How One of the World’s Most Respected Sustainable Travel Companies Grew from the Wilds of the Garden State  Ever wonder how Natural Habitat Adventures beca...

Aaron Judah wanted to be a marine biologist from the time he was three. Two decades later, he’s a PhD candidate studying deep-sea biodiversity around the g...

By Jordy Oleson Madagascar is the most unique place I’ve ever been. Geographically, biologically, culturally—it is so isolated and truly seems to operate i...

Once upon a time, in a small village in eastern Madagascar, a man entered a forest to collect honey with his son, Koto. Koto was very young and was not abl...

By Siobhan Ruck, Earthwatch Participant Fierce Faces, Night Forests and Six Years of Owl Research My friend knows how to get my attention—”I saw that...

What, you may be asking, is an ungulate? You’ve actually known them all along, but perhaps just didn’t know them by their official moniker. Among the ungul...

From personal testing to discover your roots, connect with long-lost relatives and discover hidden family secrets to blockbuster sci-fi stories and cold-ca...

Was Ephesus Greek or Roman? The answer is both… and more. Ephesus is known as a Greek and Roman city, but it rose from a much older Anatolian landscape, wh...

We agree with Wallace Stegner: Our national parks are “America’s Best Idea.” These natural sanctuaries call our name when the concrete ju...

Summer will arrive soon, and that means that a lot of you will be thinking about a sunny beach vacation. Humans are instinctively drawn to the sun for its ...

The Galapagos Islands are home to some of the world’s most recognizable wildlife, and few species attract more attention than the blue-footed booby. ...

By Nat Hab Expedition Leader Katrina Rosen  Out on the tundra, we meld into the landscape, observing and trying to discern details. We remain quiet, resemb...

Aaron Judah wanted to be a marine biologist from the time he was three. Two decades later, he’s a PhD candidate studying deep-sea biodiversity around the g...

From personal testing to discover your roots, connect with long-lost relatives and discover hidden family secrets to blockbuster sci-fi stories and cold-ca...

Summer will arrive soon, and that means that a lot of you will be thinking about a sunny beach vacation. Humans are instinctively drawn to the sun for its ...

By Alix Morris Welcome to Churchill, Manitoba At the southern edge of the Arctic, in Canada’s Hudson Bay lowlands, lies Churchill, Manitoba—a small town th...

The Amazon river dolphin is known as the boto in Brazil and as bufeo or bufeo Colorado in Spanish-speaking parts of the Amazon Basin, including Peru, Colom...

The Amazon, home to hundreds of culturally unique Indigenous groups and one-tenth of all known species on Earth, is a vital ecosystem where the interdepend...

By Rachel Foster, World Wildlife Fund Luck was on my side when I was able to join a Nat Hab expedition to Costa Rica! As many in the conservation space kno...

For years, wildfires have plagued the landscape of Indonesian Borneo’s Ketapang Regency, threatening its communities and the region’s flora and fauna, whic...

—By Harvey Trop For some people, there’s nothing better than a tropical beach vacation. The broad expanse of sand and surf, along with a pleasant breeze—es...

On National Arbor Day—which this year is on April 24—we typically recognize forests and trees for their essential roles in conserving soils, providing oxyg...

Over the last century, Earth’s wild places have seen startling declines in biodiversity. According to the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform o...

Alaska has always carried a certain mythos in my mind—its rugged wilderness, untamed landscapes and wildlife larger than life itself. For years, I heard ta...