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The Highs of Hiking through a Burned Forest

Our relationship with forest fires is complicated. Beginning in 1947, one of the world’s most recognizable characters and one of our nation’s most beloved...

Megan Brief

International Day of Biological Diversity: Discover Earth’s Biodiversity Hotspots with Nat Hab

Building a Shared Future Exactly one month after Earth Day, on May 22, global communities will join in solidarity to celebrate the International Day for...

Cathy Brown

4 Groundbreaking Conservation Wins to Celebrate

Too often, it's easy to get bogged down with disheartening environmental news, but these past weeks gave us many things to smile about and be grateful for....

Jennie Lay

Biodiversity Matters – Everywhere

Honoring Endangered Species Day in habitats near and far A multi-generational mashup of readers at my local library recently devoured a cli-fi novel. The...

Jennie Lay

Five Authors Who Champion Conservation

Modern reading recommendations for nature lovers Influential Islamic scholar Hamza Yusuf once said, “Don't ever diminish the power of words. Words move hearts...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

The Longevity Code: Galapagos Giant Tortoises and Mountain Marmots

While you probably haven’t celebrated it for the past 20 years, World Turtle Day is coming up on May 23. This annual event was created by the American...

Laura Kiniry

The Nat Hab Earth Day Species Count

It’s a typical spring afternoon in Montana’s Glacier National Park, and the wildlife is buzzing. Grizzly and black bears have awoken from their winter slumber...

WWF

Nature: The Currency of a Life Worth Living

I traveled to Southern Africa on a Natural Habitat Adventures trip in October 2019, just a few months before COVID-19 crashed into our collective...

Madison Mitchell

What Are the Great Plains and How Are They Being Protected?

The Northern Great Plains spans more than 180 million acres and crosses five U.S. states and two Canadian provinces. This region is comprised of Montana,...

Michelle Peters

Sustainable Food: 10 Ways to Eat for the Planet

You’ve heard of the plant-based diet…but have you considered a planet-based diet? The current way Earth’s population consumes its food is not doing us any...

Cathy Brown

Saving Sloths, Fishing Cats & Armadillos: Young Conservationists Win Future For Nature Award 2022

Wildfires, flooding, drought, deforestation, pollution—it seems like every time we turn on the television, the radio, or log onto social media, we are...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Earth Day 2022: A Golden Bear and Hundreds of Mammals Waiting to Be Discovered

Invest in Our Planet. That’s the theme for Earth Day 2022, according to EARTHDAY.ORG. It advocates for “creating a 21st century economy that brings back the...

Joel Centano

KAZA: How a Shared Vision for Conservation Became the World’s Largest Transboundary Protected Region

At its essence, southern Africa’s Kavango-Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area is a study in convergence, confluence and coexistence. Connecting vast...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Found: Fishing Jaguars in Brazil’s Phenomenal Pantanal

At more than 81,000 square miles—greater than 10 times the size of Florida’s Everglades—the Pantanal, located mostly in Brazil, is the largest tropical...

Megan Brief

Spotlight on Sustainability: Eco Bricks

Plastic Pollution According to the 2019 report, Plastic & Climate: The Hidden Costs of a Plastic Planet, published by the Center for Environmental Law...

Samantha Miller

Conservation Success Stories from Switzerland: Rewilding the Alps

Successful, well-funded conservation programs and effective international coordination with other European nations have established Switzerland as an...

Joel Centano

Causes for Hope: Whale Conservation in Quebec

Ask most nature travelers to name the world’s top destinations to see whales in the wild and you’re likely to hear Hawaii, South Africa, Mexico’s Baja...

Megan Brief

Fighting for the Future: Greta Thunberg and More Young Climate Activists You Should Know

The impacts of the climate crisis—observable through the frequency and ferocity of extreme weather events—fall disproportionately on the youth and pose...