Asia & Pacific Stories

10 Nature Trips to Celebrate Spring

Spring forward from so-called winter woes into a season full of possibilities! From wildflowers to wildlife, this time of year offers travelers great weather,...

Joel Centano

Nat Hab’s Australia and New Zealand Adventure Director Runs Trips and Races

Talk about a life of adventure. As a child, Nat Hab adventure director Emily Kleinburd immersed herself in wildlife encyclopedias, devoured nature...

WWF

Trailing Tigers in an Indian Wildlife Sanctuary

By Erin Waite, Senior Editorial Specialist, WWF-US The air was dry and still, offering little respite against the sweltering summer heat. "Chalo, chalo," our...

Cathy Brown

Discover Southern Australia’s Kangaroo Island

Any adventure from abroad to Australia feels like a journey to the ends of the Earth. But just imagine the sensation of awe and wildness that awaits when...

Cathy Brown

8 Rain Forest Ecotourism Adventures

A trip to the rain forest is filled with interesting possibilities for adventure, whether through cultural exchange, photography, fishing, hiking, birding or...

Michelle Peters

9 New Animal Species to Celebrate in the New Year

Despite the challenges today’s world faces, Planet Earth is the gift that keeps on giving. That’s good news for scientists who relish the rush of discovery,...

Laura Kiniry

Top National Parks in South Australia, Victoria and Tasmania

I’d been on Kangaroo Island for less than an hour when I spotted my first bit of wildlife: a koala perched high in the branches of a blue-gum eucalyptus tree....

Megan Brief

Helen Freeman: The “Jane Goodall” of Snow Leopards

Conjuring the Spirit of the Himalaya Ghost Cat “Love at first sight,” is how conservationist Helen Freeman described meeting a pair of Earth’s rarest...

Samantha Miller

100 Years of Snow Leopard Research

The snow leopard has captured the interest of wildlife biologists, conservationists and the communities around northern and central Asia's high mountains for...

Cathy Brown

9 Epic Mountain Destinations to Explore

At Nat Hab, it’s safe to say we’re enamored with mountains, which is why we’re thrilled to celebrate International Mountain Day each December! Mountains host...

Lavanya Sunkara

Six Ways to Help Endangered Species on World Wildlife Conservation Day

A decade ago, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton issued a call to action to raise awareness about endangered and near-extinct animals and help put an end to...

Megan Brief

International Cheetah Day Celebrates Reintroduction in India

Cheetahs are the world’s fasted land mammals, able to accelerate from zero to 64 miles an hour in only three seconds. They are also one of the most ancient of...

Joel Centano

10 Winter Getaways to Embrace—or Escape—the Cold

The mercury’s dropping, snow is in the air and Orion rules the night sky. All signs point to winter—the season that induces cabin fever like no other. It’s...

Laura Kiniry

The Sapphire Lakes of New Zealand’s South Island

In New Zealand, Māori legends that tell the tales of how the landscape came to be abound. One such story describes a giant supernatural creature whose body...

Jon Jared

Go With the Glow: Bioluminescent Animals and Where to Find Them

Bioluminescence is a natural phenomenon that highlights the brilliance of the natural world—literally! Glowworms light up, fireflies flash and plankton...

Megan Brief

Baby Animals in the Wild: Growing Up in India, Nepal and Bhutan

Asian Elephant The Asian elephant is the largest terrestrial mammal on the continent. Its size can be attributed to the gestation period, which is the...

Michelle Peters

5 Places to Spot Leopards in the Wild

The quintessential “big cat,” the leopard is the most generalized of the Pantherines. The four others—lion, tiger, jaguar and snow leopard—are more...

Michelle Peters

6 Reasons to Celebrate International Red Panda Day

Whether you’re a red panda fan because you’ve seen them at your local zoo, or because your tween has watched Disney’s “Turning Red” movie umpteen times this...

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