Conservation

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  • Nat Hab’s Rescued Gear Program: Giving Travel Gear a Second Life

    Aug 15, 2025 · Rachel Walker

    Behind the Scenes of an Eco-Friendly Travel Gear Revolution At Natural Habitat Adventures, we’ve always believed that responsible travel means more than treading lightly on the planet’s wild places. It’s also about taking responsibility for the tools we use to explore them.

  • AI and VR for Nature’s Future

    Aug 5, 2025 · Candice Gaukel Andrews

    Virtual reality (VR)—a technology that simulates a three-dimensional (3D) environment, allowing users to interact with a computer-generated world as if they were physically present—can create dynamic, immersive and personalized experiences.

  • 3 Ways to Celebrate International Wolf Day

    Aug 1, 2025 · Lavanya Sunkara

    Like sharks, wolves have an unfair reputation for being villains. Children grow up reading fairy tales about the “big bad wolf.” But in reality, these animals are generally not harmful to humans, as they shy away and avoid any interactions with us.

  • The Big Bad Wolf: Greater Yellowstone’s Greatest Controversy

    Jul 31, 2025 · Megan Brief

    Watch Nat Hab’s “The Big Bad Wolf” and Read on for an Exclusive Interview with the Film’s Co-Producer—Wildlife Biologist, Aaron Bott Directed by Andrew Ackerman, “The Big Bad Wolf” follows in the footsteps of Aaron Bott as he tracks wolves (Canis lupus) through snow-covered alpine meadows and beneath the branches of ancient conifers.

  • Face to Face with Gray Whales—And Helping Protect Them with Nat Hab

    Jul 29, 2025 · Emily Goodheart

    Exciting news: Your next trip to see the Great Gray Whales of Baja will help directly fund whale research and conservation efforts in San Ignacio Lagoon! This unique marine ecosystem is located in the Whale Sanctuary of El Vizcaino, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

  • Ethnobiology: Conservation Comes of Age

    Jul 29, 2025 · Candice Gaukel Andrews

    Conservation is growing up. The field is no longer just about how to protect an animal group’s numbers and making efforts to keep it from going extinct by identifying key habitats and focusing on natural resource management. Ethnobiology has entered the conservation space in a big way.

  • Africa’s Conservation Success Stories: Gorillas, Bees and the Big Five

    Jul 22, 2025 · Emily Goodheart

    From Rwanda’s lush volcanic slopes to the vast savannas of Kenya and onward to South Africa’s wildlands, extraordinary conservation efforts are protecting Africa’s unique biodiversity and reshaping wildlife travel. Explore three compelling stories that illustrate how humans and wildlife can thrive together through innovative solutions and community-driven initiatives.

  • Our Climate Future: Renewables Are Inevitable

    Jul 22, 2025 · Candice Gaukel Andrews

    It’s July, and I already know what’s coming. Scientists will find that 2025 is one of the hottest years on record, just like 2024 was and 2023 before it. They’ve been warning us for decades that this would happen.

  • Fires and Forests: Controlled Burns and Beyond

    Jul 15, 2025 · Candice Gaukel Andrews

    While wildfires and controlled burns (also known as prescribed burns) are both fires, they differ significantly in their impacts, management and origins. Wildfires are unplanned and unrestrained, often caused by natural events like lightning or human error—such as unattended campfires or discarded cigarettes—and they can cause extensive damage.

  • Nat Hab Named a Top Tour Operator of 2025 by Travel + Leisure!

    Jul 14, 2025 · Natural Habitat Adventures

    We’ve got big news…and it’s all thanks to you! Natural Habitat Adventures was just named one of the world’s top tour operators in Travel + Leisure’s 2025 World’s Best Awards! This isn’t just a pat on the back.