Nat Hab Creates World’s First Zero Waste Travel Adventure in Yellowstone
Natural Habitat Adventures is spearheading the world’s first zero waste trip—a travel-industry first.
Nature & Wildlife
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Scientists Aboard the Australis Encounter Mystery Orca
For Natural Habitat travelers, the S/V Australis expedition boat represents an epic voyage into extreme waters bursting with wildlife on our Sailing Antarctica: The Ultimate Polar Nature Expedition. For international cetacean researchers aboard the Australis, the boat represented a similar journey.
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Cockatoos That Drum for the Love of Music
For many of us, music is so much more than just mere entertainment. We use it to wake ourselves up, to make our morning commute go quicker, to motivate us, to alleviate our worries and to make spending time with our friends more joyful. Sometimes, it seems like music is our constant companion.
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The Grand Canyon National Park Celebrates 100 Years
One of America’s most iconic national parks is celebrating 100 years! These deep, rust-colored rocks carved by an ancient river now adorn countless bucket lists, with more than 6 million visitors a year.
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The Stickiness of Learning Outdoors
Today, the average American child is by far an indoor creature, spending only four to seven minutes a day in unstructured play outdoors and more than seven hours a day in front of a screen.
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Grasslands: A Lot More Than Just Flyover Country
Across the world, they go by many names: downs, prairies, pampas, rangelands, steppes, savannas or velds. But what all of these landscapes have in common is that grass is their naturally dominant vegetation.
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Inside an Amazon River Cruise
I recently had the opportunity to go on a Natural Habitat Adventures trip to Peru, which included a river cruise on the Amazon. It was an amazing trip and gave me the opportunity to experience the incredible diversity of the Amazon while traveling in first-class accommodations.
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Memories of East Greenland
By Kendal Bower, Marketing Manager at Natural Habitat Adventures A few years ago I was fortunate to spend time in one of the most stunning places on Earth—Greenland. The beauty and solitude of Natural Habitat Adventures’ Base Camp Greenland is nearly impossible to describe.
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13 Fascinating Facts About Tigers
By Wendy Redal, Editorial Director at Natural Habitat Adventures 1. Tigers are vulnerable Tigers are the most vulnerable and threatened cats on earth; possibly as few as 3200 are left in the wild. 2. Tigers have been around a long time Tigers have roamed Asia for more than a million years!
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The Year-Round Land of Evergreens: the Taiga
It’s mid-January, the time some people call the “doldrums,” a period of feeling low energy and a lack of motivation after the Christmas and New Year season of celebration and parties. It can be brought on by putting the holiday decorations away, facing a blank engagement calendar or taking down the Christmas tree.
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Losing Urban Trees—and the Wildlife that Depends on Them
We need to learn to tolerate a bit of messiness when it comes to our urban neighborhoods and landscapes. And I’m not talking about litter on our sidewalks, trash in our local parks or junk in our yards.
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Top 4 Experiences in Uganda
Like many people, going on safari has been a dream of mine since I was a child. I’ve always been in awe of nature, wild places and wild animals. No where else quite captures this spirit like Africa.