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COVID-19 and Feeling Out Friendships—of the Dolphin Kind

I had a much-needed get-together with a longtime friend over the weekend—via Zoom, of course, during these coronavirus times and after at least five...

Hannah Wagner

Watch: WWF’s VP of Ocean Conservation discuss the Galapagos

Earlier this summer, Lauren Spurrier, WWF’s Vice President of Ocean Conservation joined Natural Habitat Adventures’ Daily Dose webinar series to talk about...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Outdoor Education Is Disappearing Due to COVID-19

We know that having had exposure to nature as a child makes you a healthier adult—both mentally and physically. Several scientific studies have proven that...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Videos: Nature Finally Talks Back—Redux

Throughout history, philosophers have construed the universe in many ways, and one of the oldest is to see it made up by pairs of opposites. For example, art...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Videos: Nature Finally Talks Back—Again

In the past few months, as the coronavirus has raged around the world, many of us who were sheltering-in-place have had a simple, binary choice: stay inside...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Pandemic Ponderings: 25 Phenomenal Facts about our Planet

Since 1970, the annual Earth Day has been a time for us to reflect on the beautiful planet, the third from the sun, that we call home. Twenty years after that...

Hannah Wagner

15 Recommended Nature Films from WWF’s Jim Sano

Every year, The Wild and Scenic Film Festival, The Environmental Film Festival, and more showcase films that celebrate Earth. With awards for activism,...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

City Plans to Consider Nature’s Impact on Mental Health

There are two astonishing facts about how we live that I think are closely related. The first is that by 2050, two of every three people on Earth will reside...

Hannah Wagner

Watch: WWF Plastic Expert, Erin Simon, Answers Your Questions

Earlier this month, WWF’s Head of Plastic Waste and Business, Erin Simon took to Nat Hab’s Instagram to answer questions about recycling, reducing waste, and...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

10 Tips for Keeping Wanderlust Alive During the Pandemic

I traveled to Bryce Canyon National Park for the first time in 2007. Because I have a fear of “edges,” this park was challenging for me. But when I ventured...

Natural Habitat Adventures

Watching Icebergs in Greenland

We were zipping across Sermilik Fjord on an impossibly blue-sky day. I had convinced myself that it was going to rain every day that I was in Greenland, so...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Coronavirus: Good News for Air Quality? Yes—and No.

Almost every aspect of life has changed dramatically since the coronavirus pandemic began months ago. Today, we are still social distancing from family and...

Natural Habitat Adventures

Gray Whales and Family Bonds in Baja

After 20 years at Natural Habitat Adventures, I had the opportunity to do something new…share the experience of a Nat Hab trip with one of my children! My...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Working at Home? Look at Cute Baby Animals and Get More Done

A lot of us are working from home right now; and if you happen to be someone who’s not used to the freelance life, it may be harder than you imagined. After a...

Natural Habitat Adventures

Spy Hummingbird Captures Footage of Magnificent Monarch Swarm in Mexico

In this astounding clip from the PBS Nature miniseries Spy in the Wild, a drone camera disguised as a hummingbird journeys into the center of a monarch...

WWF

Watch: Sunset on Hallo Bay

It has been a little less than a year since WWF's Mac Mirabile journeyed to Alaska's Katmai National Park to witness the world's greatest brown bear habitat....

Natural Habitat Adventures

Home on the Natural Habitat Ursus

Home is a funny word. Most of us have a home we wake up in every morning; we might linger in the warm sheets on those frosty mornings, relish the smell of...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Five Sensory Travel Journeys for the Coronavirus Age

The world that I look out upon from the window in my home office, here in Wisconsin, is pretty quiet right now. In other times, the interstate just beyond the...