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You may want to think twice before you purchase your next cashmere sweater. The number of domestic cashmere goats farmed in Central Asia has nearly tripled over the last 20 years due to an increased global demand for the goats’ velvety fur coats, leading to a decline in the already endangered population of snow leopards.
Meet Court Whelan, one of the travel industry’s foremost experts on ecotourism and the newest member of the Nat Hab family of Adventure Specialists. This week we are thrilled to debut Court’s first post in a series on the critical role ecotourism plays in conservation and communities.
The second season of an internet reality show is coming our way this week. It features a very different kind of star, namely, the grizzly bears and wildlife of Katmai National Park and Preserve.
Zookeepers at Zoo Atlanta were like proud grandparents on Monday, excitedly awaiting the arrival of giant panda Lun Lun’s newest cub. To their delight, they were surprised with a second twin cub born 2 minutes after the first one. These were the first twin panda cubs born in the United states since 1987.
Happy 4th of July from Nat Hab! Check out our infographic below for some fun facts about the USA’s national emblem, the majestic bald eagle. Then browse our U.S. National Parks Tours to find some great destinations to see bald eagles in the wild!
On December 28, 1973, President Nixon signed the Endangered Species Act (ESA) into law. And, as with most of us who approach a 40th-birthday milestone, it’s time for reflection: have the act’s past four decades of life been well spent?
The video below of a teenage boy in Florida riding a whale shark is a perfect example of what NOT to do when swimming with whale sharks. Chris Kreis, 19, seemed to have no qualms about hopping on and riding the 30-foot long, 50,000 pound whale shark for a good 20 seconds or so.
Nat Hab staff had such a great experience volunteering at Colorado’s Wild Animal Sanctuary last year, we decided to return again for one of our semi-annual staff volunteer days! The Wild Animal Sanctuary is the United States’ premier rescue facility for large wildlife that has been abused, abandoned, exploited or illegally kept.
I’d like to tell you that I just returned from a totally off-the-grid vacation. Somehow, I feel more adventurous when I say that to you. I’d like to tell you that, but it wouldn’t exactly be true.
There are few sights as mystifying as the aurora borealis, aka the Northern Lights. If you get to see the Northern Lights in person, you are one lucky traveler. If you can’t get there just yet (or if you can’t wait to go back!)
“Being inside a kaleidoscope!” That is how I describe the feeling of standing amongst millions and millions of butterflies in the sanctuaries outside of Mexico City during the great migration. You can even hear the sound of their wings beating.
My involvement in the film The Great Bear Stakeout, which depicts the Grizzly’s struggle for survival in the wilderness of the Alaska Peninsula, is thus far, one of my career highlights.
