Nature & Wildlife Stories

A Newbie Birder’s Bucket List

My fledgling interest in birding started on a business trip in East Africa, which is not exactly what you expect when you’re catching a cab in a suit on your...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Braiding Science, Kinship With Nature, and Communal Well-Being

Drawing on her life as an Indigenous scientist, author Robin Wall Kimmerer in her now iconic 2015 book Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific...

Joel Centano

Butterfly Effect: Eco-Educator & Monarch Scholarship Winner Brings Positive Change to Underserved Communities

Chat awhile with Princess Harris, one of two environmental educators to win Nat Hab’s 2024 Monarch Butterfly Scholarship Grant, and it quickly becomes clear...

Samantha Miller

Happy Mother’s Day! Spotlight on Marsupial Mothers

This Mother’s Day, celebrate the marsupial mothers of the animal kingdom! Motherhood for marsupials doesn’t look like making school lunches or warm cuddles,...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

A Myriad of Mothering Styles from the Animal Kingdom

When you think of your mother, a warm memory probably pops up of her being there when you needed a hug, lending an ear when you wanted to talk, or standing up...

Lavanya Sunkara

Four Ways to Celebrate Wild Koala Day

Koalas, often called koala bears, are not bears, but marsupials. These iconic Australian mammals, found in the southeastern and eastern parts of the country,...

Emily Goodheart

Fascinating Facts About Yellowstone National Park

Nat Hab's journey through Yellowstone is a trip for the true wanderer, embracing the spirit of remote nature travel. This adventure stands apart from the...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Needing Natural Habitats

We human beings have certain basic needs. We must have air, food, water and shelter to survive, according to NASA. If any one of these basic needs is not met,...

Madison Mitchell

Top 5 Places in the World to See Penguins

They slide on their bellies across the snow, congregate on icebergs and seem to fly through freezing water in search of fish. That’s how most people picture...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

A New Measure for Weather: “Outdoor Days”

It’s just a little more than a month into spring, and I’m already wondering if the summer of 2024 will set a new heat record just as the summer of 2023 did....

Megan Brief

Celebrating Bat Conservation: From Chiroptophobia to Coexistence

Though the groundhog may forecast the end of winter, nature has a bounty of more subtle signs that indicate the arrival of spring. Crocuses, hyacinths and...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Earth Day 2024: Planet vs. Plastics

As someone who cares deeply about the Earth and the natural habitats that it provides, you’ve heard a lot about the 30 x 30 idea—which aims to protect 30% of...

Sheryl Nance-Nash

4 Ways You Can Help Save Sea Turtles

What is it about sea turtles that makes them so endearing? It is their size? Their age? Their gracefulness in the water? All of these characteristics add to...

Megan Brief

How to Spot Jaguars in the Wild in Brazil’s Pantanal

More than 1,200 rivers converge to feed the Pantanal, the world’s largest tropical wetland. That’s 42 million acres of aquatic habitat spread across three...

Cathy Brown

Discover the Secrets of England’s Severn

When you think of Britain, it’s easy to conjure up images of rolling fields dotted with sheep and wildflowers, charming villages, ornate gardens and friendly...

Natural Habitat Adventures

Sichuan Takin Flourish at China’s Wild Panda Nature Reserve

By Nat Hab Expedition Leader Eddy Savage What if I told you that deep in the foothills of the Himalayas, in Sichuan Province, China, lived an animal whose...

WWF

A Journey With Monarchs, Milkweed and More

Written by Ariana Bowman, WWF's Gift Planning Senior Development Officer As we navigated through the lush forest landscape on horseback and then on foot, a...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Aging, Happiness and Access to Nature

Next week, I’ll mark another birthday. While I’m grateful for all the ones I’ve been fortunate enough to have so far, how quickly they seem to roll by now is...

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