Nature & Wildlife Stories

Holidays 2022: Tree Revelations and Reindeer Rebound

Throughout time, reindeer have been used for economic purposes by various circumpolar peoples, including the Chukchi, Evenks, Khants, Nenets and Sami. Long...

Laura Kiniry

Nutcrackers & Whistles: Animals That Use Tools

In 1960, English primatologist Jane Goodall made her first trek into what was then the little-known world of wild chimpanzees. Traveling to what’s now...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Welcoming Those Moving North

Rising temperatures are causing Earth’s coldest forests to shift northward, raising our concerns about biodiversity loss, an increased risk of wildfires and...

Natural Habitat Adventures

A Scottish Sojourn: Venture to Scotland’s Wild Highlands and Islands

While Scotland has long been known for its culture-rich cities and castle-crowned crags, it is also one of Europe's last great wildernesses. At almost every...

Ruksana Hussain

International Jaguar Day—Just in Time?

Of the seven big cats, jaguars just don’t seem to get the love that more well-known felines like lions, tigers and leopards do. (The other three? Cougars,...

Samantha Miller

Sabi Sand – Wildlife Hotspot of South Africa

Sabi Sands Game Reserve has a special history in South Africa. As the first private game reserve in the country, it has built a longstanding reputation for...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Green Spaces in Cities and on Coasts: They All Matter

Is there a median strip on any of your neighborhood’s roadways with a patch of greenery on it? Chances are there is. You may have hardly noticed it or think...

Cathy Brown

Celtic Animism: How Mythology Can Make You a More Attentive Traveler

When traveling, it’s easy to see new landscapes and animals, perhaps check them off a bucket list, snap a photo, then move on. But you’ll walk away with a...

Ruksana Hussain

5 Prehistoric Animals You Can Meet on Your Next Adventure

When you hear the term ‘prehistoric animals,’ you likely think of creatures that are long gone. Dinosaurs. Woolly mammoths. Saber-toothed tigers. But plenty...

Wendy Redal

Myth and Mystery in Mexico’s Monarch Kingdom

Each year around El Día de los Muertos—celebrated November 1 and 2—the sky over the Mexican mountain village of Anguangeo becomes a flurry of orange. But it’s...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Sharing Salmon: Bears and People

Fat Bear Week recently announced the 2022 champion: 747 (aka "Bear Force One"). If you’re not familiar with this contest, it’s a competition where you can...

Samantha Miller

What’s the Difference Between a Seal and Sea Lion?

Seals, walruses, sea lions and fur seals are all marine animals known as pinnipeds. Pinniped is a Latin-derived word that can be translated to mean...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Lion Teeth Tell Tales

Staggering natural wonders—such as Victoria Falls, considered to be the world’s biggest curtain of falling water (not because of a singular dimension, such as...

Natural Habitat Adventures

13 Fascinating Facts About Green Sea Turtles

Green sea turtles are classified as endangered, threatened by overharvesting of their eggs, hunting, ocean plastic pollution, getting caught in fishing nets,...

Cathy Brown

The Importance of Getting Along: Symbiosis in Nature

As the great naturalist Charles Darwin once said, “In the long history of humankind (and animal kind, too) those who learned to collaborate and improvise most...

Michelle Peters

Polar Bears in Greenland Find Way to Live With Less Sea Ice

Back in March of this year, we covered polar bears and their incredible adaptations for surviving in the harsh Arctic environment. We learned about a female...

Jon Jared

Go With the Glow: Bioluminescent Animals and Where to Find Them

Bioluminescence is a natural phenomenon that highlights the brilliance of the natural world—literally! Glowworms light up, fireflies flash and plankton...

Megan Brief

Baby Animals in the Wild: Growing Up in India, Nepal and Bhutan

Asian Elephant The Asian elephant is the largest terrestrial mammal on the continent. Its size can be attributed to the gestation period, which is the...

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