Latin America Stories

Cathy Brown

The Amazon River Basin Through the Eyes of a Naturalist Guide

Marcel Proust once famously said, "The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes." While traveling solo can be a...

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Emily Goodheart

Inside the Amazon, the World’s Green Heart: Wildlife, Medicine and What We Stand to Lose

The Amazon, home to hundreds of culturally unique Indigenous groups and one-tenth of all known species on Earth, is a vital ecosystem where the...

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Michelle Peters

A Walk in Costa Rica’s Monteverde Cloud Forest

For a relatively small country, Costa Rica offers remarkably rich wildlife and nature opportunities. Anyone with an eye trained on eco-friendly,...

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Emily Goodheart

Seeds of Hope: Nat Hab Philanthropy in Action

Each year Nat Hab Philanthropy supports grassroots initiatives that connect conservation with community well-being. In 2025, our first funding cycle of grants...

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Rebecca Self

Ancient Legends, Modern Challenges: Protecting the Amazon’s Pink River Dolphins

The Amazon river dolphin is known as the boto in Brazil and as bufeo or bufeo Colorado in Spanish-speaking parts of the Amazon Basin, including Peru, Colombia...

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Michelle Peters

Tapirs: Nature’s Gentle Gardeners & Where to See Them

A spotted lowland tapir calf rustles through the brush among the flat-topped, clustered rock formations, or tepuis, of Serranía de Chiribiquete National Park...

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Cathy Brown

Meet the Andean Condor, the King of the Andes

The Andean condor (Vultur gryphus) is not your typical raptor. The Incas revered this massive bird of prey, believing it carried the sun into the sky each...

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Michelle Peters

Wildlife of Patagonia: Pumas, Condors and More

Peerless Patagonia is striking in grandeur, yet humble in character. As Andean spires rise to the sky, glaciers wind their way down to turquoise lakes dotted...

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WWF

The Enchanted Islands: Extraordinary Galapagos Encounters

By Alyssa Corasanti, WWF The Galapagos Islands, situated in the Pacific Ocean, are renowned for their diverse ecosystem. The islands, many of them perfectly...

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Emily Goodheart

Nat Hab Philanthropy Supports Sole Communal Library in the Galapagos

Alongside our conservation travel partnership with World Wildlife Fund established in 2003, Natural Habitat Adventures supports numerous philanthropic...

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Natural Habitat Adventures

Explore 6 New Nat Hab Journeys: Madagascar, Iceland, Portugal & Beyond

Nat Hab is excited to announce six new itineraries for 2025 and 2026, offering travelers opportunities to see popular and fresh nature and wildlife...

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Emily Goodheart

The Jaguar ID Project: A New Chapter in Protecting Brazil’s Biggest Cat

Picture an expanse of wetlands so vast it’s five times larger than the Florida Everglades—an enormous freshwater floodplain pulsing with a near-constant cycle...

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WWF

The Galapagos Islands: A Symphony of Biodiversity

By Abel Valdivia, WWF Lead Marine Conservation Scientist The Galapagos Islands, a remote tropical paradise nested in the heart of the Eastern Pacific Ocean,...

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Laura Kiniry

The Galapagos Tortoises Reviving an Island’s Ecosystem

When English naturalist Charles Darwin first arrived in the Galapagos Islands in 1835, he noted the differences in giant tortoises from island to island....

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WWF

Kingdom of the Monarchs: Where Awe Takes Flight

Written by Megan Ryssman, WWF's Annual Giving Development Officer, and Monica Echeverria, WWF's Director of Media and External Affairs Visiting the monarch’s...

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Megan Brief

How to Spot Jaguars in the Wild in Brazil’s Pantanal

More than 1,200 rivers converge to feed the Pantanal, the world’s largest tropical wetland. That’s 42 million acres of aquatic habitat spread across three...

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Peter Davis Krahenbuhl

Eye to Eye with the Friendly Giants of Baja: The Great Gray Whales

Have you ever imagined being eye to eye with one of the most majestic, curious, and charismatic creatures of the sea—the Pacific gray whale? If not, it’s time...

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Emily Goodheart

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

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...

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