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Good News: Pikas Now Predicted to Persist

A relative of rabbits, tiny, cute and charismatic American pikas typically live in cool, mountain environments and find refuge from the hot sun under boulders...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Taking on the Tolt on an Icelandic Horse

Small but strong, with a thick tail and a gorgeous, flowing mane, an Icelandic horse always inspires dreams of gracefully galloping over an ice- and...

Emily Goodheart

The Golden Eagle: A Luxury Train Trip Across the Arctic

As you prepare for your trip to the European Arctic by luxury train, harken back to the days of Imperial Russia on a city tour through the streets of St....

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Video: The Somewhat Noble Call of a Snow Leopard

We’re all familiar with this movie scene: a bald eagle soars overhead in a wild, Western-type, wide-open landscape, and we hear the iconic, piercing, strong...

Emily Goodheart

Highlights of Maine’s Mount Desert Island and Acadia National Park

Nat Hab's Maine Coastal Explorer tour takes travelers on an idyllic journey from Portland to Acadia National Park. Here are five highlights visitors will...

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Traveler Voices: What Guests Are Saying About Their Recent Adventures

A year and a half of lockdowns and delayed plans have left many of us dreaming of our next great adventure. With countries across the globe now open to...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

How Should Rhinos Be Relocated? Upside Down.

At times, wildlife conservationists do things that might look a bit strange or even questionable to the rest of us. And seeing a rhino tied by its legs and...

Emily Goodheart

The Ahwahnee: Yosemite’s Iconic National Park Lodge

A Yosemite nature tour would not be complete without a stay at The Ahwahnee, a gem among national park lodges with a historical legacy. Travelers on An...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Video: Fall Colors in Acadia National Park

Waves that thunder against granite cliffs and break apart on kelp-slick rocks. Bullfrogs that croak among the grasslike rushes that rim ponds and line...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Better Together: Native Knowledge and Western Science

Throughout the United States, Native Americans own and/or manage nearly 95 million acres of deserts and forests, grasslands and mountains—much of it in...

Emily Goodheart

Canada Is Opening (and the Polar Bears Are Waiting)

I'm sure by now you've heard the news that so many of us have eagerly waited for—Canada will open its borders to vaccinated Americans on August 9th. We join...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

News on Kangaroos and an Australia Atlas of Nature

Kangaroos have become iconic poster children for Australia’s great outback. But although the kangaroo is a national emblem for the country, some locals also...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Your Africa Safari Photographs Could Help Save Wildlife

I have never been fortunate enough to go on an Africa safari, but I never tire of reading about the experiences of others who have visited the continent, such...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

People and Wildlife Need Each Other for Good Health

Here, looking out from the Anthropocene, we tend to regard nature as something other than ourselves. Wild places and wildlife, it seems, are commodities to be...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

You Don’t Have to Be a Nature Expert to Love It

There’s the old maxim that you must know something to love it. And we’ve certainly heard that regarding nature: that if we don’t expose people—particularly...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Assessing the Beliefs of Animals

If you asked any wildlife fan or pet owner if animals have beliefs, I’m guessing their answers would almost all fall within the “yes” category, based on...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Nature Is a “Happy Place” for Children

When children were recently asked to draw their “happy places,” more than half of them created drawings that included aspects of nature and outdoor spaces,...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

African Wild Dogs and the Necessity of Wildlife Corridors

Larger than Austria and Germany combined and nearly twice as big as the United Kingdom, the enormous KAZA (Kavango-Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area)...