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#NatHabEclipse Hashtag Contest—Share Your Eclipse Experiences With Us!

On Monday, Aug. 21, 2017, it's safe to assume that much American productivity will come to a standstill as umbraphiles flock to watch the first total solar...

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The 9 Best Dads of the Animal Kingdom

We wanted to wish a happy Father's Day to all the dads out there, both human and animal fathers alike! As a tribute to hardworking dads, we made a list of...

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Pure Magic of the Northern Lights

Most of the time, when I am out in the field on Nat Hab nature trips, the focus is on wildlife. On our Northern Lights and Arctic Cultures tour, the focus was...

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Seabound Baby Turtles in Costa Rica

While exploring the wilderness of Costa Rica, a small group of nature travelers enjoyed the wondrous experience of being surrounded by Pacific green sea...

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Greenland Ice Sheet Melt Exceeds Scientific Predictions

Greenland has become the global symbol of climate change. From polar bears stranded on flimsy floating ice slabs to shocking time lapse photos of glaciers...

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Zambia: A Hidden Gem

By Chief Operating Officer of Natural Habitat Headquarters Rick Guthke The Busanga Plains within Zambia's remote Kafue National Park is extremely remote and...

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The Sounds of Yellowstone

I should begin by saying I hate the cold and do everything in my power to avoid it. My Midwest roots, however, have taught me one thing: layer up! So, with...

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A Rare Wildlife Gathering in Botswana

It was our last night of an amazing Botswana safari rich with wildlife. We were on our final game drive, headed to a small dirt airfield where a pack of...

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Kayaking in Glacier Bay National Park

Southeast Alaska has the greatest tidal differences I’ve ever paddled in, and the combination of traveling by ship and kayaking in Glacier Bay National Park...

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Nat Hab & WWF’s 2017 catalog of the World’s Greatest Nature Journeys is ready!

Last month, I flew to Vancouver, British Columbia, to monitor the printing of the latest and greatest Catalog of World’s Greatest Nature Journeys for Nat Hab...

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Butterfly Beauty in Numbers

By Kate Willingham, Destination Manager at Natural Habitat Adventures I’ve always loved butterflies. Growing up, I would tromp around our backyard looking for...

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Ranthambore Tigress Machli Dies at the Amazing Age of 19

This is a guest post by Toby Sinclair, long-time Nat Hab India Expedition Leader and tiger expert. In 1998 Nat Hab Expedition Leader Suhail Gupta and I were...

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Nat Hab President Ben Bressler summits Kilimanjaro on father-son climb…and manages to tell about it

To celebrate his son Finlay’s graduation from high school, Ben Bressler, founder and president of Natural Habitat Adventures, planned a trip a little out of...

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Yellowstone’s Premier Wolf Guide

Growing up just outside New York City in Montclair, New Jersey, Paul Brown wasn’t a likely candidate to build a career around the wolves of Yellowstone. He...

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Wild Lemurs & More in Madagascar

I have wanted to travel to Madagascar ever since I first learned about it in third grade. In July 2015, I finally had my chance to tour this large island off...

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A Whale of a Journey: Kayaking Baja’s Sea of Cortez

During the spring of 1995, I joined a Natural Habitat Adventures kayaking trip in search of Pacific gray whales in Baja’s Sea of Cortez. We zigzagged from one...

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Green Glimmer of the Northern Lights

There are a variety of categories on one’s bucket list — things you know you will experience this year ("the low-hanging fruit”), things you might get to...

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Exploring Alaska’s Inside Passage

Last August, I was fortunate enough to spend an entire week cruising Alaska’s famed “Inside Passage” aboard the Safari Quest. This was my first visit to the...