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Sea Ice: Losing in the Arctic, but Gaining in the Antarctic

Cute, adorable animals are often used to garner support for environmental causes in places that are remote. After all, it’s hard to have concern for an area...

Lisa Poppleton

WWF Provides Life Insurance for Snow Leopards

It is a conflict as old as the hills: the predation of domestic livestock by a wild animal and subsequent eradication of the predator by the deprived herder. ...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Dolphin Stampede

In September 2008 while their boat was in the Sea of Cortez between Isla Ángel de la Guarda and Bahia de los Angeles, Mexico, some fishermen encountered a pod...

Wendy Redal

All-White Orca Spotted off Russia’s East Coast

Dubbed "Iceberg" by researchers, an unusual full-grown all-white male orca has been sighted by scientists in the Commander Islands off Kamchatka in the...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

More Penguins—and People—in Antarctica than Previously Thought

There are twice as many emperor penguins in Antarctica than previously thought, stated the National Science Foundation in mid April. That’s certainly good...

Wendy Redal

5 Ways We Make Every Day Earth Day at NHA

Here at Natural Habitat Adventures, taking care of the earth is a way of life. After all, without the earth’s wild natural places, we wouldn’t be in business!...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Yellowstone National Park: Global Warming’s Version of CliffsNotes

With piles of popular articles on the subject and decades of research behind us, you’d think we’d all be experts on global warming by now, right? But it turns...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Bald Eagle Does the Breaststroke

Eagle watchers—and just about all of us in North America—are familiar with the well-documented athletic abilities of our national emblem, the bald eagle....

Natural Habitat Adventures

Ecotourism Builds Connections in Panama: A Visit to Salt Creek

By Christy Lavoie Destination Manager, Natural Habitat Adventures Panama’s Bocas del Toro is a little-known collection of rocky islands in the far northwest...

breanna.draxler

Hungry Hungry Hippos in the Wild

by Breanna Draxler Hungry Hungry Hippos was among my favorite board games growing up. My pink plastic hippo fought furiously against those of my sisters to...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Moving Bison with a Song

On March 8, 2012, 71 bison calves newly arrived from Canada stepped onto the Montana plains. They came to join the established herd of bison on the American...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Beached Dolphins Rescued

When a single whale or dolphin strands itself on a beach, it is usually very sick. When those animals strand themselves in groups, however, other, unknown...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Bhutan Takes Measures Against Wildlife Poaching

By any measure, Bhutan is a spiritual place, known for how it assesses the quality of life of its citizens, phrased as “gross national happiness (GNH).” The...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Play the Bird-ID Game

Ever wonder who creates those plant- or animal-identification outdoor apps and how designers know which questions they need to ask in order to help you make a...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

The Incredible, Shrinking Wild World and Why Size Matters

Animals and plants are shrinking, and most scientists believe that global warming is the cause. Recently, researchers examined 85 species and found that 45...

Wendy Redal

Grand Canyon Bans Sale of Plastic Water Bottles

Headed to the Grand Canyon? Your Nat Hab steel water bottle will come in handy! We've been providing reusable bottles to our guests for more than a decade,...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Earth Hour, March 31, 2012: Give 60 Minutes for the Planet

It’s as simple as turning off your lights for one hour on Saturday, March 31, at 8:30 p.m., your local time. That’s it. It may be the easiest thing you’ll...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Baffin Island’s Wandering Canadian Arctic Foxes

An arctic fox off the coast of Baffin Island has recently proved that wanderlust isn’t restricted to humans. Apparently, this little canid—and some others of...