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Want a Creativity Boost? Take a Walk in Nature.

There’s no doubt that today most adults and children spend more time indoors interacting with media and technology than participating in outdoor activities....

Natural Habitat Adventures

A Profound Encounter in Mexico

"While on a Natural Habitat Adventures trip to Mexico to witness the incredible wintering of monarchs, there was one profound moment that I will never forget....

Natural Habitat Adventures

A Wild Polar Bear Encounter in Greenland

"We loved being at Base Camp Greenland. Being based there enabled us to see East Greenland up close and personal! Walking on the tundra, riding in the...

Kendal Bower

Wildlife Photo of the Week: Capybaras

Every Friday, we choose our favorite photo of the week from our Wildlife Photo of the Day website. This week we chose a moment from Brazil. Photographer Henry...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Videos: The Penguin Paths of New Zealand

Wildlife overpasses save the lives of hundreds of animals—such as deer, elk and pronghorn—every year. But if an overpass isn’t available and you’re a creature...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

There is Life in the Ice, and It’s Got a Message about Climate Change

Scientists have long considered polar ice to be an extreme environment; a sterile place within which nothing can survive. But new evidence shows that there...

WWF

Brewing Up a Cup of Coffee for Galapagos’ Giant Tortoises

I met Reyna Oleas, owner of MonteMar on a misty Saturday morning off a dirt road nestled beneath stands of banana, guava and scalesia trees. It was early in...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Anticipation Is the Happiest Part of a Travel Journey

There’s a lot to be said for spontaneity. It allows you to take advantage of opportunities that pop up and opens the door for creativity, flexibility and...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Audio Tale: Wolf Encounter in Glacier Bay National Park

One summer morning, while camping on an island far off the beaten path in Glacier Bay National Park in Alaska, naturalist Richard Nelson and a friend set off...

WWF

An Unbearable Mine

Gold and copper may hold lucrative prospects for some investors, but mining doesn’t pay out for Alaska’s Bristol Bay. The proposed open pit ...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

The National Park Service: Big Wonders in Small Spots

If I asked you to name your favorite National Park Service (NPS) places, you’d probably immediately mention parks such as Grand Canyon National Park, Yosemite...

Kendal Bower

Wildlife Photo of the Week: Two of a Kind

Every Friday, we choose our favorite photo of the week from our Wildlife Photo of the Day website. This week we chose a pair of zebras in the Samburu National...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Esteeming Elephants: September 22 Is National Elephant Appreciation Day

More than 1,500 “national” days have been declared, according to the National Day Calendar. For example, January 2 is National Cream Puff Day. March 4 is...

Kendal Bower

Wildlife Photo of the Week: Grizzly Bear Pals

Every Friday, we choose our favorite photo of the week from our Wildlife Photo of the Day website. This week we selected a couple a bear cubs in Yellowstone...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Video: A Chinese Village Goes “Green” When Plants Take Over

There’s a village just 40 miles southeast of Shanghai, China, that might be the greenest in the world. No, it’s not because of its CO2-sequestering buildings,...

WWF

Balancing with the Bears of Katmai

Three commercial flights, a float plane, a two-hundred-ton marine vessel, and a raft; followed by a trek through swamps, rocky shorelines, and dense brush....

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Seniors and the Outdoors

Nature deficit disorder in children has become widely known, thanks to author Richard Louv and his popular books, Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children...

Kendal Bower

Wildlife Photo of the Week: Perched Monarch

Every Friday, we choose our favorite photo of the week from our Wildlife Photo of the Day website. This week we chose a perched monarch. Photographer Steven...