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Cuteness Overload: A Scotland Puffins Photo Essay

Every time I see a puffin, the same thought comes to mind: They’re not real, right? They’re too impossibly cute. For me and for everyone else on the planet, I...

WWF

National Parks: Good for You and Our Planet

“Leave it as it is. You cannot improve on it.” Theodore Roosevelt emphasized when speaking about his deep admiration for the Grand Canyon, one of the United...

Nick Grossman

Help Protect Alaska’s Bears from the Pebble Mine!

It's exactly the kind of wild natural scenery you envision when you picture "Alaska"—snow-capped peaks towering above a placid creek that gently winds its way...

Brad Josephs

Golden Monkeys, Scarlet Ibis, Pandas and Conservation Victories in China

One of my goals while I am guiding in China is to break down some of the stereotypes the world has about this vast, misunderstood country. China certainly has...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Video: Bighorn Sheep Return to Their Yosemite Homeland

John Muir revered them. Western settlers nearly wiped them out. The final chapter in the story of North America’s rarest sheep is yet to be written. Watch!

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Video: A Newly Discovered Yellowstone Migration

After a long winter—which still seems to be hanging on in some places—people are understandably anxious to get outside and get on the move again. Perhaps we...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

The Heartbeats and Songs of Trees

I’m a tree hugger from way back; in fact, you could say I was hugging trees before tree hugging was cool. So when a book titled The Songs of Trees recently...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

The Surprising, Four Best Things You Can Do to Combat Climate Change

Perhaps no issue defines our Anthropocene Age more than climate change. The topic has been in news headlines for more than four decades now, ever since U.S....

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Video Encounters with Mystifying Greenland Sharks

Deepwater, mythic and prehistoric creatures, Greenland sharks inhabit the Atlantic Ocean, from Canada to Norway and off the coast of Scotland. When it comes...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Mysterious Sharks: Great Gatherings and Long Lives

More than 400 shark species inhabit our planet. And while facts about some of them may be well-known to researchers and the rest of us, there are many shark...

Emily Goodheart

The Elephant Protector: Celebrating Daphne Sheldrick

Natural Habitat Adventures celebrates the life of a remarkable woman and champion of elephant conservation, Dame Daphne Sheldrick, who passed away at the age...

Olaf Malver

Biophilia: A Passionate Love for Nature | Olaf’s Corner

There is nothing more satisfying than when our travelers experience “that one magic animal encounter moment in the wild," whether it is a few seconds of eye...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Spirit Bear Videos: A Look into Lives of Peace and Harmony

According to legend, Raven went among the black bears and promised that every 10th bear cub would be born white as a reminder of the time when the world was...

Olaf Malver

Thank You, Butterflies! | Olaf’s Corner

Our home library in Georgia is brimming with all kinds of dog-eared books about adventure, conservation, economics and science. The exception is a dozen of...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Videos: I Suck; You Probably Do, Too

Plastics were originally invented to save animals. Let that fact sink in for a moment because it's sadly ironic. Today, plastic plays a large part in killing...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

New Zealand Builds Gyms for “Problem” Birds

In the United States, it often seems, there is only one method for dealing with “problem” animals. Whether it’s Canada geese, grizzly bears or wolves, our...

Ben Bressler

Could We Have Done More to Help Save the Northern White Rhino?

During a recent coffee talk in our Boulder, Colorado office, a new Operations team member asked whether I had any regrets over the 30-plus years since I...

Candice Gaukel Andrews