Conservation Stories

Go Tell a Polar Bear How Much of the Arctic You’re Melting!

Scientists can now measure individuals' direct contributions to global climate change—and the results are staggering. According to a recent paper published in...

Wendy Redal

Celebrating Good News for Endangered Species in 2016

During the holiday season, we come together across lands, faiths and cultures to celebrate the persistence of light in the darkness. And we at Natural Habitat...

About Galapagos

Conservation through Tourism in the Galapagos – a Needed Interview, Part 2

In Part 1 of my interview with Executive Director of the International Galapagos Tour Operators Association (IGTOA), Matt Kareus, we discussed the...

Tania Curry

New Technology Helps Catch Poachers in Africa

Earlier this year, WWF installed two systems in a protected area in central Kenya where endangered white and black rhino roam along with poachers. Nine months...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

After 100 Years, a New Vision for the National Park Service

Managing wildness. Seems like an oxymoron to me. After all, if it is managed, can it still be wild? Yet that is the almost impossible task we have asked the...

WWF

2016: A tipping point for Churchill’s polar bears?

This article was originally published in WWF's Thin Ice Blog In mid-November, I spent a week in Churchill on Canada’s Hudson Bay Coast. It’s one of the most...

iSafari

Is It Too Late to Save the African Rhino?

As I wrote in a recent article, See—and Save—the Endangered Rhino, two of the remaining species of Rhinoceros in Asia—the Javan and Sumatran rhinos—are...

About Galapagos

Andean Condor Success Story: An Example for the Future of Conservation and Tourism

Hacienda Zuleta, a colonial-era working farm in the Andean Highlands, sits at 9,600 feet in the Imbabura Province of Ecuador. Guests on select Natural...

Nick Grossman

Giant Pandas Rebound in China

China's giant pandas are some of the most rare and beloved animals on Earth. These black-and-white bears have long been a global icon of the urgent need for...

About Galapagos

Conservation through Tourism in the Galapagos – a Needed Interview, Part 1

Looking for any excuse to write about one of my favorite destinations on the entire planet, the Galapagos Islands, I recently caught up with my friend and...

Olaf Malver

A Greenland Fish Tale | Olaf’s Corner

A successful tourist season at our East Greenland Base Camp was over. With all packed up, we bid goodbye to our wonderful Greenland staff and were ready for...

Tania Curry

New Research: Elephant Conservation Brings Economic Value through Tourism Revenue

A new study by WWF, the University of Vermont, and the University of Cambridge shows that funds needed for antipoaching efforts in east, southern and west...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Can National Parks Survive Our Behavior for Another Century?

This was a banner year for our national parks. In 2016, we celebrated 100 years of America’s “best idea,” to quote environmentalist and nature writer Wallace...

iSafari

Bad Economics: Pachyderm Poaching and Refuge Reductions

We are losing animal species at an alarming, unprecedented rate, and our wild places are increasingly coming under attack. If we’re not careful, our planet...

Emily Deemer

Greenland Ice Sheet Melt Exceeds Scientific Predictions

Greenland has become the global symbol of climate change. From polar bears stranded on flimsy floating ice slabs to shocking time lapse photos of glaciers...

iSafari

Saving Rhinos with Music in Namibia

Rhino poaching has reached epidemic proportions across the African continent. Even though the international trade in rhino horn has been banned since 1977,...

Nick Grossman

Nat Hab Builds a New Trail for the Colorado Community

Supporting local communities and caring for the environment is part of our DNA at Natural Habitat Adventures. As "The Nature People," our staff is committed...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Bushmeat and Locavores: When “Eating Locally” Goes Bad for Going Big

Becoming a locavore—someone who prefers to find and eat local foods—is a growing and, in most cases, healthy trend in the United States. Locavores typically...

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