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The Smells of Nature: Human Health and Hungry Herbivores

We know that spending time in nature is good for us, proven by hundreds—perhaps thousands—of scientific studies. But most of what we know about nature and its...

Samantha Miller

Beautiful Birds of Costa Rica’s Southern Pacific Coast: A Bird-Watcher’s Paradise

Nat Hab has spent over three decades exploring Costa Rica’s Pacific and Caribbean coastlines, rainforests, cloud forests, national parks and wildlife refuges....

Michelle Peters

Wildlife of the Canadian Rockies

The Canadian Rockies have called to me ever since I first visited the region at the tender age of one. My parents had a photo in my childhood home, taken...

Megan Brief

The Winter Ecology of Yellowstone: Wildlife Survival Strategies & Adaptations to Climate Change

In the shadow of Yellowstone's ancient and dense pine forests, a sage grouse burrows beneath a blanket of deep snow. Guided by starlight, a snowshoe hare...

Michelle Peters

From Acadia to Yellowstone: The Best U.S. National Parks to Visit This Summer

We agree with Wallace Stegner: Our national parks are "America's Best Idea." These natural sanctuaries call our name when the concrete jungle becomes too...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Birds Bring Well-Being

Nearly 1,000 birds were killed in Chicago on October 4, 2023, when they collided with an illuminated glass building. Though mass fatalities of this magnitude...

Samantha Miller

How Whale Songs Could Save These Marine Mammals

If you've even thought of the underwater world as "quiet," think again! Our oceans are not as silent as they may seem. Did you know that sound travels farther...

Natural Habitat Adventures

Winter 2025 Will Bring The Best Northern Lights Display in 20 Years

By Expedition Leader Katrina Rosen With summer on the horizon in the northern hemisphere, winter is probably the last thing on your mind. But if seeing the...

Michelle Peters

Mythology Set in Stone: Get to Know the Ancient Artists of Australia’s Grampians

It’s the mid-1800s in southern Australia, and the soon-to-be first lieutenant governor of Victoria, Charles La Trobe, has given up the search. A ferocious...

Joe Yogerst

Calling All Bird Nerds! Species You Can Spot on Nat Hab’s U.S. National Parks Trips

“I never for a day gave up listening to the songs of our birds, or watching their peculiar habits, or delineating them in the best way I could,” the legendary...

Samantha Miller

Heli-Hiking in the Canadian Bugaboos

On Nat Hab’s new Rainforest to Rockies: Vancouver to Banff trip, you’ll discover Canada’s mountain grandeur on a unique itinerary into wild realms others...

Emily Goodheart

Mothers & Cubs: Spectacular Grizzly Photos from Alaska Adventures

Few things are more powerful than witnessing the bond between mother and child—or in this case, cub! In the wilds of Alaska, travelers will observe and...

Emily Goodheart

Rwanda Reforestation Program Plants Nearly 100,000 Trees: Nat Hab Partner Protects Primate Habitat

Natural Habitat Adventures is proud of our partners’ sustainability efforts around the world. One such effort is a reforestation program in Rwanda that has...

Michelle Peters

Must-See Animal Migrations

What is the sound of nearly two million wildebeest and zebra moving across the plains of Tanzania’s Serengeti and Kenya’s Maasai Mara? Clichéd as it sounds,...

Natural Habitat Adventures

Ride 4 a Woman Empowers the Women of Bwindi, Uganda

By Nat Hab traveler Ann Lauer In September 2021, my husband Ron and I traveled to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, a mountainous region of Uganda bordering...

Emily Deemer

The 9 Best Dads of the Animal Kingdom

We wanted to wish a happy Father's Day to all the dads out there, both human and animal fathers alike! As a tribute to hardworking dads, we made a list of...

About Galapagos

Meet Zapa: Nat Hab Expedition Leader & Catalyst for Conservation

Cassiano Zaparoli—better known as “Zapa”—is passionate about exploring the wilds of South America. But he finds a joy in guiding nature adventures that tops...

Megan Brief

Wild About Pride: The Nature of Belonging

What makes nature most beautiful is its fluid ephemerality. A butterfly emerging from its cocoon; a river carving a bend in the landscape; a polar bear...