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How to Choose the Best Time to Go on a Botswana Safari

We’re often asked, “When is the best time of year for a Botswana safari?” The answer to the question is not as simple as you might think. The best time for...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Intelligent Asian Elephants and Their Ebbing Environments

There are many types of intelligence in the animal kingdom, and it seems that almost every day, we learn something more about them. Of course, it’s hard to...

Rebecca Self

Roaring Back: Triumphs and Challenges in Tiger Conservation

Roaring back may be an overstatement, but the number of tigers living in the wild is on the rise, and that is cause for optimism. The largest of all the big...

Joel Centano

8 Fall Foliage Autumn Adventures

On its finest days, summer feels like it could last forever. But, alas, all good things must come to an end. Or, when it comes to the seasons, sublimely shift...

Rebecca Self

FortWhyte Alive Fosters Connection with Nature on Arctic Science Day

FortWhyte Alive is a 660-acre reclaimed urban green space situated on a former industrial site. It is a vibrant hub for nature exploration and environmental...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Photo Essay: The Brown Bears and Salt Marshes of Chinitna Bay, Alaska

Alaska’s Chinitna Bay on Cook Inlet near Lake Clark National Park and Preserve is the very heart of coastal brown bear country, according to the National Park...

Natural Habitat Adventures

Natural Habitat Adventures Announces Five New Trips for 2025

The World’s Leading Nature Travel Company Launches New Itineraries in Kenya, Newfoundland & Labrador, Australia and More Following Strong Demand Boulder,...

Joe Yogerst

If There Was Such a Thing as the Animal Olympics, These Creatures Would Be Gold Medalists

From Simone Biles and Noah Lyles to the U.S. women’s basketball team and “golden boy” French swimmer Léon Marchand, there were plenty of amazing athletes at...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Wild Conservation Ideas: Currency Images and a Moon Vault

If you look at a U.S. $1 bill today, you’ll find an image of an eagle holding arrows in one talon and an olive branch in the other. On a U.S. buffalo nickel...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Water, Wetlands and Wells

Water is the driving force of all nature. And it seems to take on an added significance in summer when heatwaves roll across the nation. Water cools us and...

Laura Kiniry

Meet Iceland’s Magical Creatures

While traveling along Iceland’s South Coast, our group came upon a rocky outcrop on the side of the road. “Over there is where the elves live,” said our guide...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

The New, Surprising Reasons Travelers Visit Antarctica

American environmentalist, historian and novelist Wallace Stegner called our national parks “the best idea we ever had.” In 1983, he wrote: “National parks...

Laura Kiniry

This Nonprofit is Working to Protect Howler Monkeys from Costa Rica’s Power Lines

The first time Chris Martin heard a howler monkey's cries, he thought it was a jet plane taking off. Martin was an epidemiology student visiting Costa Rica’s...

Megan Koelemay

Finding Magic in the Great Bear Rainforest: A Photo Journal

I’ve always thought of Dr. Seuss books as magical, transporting me to the most creative landscapes I’d ever known as a child. Winding shapes, curious plants,...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Animal Academics: Interspecies Teachers

Teaching was once considered a uniquely human behavior. Today, however, scientists recognize a small but diverse group of species who have the ability to act...

Laura Kiniry

New Study Shows the Positive Impacts Conservation has on Biodiversity

It was the early evening when we spotted our first jaguar, a male named Timbó, who was lounging in the tall grass of Brazil’s Pantanal, waiting for night to...

Natural Habitat Adventures

5 Canines to See in the Wild for International Dog Day

It's no secret: Nat Hab staffers are dog people. And cat people. Okay, we're just...animal people. That's why we're thrilled when International Dog Day comes...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

20 Tips for Making the Most of Your National Park Trip

Mountains, seashores, grasslands, wetlands, coral reefs and glaciers. Our national parks protect a multitude of terrains. And with more than 400 national park...