Conservation

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  • Can you spot a walrus in the wild? Or better yet, from space?

    Nov 25, 2022 · Madison Mitchell

    Have you seen a walrus in the wild? These large, fun-lovable animals are easily identified by their long white tusks, mustaches, and floppy tails as they trudge along the land. They are found in shallow, coastal waters, most notably in the Arctic.

  • Climate Change & Our Wild World: Introducing Nat Hab’s Special Trip Series

    Nov 22, 2022 · Natural Habitat Adventures

    You know as well as us that our planet is warming at a dangerous pace, impacting ecosystems, habitats, wildlife and people. As lovers of nature, we feel acutely how much is at stake. From the Amazon to the Arctic, as rain forests burn and sea ice melts, wild places are under duress.

  • Making the Travel Industry More Sustainable with SEE Turtles

    Nov 10, 2022 · Natural Habitat Adventures

    By Brad Nahill, President, SEE Turtles SEE Turtles is thrilled to renew our long partnership with Natural Habitat Adventures. Since our launch in 2008, Nat Hab has supported our sustainable travel initiatives tremendously, starting with collaborating on offering trips to research sea turtles in Baja California Sur, Mexico, with our partners at Red Travel Mexico.

  • Understanding WWF’s 2022 Living Planet Report and its Findings

    Nov 9, 2022 · Laura Kiniry

    In January 2020, eastern Australia was in peril. Devastating bushfires had been sweeping through much of the region for the last few months, escalated by steep temperatures and high winds. The fires had already burned thousands of homes and more than half of Queensland’s Gondwana World Heritage rainforests.

  • Traveling Wildlife: Bird Maps and Low-Collision Crossings

    Nov 8, 2022 · Candice Gaukel Andrews

    In the face of ever-diminishing wildlife in the sixth mass extinction and increasing political complications, it’s gratifying to know that there are still a few, straightforward conservation measures we can undertake right now to protect the wildlife that lives alongside us.

  • Lion Teeth Tell Tales

    Oct 18, 2022 · Candice Gaukel Andrews

    Staggering natural wonders—such as Victoria Falls, considered to be the world’s biggest curtain of falling water (not because of a singular dimension, such as height or width, but because of all dimensions taken into account, including flow rate)—and a massive network of remote national parks where you can encounter most of Africa’s iconic wildlife…

  • Yellowstone Heats Up; Wolves Could Curb the Warming

    Oct 4, 2022 · Candice Gaukel Andrews

    Yellowstone National Park is famous for its beautiful but harsh winters. Blanketed in snow, it exudes an almost mythical aura—even in the season’s common subzero temperatures there.

  • Celebrate World Rhino Day Alongside Nat Hab Conservation Hero Richard de Gouveia

    Sep 22, 2022 · Megan Brief

    Learn How Richard Saves Species as a Sony Ambassador and Guide for Natural Habitat Adventures & WWF On September 22, conservation scientists and animal advocates join forces in recognition of our planet’s five species of rhino. The largest of the species—the greater one-horned rhino (or “Indian rhino”)—is among the greatest conservation success stories in Asia.

  • Monarch Butterflies: Are They Endangered or Stable?

    Sep 13, 2022 · Candice Gaukel Andrews

    Every summer has its own vibe. For example, you might remember your 10th as the one when you learned to swim at the beach, or your 25th as the time when you took the perfect road trip.

  • Black Rhinos and White Rhinos: Counts, COVID and Conservation

    Sep 6, 2022 · Candice Gaukel Andrews

    As caregivers, parents and teachers of children, we try to encourage and respect every youngster’s individuality. We tell them that they are each unique and that every one of them has something separate to give, something different to learn and something distinct to create.