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Elephants on Track

A sophisticated 22-pound GPS collar may be the most valuable bling on the African continent. Seven-ton elephants are now donning advanced satellite tracking...

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Finding Harmony in Botswana

We stare in awe as three generations of lioness – a grandmother, mother and two cubs – saunter peacefully near our 4x4. Their blonde, sun-soaked coats blend...

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How Yellowstone Got its Groove Back

When you hear the word safari, your mind often wanders to the savannas of Africa, the jungles of central and South America, or the Galapagos Islands. These...

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Webinar Alert: The Amazing Migration of Monarch Butterflies

Mexico’s Amazing Monarch Migration Presented by Natural Habitat Adventures Watch Now Seeing a million butterflies take flight above forest groves and hearing...

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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...

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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 ...

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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....

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Hidden Amazon

The Amazon is teeming with wildlife. While traveling with Natural Habitat Adventures, I had the chance to see so many charismatic species, including pink and...

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Conservation Inspiration in Belize

After landing in Belize City, which was bustling with travelers coming and going, we took a short flight over a beautiful dense forest as the rich blue ocean...

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Time, Space, and Wonder in the Galapagos

On the roof deck of our yacht, the Letty, this urbanite views the stars in their full brilliance for the first time in a year. As I lay there, space and time...

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Photostacking a High-Speed Sequence

Sometimes a single picture isn’t enough. Wildlife photographers often struggle with capturing a scene for a number of reasons – the subject is facing the...

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National Parks: Good for You and Our Planet

“Leave it as it is. You cannot improve on it.” Theodore Roosevelt emphasized when speaking about his deep admiration for the Grand Canyon, one of the United...

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This World Oceans Day Leave the Plastic at Home

The longer days and sunnier skies are signaling the arrival of beach vacation season. If you, like many, love to spend time by the ocean, it’s time to...

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Monarchs: Poetry in Motion

Nothing could have prepared me for today. ‘I was blind, and now I can see,’ I think I’ve heard that before, seems appropriate now. We sit atop our rides in...

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What’s in My Daypack: Belize Edition

The items you stuff into your daypack for an exciting adventure can be critical. I just returned from Belize where I traveled on our Ultimate Belize Nature...

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Reflections on the Birds of Botswana

While I’m not a hardcore birder—I don’t routinely wake at the crack of dawn to spend time with our feathered friends—I always enjoy getting to know a region’s...

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Carnivore Stories from Botswana

Botswana is one of five adjacent countries within whose borders lies KAZA, the Kavango-Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area, the world’s largest...

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The Peruvian Amazon: Land of Abundance

The Peruvian Amazon is home to many biologically diverse ecosystems, including an array of freshwater fish, butterflies, birds, mammals and reptiles. Its...