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Encountering sea turtles in their natural habitats is an extraordinary privilege. These graceful marine reptiles—currently classified as endangered—face threats ranging from the overharvesting of their eggs and hunting to entanglement in fishing nets, ocean plastic pollution, and the loss of crucial nesting habitats.
Waiting outside the gate of Bandhavgarh National Park in Central India, you feel the crisp morning air leave your lungs, your breath visible with each exhale.
As the largest member of the cat family, tigers are compellingly powerful and stealthy. It’s no wonder they’ve been one of nature’s most feared predators for roughly two million years! But in just the past 150 years, the tiger’s range has shrunk by nearly 95%.
Conservationists and ocean lovers: June 1 is our chance to step up and celebrate World Reef Day!
A trip to the rainforest is filled with interesting possibilities for adventure, whether through cultural exchange, photography, fishing, hiking, birding or wildlife spotting. But not all rainforests are the same! Some are hot and humid and filled with colorful orchids, while others are cool and misty and packed with prehistoric ferns.
By Nat Hab Expedition Leader Eddy Savage What if I told you that deep in the foothills of the Himalayas, in Sichuan Province, China, lived an animal whose closest living relative is the muskox? Seems a bit out of place for a sub-tropical latitude, right? Well, it’s true.
By Nat Hab Expedition Leader Eddy Savage Nat Hab’s 14-day Wild China Photo Expedition is a spectacularly unique journey through renowned nature reserves and culturally significant sites. From an architectural and cultural perspective, we spend time in large cities, small towns, ancient walled villages and remote high-altitude villages.
What is it about sea turtles that makes them so endearing? It is their size? Their age? Their gracefulness in the water? All of these characteristics add to our fascination with these gentle sea creatures, but, additionally, I believe it’s that they’re critical to the health of the world’s oceans.
In part one of our two-part Q&A with Aditya Panda, we discussed the veteran guide’s favorite national parks in India, which wildlife travelers will encounter on an India safari, and what it’s like to track tigers in the wild (we’ll never forget his vivid account).
They slide on their bellies across the snow, congregate on icebergs and seem to fly through freezing water in search of fish. That’s how most people picture penguins: playing among icebergs in Antarctica.
Like everything else about India, the country’s immense network of protected areas offers a dizzying array of options for travelers.
By Expedition Leader Eddy Savage One of the most rewarding experiences of my photo expeditions to China with Natural Habitat Adventures would have to be the time spent with golden snub-nosed monkeys.
