Nature & Wildlife Stories

Lavanya Sunkara

Seven Lizards to Love on World Lizard Day (Plus Where to See Them in the Wild)

Scaly and colorful, many with amazing abilities (think: sleeping with their eyes open or growing back their tails), lizards are among the most fascinating...

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Candice Gaukel Andrews

Among the World’s Animals, We’re Not That Exceptional

Growing up, you probably learned some version of the following: in the animal kingdom, humans are exceptional and unique. Among the one-of-a-kind qualities...

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WWF

10 Fast Facts About Lions for World Lion Day

The lion has long been a symbol of strength, power and ferocity. Seeing this majestic species up close is a spine-tingling highlight of any African safari. To...

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Laura Kiniry

Five Endangered Keystone Species Making Comebacks

In 2019, an independent researcher caught sight of a tiny creature on a trail camera in Northern California’s Sierra Azul Open Space Preserve. Scientists were...

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Candice Gaukel Andrews

Nature Play Is Okay, But Messy, Risky Play Is Tricky

Climbing trees, jumping in leaf piles, or simply playing outside is an important part of childhood. Not only are the physical aspects of such activities...

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Candice Gaukel Andrews

Feathers, Hair or Scales: Not Much Difference

Feathers, hair and scales. While it might seem that there’s a lot of difference between these natural “coverings” on animals, they have more in common than...

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Candice Gaukel Andrews

Balancing Our Outdoor Desire with Wildlife Welfare

One of the best things about spending time in nature is spotting animals in their natural habitats, seemingly going about their lives as if we weren’t...

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Mark Jordahl

Fascinating Facts About Chimpanzees on World Chimpanzee Day

Celebrate World Chimpanzee Day on July 14 with Nat Hab! I want to open this post by taking you into Kibale National Park in Uganda to experience the sounds...

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Candice Gaukel Andrews

Fireworks, Wildlife and the Environment Don’t Mix

Although the official midpoint of summer occurs on August 7 (because the summer solstice is on June 21), a lot of us consider the Fourth of July the season’s...

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Joel Centano

National Bison Month: From Conflict to Conservation

Bison are having a moment, and we couldn’t be happier for North America’s largest—and once widest-ranging—land mammal. Although an estimated 30–60 million...

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Candice Gaukel Andrews

Can Fairy-Tale Figures Help Us Fight Climate Change?

Sometimes the buzzwords, newly coined phrases and terms that scientists use to describe environmental concepts and their research make it hard for us to...

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Laura Kiniry

Croatia’s & Slovenia’s Top National Parks for Nature Lovers

When a group of local and government organizations got together to create a pilot portion of the Via Dinarica—a network of long-distance hiking trails...

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Laura Kiniry

Africa’s Amazing Birdlife

On a recent safari trip in Malawi’s Liwonde National Park, the “Big Five” animals associated with Africa’s national parks were nowhere in sight. That’s when I...

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Candice Gaukel Andrews

Evaluating Animal Emotions and Quality of Life

Today, in what seems to be our never-ending search for happiness, we often describe our longings as the quest for “quality of life.” That idea and the coinage...

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Candice Gaukel Andrews

Animal Sight Is Tied to Landscape

Animals see the world through all kinds of different eyes: from simple ones that can only tell the difference between dark and light, to complex eyes that can...

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WWF

Seven Animals to See in Uganda and Rwanda Besides Gorillas

There’s no question: Seeing mountain gorillas in the forests of Uganda and Rwanda is, for many wildlife enthusiasts, the apex of their globetrotting...

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Ruksana Hussain

6 Places to Experience Earth’s Astounding Biodiversity

Biodiversity, or biological diversity, relates to the diversity of biological presence in any given area. This includes all the organisms and species found in...

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Laura Kiniry

Save the Turtles! Celebrate World Turtle Day

The roads in Sea Isle City, New Jersey, can reach peak capacity during the summer months, but it's not just because of vehicular traffic. Each year beginning...

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