year

Despite the challenges today’s world faces, Planet Earth is the gift that keeps on giving. That’s good news for scientists who relish the rush of discovery,...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Solving Problems with Animal Know-How

In the winter, those of you who live in Northern regions understand the importance of traction—especially on ice and snow. In fact, humans have almost always...

Megan Brief

Traveler Story: Photographing Katmai’s Grizzlies & Winning The Washington Post’s Photo Contest

“With many pandemic-era travel restrictions in the rearview mirror, we are out in the world again. The winning entries in our 23rd annual photo contest were...

WWF

Sights and Sounds of Alaska

By Kelley Ashford, Sr. Video Specialist, Development, WWF-US & Mónica Echeverría-Cota, Deputy Director, Media and Strategic Communications, WWF-US We...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

The Gap Between Humans and Nature Is Growing

Following New Year’s Day, it’s traditional to look back at the year just passed and reflect on our personal and communal accomplishments and setbacks. Putting...

Emily Goodheart

20 Nat Hab Destinations Named Top Trips of 2023 (Plus: Take Our Travel Quiz!)

As we welcome in the New Year, notable travel media outlets such as AFAR, National Geographic and Lonely Planet have been curating lists of the best places to...

Laura Kiniry

Top National Parks in Southern Australia: Tasmania, Kangaroo Island & the Great Ocean Road

I’d been on Kangaroo Island for less than an hour when I spotted my first bit of wildlife: a koala perched high in the branches of a blue-gum eucalyptus tree....

Lavanya Sunkara

13 Conservation Success Stories of 2022

Wildfires. Global warming. Floods. Pollution. Mass extinctions. With the 24-hour news cycle constantly spouting negative headlines about the state of the...

Laura Kiniry

Five Safari Adventures Outside Africa

On my first visit to Africa in 2012, I spent a few days safariing through Kenya’s breathtaking Maasai Mara. The sheer breadth of wildlife blew me away. There...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

New Year’s Resolution: Eat Like a Tanzanian

If eating better is one of your goals for the New Year, you’re probably considering adopting guidelines from the popular Mediterranean diet, becoming a...

Samantha Miller

100 Years of Snow Leopard Research

The snow leopard has captured the interest of wildlife biologists, conservationists and the communities around northern and central Asia's high mountains for...

Michelle Peters

Why Beluga Whales Migrate to Churchill, Canada, Each Summer

If you're a wildlife lover and you hear "Churchill, Canada," you likely think of polar bears. And you'd be right—after all, Churchill is considered the Polar...

Natural Habitat Adventures

Inspiring Travel Videos for Your Holiday Season

By Ben Bressler, President & Founder of Natural Habitat Adventures "Are we there yet?" That seemed to me almost a catchphrase my brother and I would whine...

Samantha Miller

Visit the Avian Serengeti in the Heart of the Cotswolds: Slimbridge Wetland Center

The Cotswolds stands as one of the world's most pristine nature enclaves, providing for both people and wildlife for generations. In 1966, the Cotswolds...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Find Amazement, Awe and Wonder in Nature

Nature and the end-of-the-year holidays. If you ask me, they go together, traveling across Earth hand in hand at this special time. Maybe that’s because of...

Megan Brief

Nat Hab Unwrapped: The True Value of Nature Travel

I have often used terms like “natural treasure” or “ecological gem” in my writing when talking about the value of our planet’s rivers, oceans, grasslands,...

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