Japan’s Snow Monkeys Unscathed by Earthquake
Japan is heavy on all our minds in the wake of the massive earthquake and tsunami that has devastated the country’s northeast region.
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Japan's Snow Monkeys Unscathed by Earthquake
Japan is heavy on all our minds in the wake of the massive earthquake and tsunami that has devastated the country’s northeast region.
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Baby tigers have blue eyes! And other fun tiger facts
Did you know the tiger’s mystical golden eyes are a trait that only adults possess? Babies are born with blue eyes, which open when they are about 10 days old. Want more tiger trivia? Check out this list I found with 50 Fun Facts About Tigers.
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Happy Birthday, Yellowstone National Park!
America’s first national park is 139 years old today! Yellowstone became the first federally protected national park by an Act of Congress signed into law on March 1, 1872.
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The Species Numbers Game
When it comes to environmental and wildlife issues, it seems that the more alarming the statistics are, the more likely it is that they will command our attention and move us into action.
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Rhino poaching reaches all-time high in South Africa
Despite global efforts to protect the endangered rhinoceros population, WWF has announced that rhino poaching in South Africa is more rampant than ever, doubling annually in the last three years. WWF is engaged in an all-out battle against sophisticated poaching rings to end this tragic loss of rhinos.
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Wildlife On Canvas
I love my career as a Natural Habitat guide because I love wildlife and wilderness, but equally I thrive on sharing my passion of nature with others. There are many reasons which drive people to take trips beyond the edges of civilization to immerse themselves in wild country.
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Rare ocelot found in Arizona backyard
That’s no ordinary kitty treed by a dog in a southern Arizona backyard! This young ocelot’s presence might indicate that the small population in Mexican Sonora is making its way over the border for the first time in nearly 50 years.
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It’s Raining Birds
Instead of waking to falling snow as many of us did on New Year’s Day 2011, people in Beebe, Arkansas, rose to find thousands of birds—grackles, starlings and red-winged blackbirds—falling from the sky, dead. An aerial photo revealed that the carcasses fell within a one-mile stretch of Beebe.
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Levels of Uncertainty
“I’ll never, ever go on a field trip again,” wailed the little boy ahead of me. It was in the afternoon on one of those golden fall days in Wisconsin when the trees splash brilliant oranges and yellows over the landscape.
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Be our friend on Facebook and help protect wildlife
Did you know 2011 is World Wildlife Fund’s 50th Anniversary? Natural Habitat Adventures will be doing a lot this year to help WWF celebrate! To kick things off this month, Nat Hab is donating $1 for each new “friend” who “likes” our Facebook page between now and January 31st!
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“Assisting Migration” Could Be Aiding Extinction
As our 2010 calendars now come down off the walls and we look at the crisp, new, blank pages of 2011, we can’t help but wonder what this New Year has in store for the world and for us.