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Five Years after Deepwater Horizon, Arctic Drilling Okayed

Just over five years ago, on the evening of April 20, 2010, the BP Deepwater Horizon oil platform exploded off the coast of Louisiana, rupturing the Macondo...

Ben Bressler

Apparently I am NOT the Most Interesting Man in the World! | Ben's Musings

Dear Nature Traveler, I fancy myself a pretty good nature traveler. I’ve run Natural Habitat Adventures for THIRTY YEARS now (ouch!), so I’ve had the...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Nature Travel: The Health Benefits of Awe and Anticipation

The first time you see a lion on the great plains of Africa, it fills you with wonder. While watching a grizzly bear catch salmon at Brooks Falls in Alaska,...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Linking Climate Change to Personal Health: Game Changer?

Suppose we meet for a cup of coffee, and in the course of our conversation, I tell you that 2014 was officially the hottest year on record. I mention that...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Research Shows Plants Are Sentient. Will We Act Accordingly?

Animal advocates and wildlife enthusiasts like you and me are always excited when new research comes out demonstrating the intelligence of the “others” among...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Fearing Climate Change: the Fact and the Phrase

Words are my business; I’m intrigued by them and the power they have. As an environmental writer, I am particularly interested in the terms we have to...

Emily Deemer

We want to know: Why does travel make you happy?

March 20th is International Day of Happiness, a special day created by the UN General Assembly to officially recognize the importance of happiness as a...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

The Jeremiah Johnson Complex: Are Introverts Drawn to the Mountains?

A new study finds that introverts tend to live in mountainous areas and extroverts gravitate to flat regions. Are we genetically predisposed to landscape types?

Candice Gaukel Andrews

New Climate Study Advises Leaving Fossil Fuels in the Ground. But Will We?

At the most recent United Nations Climate Change Conference, held in Lima, Peru, in December 2014, more than 190 countries—including the United...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Do National Park Crowds Breed Advocates—or Build Annoyance?

A trip to Denali National Park is a journey into wild America at its best. This six-million-acre landscape is bisected by only one, 92-mile ribbon of road....

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Should Nonnative Species Be Introduced as Biocontrols?

For decades now, climate change has been altering habitats and causing a major shift of ecosystems northward. Unable to adjust quickly enough, some...

Emily Deemer

Nat Hab teams up with USA TODAY to bring you the "Best Place For Wildlife" Readers' Choice Award!

Natural Habitat Adventures was recently invited by USA TODAY to sit on the Expert Panel for their latest 10Best Readers' Choice Award, "Best Place for...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Climate Change: Political Science vs. Soil Science

Americans may finally be getting more concerned about climate change, according to the Pew Research Center. In a brand-new survey about policy priorities that...

Maddi Higgins

Four New, New Zealand Excursions for 2015

Looking for new adventures this year? Check out these four new excursions we've added to our New Zealand Nature Explorer itinerary to fully explore all of...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Virtual Tours and Digital Maps: Travel Wave of the Future?

From taking a virtual tour of the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History to downloading high-definition maps of national parks to checking out our own...

Maddi Higgins

New in 2015: More Tigers with Fewer Crowds in India

We revamped our Grand India Wildlife Adventure for the new year! Immerse yourself in a preview of what our trip holds as you flip through the colorful pages...

Wendy Redal

Travelers rescue injured sled dog: Trauma surgeon in Nat Hab group saves dog’s life in makeshift ‘clinic’

Dogs in the office at Nat Hab’s Colorado headquarters are nothing new, since our dog-friendly policy has been a long-standing feature. But a few days ago we...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Seeding the Earth: When We Lose an Animal, We Lose a Forest

When we hear news about the declining numbers—and even near-extinction—of some of the world’s largest animals, such as tigers and rhinos, we usually think...

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