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Video: A New, High-Resolution Look at Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide

We Earthlings are lucky. While other planets in our solar system are either blistering hot or bitterly cold, the surface of Earth has relatively mild and...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Video: A Tale of Two Turkeys—the North American Bird and a Eurasian Country

Native to the United States and Mexico, the turkey has become our traditional main course on Thanksgiving all across our nation. So, how did a strictly North...

WWF

Q-and-A: Going to Polar Extremes

When WWF Partner in Conservation Elizabeth Bullitt retired, she decided she was going to see the world’s wild places. Her first trip was a journey to Botswana...

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...

Maddi Higgins

A Guide's Journey Through South Africa

“I love their eyes,” said Gavin Lautenbach, Natural Habitat Adventures guide. “To capture a photograph of any cat in the wild, it’s about their eyes. I love...

WWF

Five Wildlife Reserves & Parks You Shouldn’t Miss

Wildlife reserves offer safe haven to some of the planet’s most vulnerable species and give visitors the opportunity to view them responsibly. Here are five...

Maddi Higgins

10 Watery Wetland Facts about the Pantanal

The Pantanal is the largest wetland in South America and the largest wetland in the world that has not been substantially modified by humans. The sheer...

Tania Curry

Video: WWF Adventure Film Will Inspire You to Visit Namibia

WWF's film, Pride of Namibia, was recently named the winner of the inaugural film competition, Adventure in Motion with Yahoo Travel. The film was chosen out...

Maddi Higgins

Inspired by Indonesia: A Q-and-A with WWF's Cassie O'Connor

Cassie O'Connor's commitment to conservation deepened after college when she co-managed a forestry station in Indonesia. The pristine Indonesian environment...

Natural Habitat Adventures

Cherishing Nature in Just One Day – Meet Polar Bear Guide Sandra Elvin

Our Churchill Polar Bear tour season officially kicked off this past weekend, and we couldn’t be more excited here at Natural Habitat Adventures! Meet one of...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Photos from a Polar Bear Travel Season

If, like me, you like to travel, there’s probably one particular place away from home that just seems to stick in your heart and head—the one spot where your...

Derek Ward

9 Stories That Will Inspire You To Travel Differently

When you travel the world to see unique wildlife and diverse landscapes, you are also helping the local communities you visit! Saturday is the UN's World...

Chris Miller

The Hawaiian Monk Seal: Living on the Brink

I just returned from a well-needed, relaxing vacation to the Hawaiian Islands. I had a great time stand-up paddle boarding on Hanalei Bay, cliff jumping at...

Chris Miller

Rhinos Without Borders Attempts Massive Rhino Relocation

The rhinos of Africa are faced with a sad reality. Every seven hours a rhinoceros life is taken by poachers, and without the help of conservation efforts, the...

Natural Habitat Adventures

First Look: Natural Habitat Adventures 2015-2016 Catalog is Now On Press!

This week Nat Hab Creative Director Mark Hickey flew to Vancouver, British Columbia for a press check of the newest catalog from the company responsible for...

Chris Miller

Shark Week Stirs Up Controversy Yet Again

Discovery Channel's flagship programming, "Shark Week", came under fire for its 2013 documentary entitled Megalodon: The Monster Shark Lives, and they're at...

Chris Miller

Rare Baby Panda Triplets Born in China!

China announced this Tuesday that an extremely rare set of panda triplets was born in the southern city of Guangzhou. The mother, Ju Xiao, and the three...

About Galapagos

Can a Pioneering Conservation Effort Save One of the Most Critically Endangered Species in the Galapagos?

For the first time ever, conservationists in the Galapagos Islands have hand-reared a species of bird in an effort to save it from impending extinction. With...