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Conservation Comes Full Circle

About 20 years ago at the start of my career, I jumped on an opportunity to work with WWF in Peru, where I found myself traveling often to the far reaches of...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

The Year-Round Land of Evergreens: the Taiga

It’s mid-January, the time some people call the “doldrums,” a period of feeling low energy and a lack of motivation after the Christmas and New Year season of...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

More than Travel Guides, Maps Tell Nature’s Stories

Maps are far more than sets of instructions on how to get from Point A to Point B. They tell stories. And whether they’re digital or paper maps, the tales...

Green New Year’s Resolutions for 2019 from Nat Hab’s Green Team

Our whole team here at Natural Habitat Adventures is deeply committed to sustainability. About a third of the employees at our Colorado headquarters are...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Video: The Universe Wishes You “A Merry Little Christmas”

On this Christmas morning, I hope you are happy, healthy and spending time with family and friends. During this holiday season, however, it’s the “happy” part...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Video: Using Drone Photography to Protect the Arctic

Growing up in the Arctic regions of Canada made a lasting impression on National Geographic Young Explorer Nansen Weber. When he wasn’t out guiding guests who...

WWF

Celebrate 2018 Conservation Wins in these Five Places

2019 is on the horizon, and with the new year comes new challenges facing the planet. But with 2018 ending, we can look back on the events of the year and...

WWF

High Finance

Green is good, and Bhutan is planning to stay that way—forever. The carbon-neutral kingdom’s constitution already mandates 60-percent forest cover on its...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Losing Urban Trees—and the Wildlife that Depends on Them

We need to learn to tolerate a bit of messiness when it comes to our urban neighborhoods and landscapes. And I’m not talking about litter on our sidewalks,...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Video: Travelers, Tread Lightly—the Palau Giant’s Message

If you love to travel, you’ve probably collected a lot of stamps in several, worn-out passports. The one you received from the island nation of Palau,...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Video: Literally “Talking Turkey” on This Thanksgiving

When someone says he or she wants to “talk turkey” with you, it usually means that you’re in for a frank, straightforward and serious discussion. But if...

WWF

Homeland Security for Jaguars

A new era of cross-border cooperation is primed to save Earth’s largest tropical wetland, home to the world’s densest concentration of jaguars. Assuming...

Olaf Malver

Ugo in Shark City | Olaf’s Corner

“Cool, man—shark city!” bellowed Ugo while chumming the waters 30 feet away. We listened to him from the boat deck high above while hanging on to the long...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Video: The Mysterious Machu Picchu in High Definition

Encircled in mists and surrounded by emerald, forested slopes, the long-ago Inca city of Machu Picchu in Peru wears an even heavier cloak of mystery. Although...

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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...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Self-Driving Vehicles Could Save Animal Lives

"New England Boy’s Song About Thanksgiving Day," based on a poem by Lydia Maria Child, published in 1844. Ever since that time, we’ve associated Thanksgiving...

Natural Habitat Adventures

Nat Hab & WWF Announce the World’s First Zero Waste Adventure

The average American produces 4.4 pounds of trash per day, and this consumer behavior pattern typically continues while travelers are on vacation throughout...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Halloween Video: Barn Owls, Hunters in the Night

With their piercing stares, heads that turn almost 360 degrees and nocturnal lives, owls have become a universal symbol for spookiness. A hoot is often the...