Greenland Whale Proves to Be the First Narwhal-Beluga Hybrid
If narwhal-beluga crosses (narlugas) are a result of climate change, will it help the two species continue to survive, or will it inadvertently doom them?
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Ethiopia Plants 350 Million Trees in a Day: Shatters World Record
In just 12 hours, Ethiopia planted 353,633,660 trees, shattering the previous world record for trees planted in a single day.
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A Surge in Solar Activity Predicted to Enhance Aurora Viewing
Good news for sky gazers and northern wanderers—stellar auroras are on the horizon! The Solar Cycle Prediction Panel, comprised of researchers from NASA, NOAA and the International Space Environment Service, is in agreement the next solar cycle will soon be upon us.
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Nat Geo’s Cover Story & the Ethics of Wildlife Tourism
You may have seen the cover of this month’s National Geographic: a sloth peeks out from behind boards under a headline announcing “The Hidden Cost of Wildlife Tourism.” The magazine’s special report details how an influx of travelers and social media influencers are unwittingly fueling exploitive animal encounters.
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Fernandina Giant Tortoise Found After 113 Years of ‘Extinction’
More great news for the Galapagos! A species of giant tortoise, believed to have been extinct for the past 113 years, has been found on the island of Fernandina. This historic discovery comes a month after land iguanas were reintroduced to Santiago Island for the first time in 184 years.
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Under the Ice in Antarctica and Greenland: More Future Warming and a Past Cooling Down
If you were asked to name active volcano sites around the world, you’d probably include places such as Hawaii, Yellowstone National Park and Iceland, the country often labeled “the land of fire and ice.” But what’s under the white, frozen expanses in Antarctica may be far more dramatic.
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19 Nat Hab Travel Destinations Named Top Trips of 2019
With the New Year approaching, travel media outlets such as Lonely Planet, Fodor’s and National Geographic have been curating lists of the best places to go in 2019. Several of Nat Hab’s destinations have been highlighted, from Bhutan’s mystic mountains to Zimbabwe’s wildlife-rich floodplains.
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Announcing the Winners of the 2019 Monarch Butterfly Scholarship Grant!
Congratulations to Mireille Hess and Trevor Hance, the two teachers who have been awarded Natural Habitat Adventures’ 2019 Monarch Butterfly Scholarship Grant! Nat Hab is honored to host these inspiring environmental educators on a January 2019 Kingdom of the Monarchs adventure to Mexico in January to experience the butterfly migration.
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Scotland Doctors Are Now Officially Prescribing Nature
Decades of research have proven that nature is good for us, whether we’re children or in our senior years.
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A Train Comes to Churchill: Prime Minister Rings in New Beginning
In the winter of 2017, a three-day blizzard blanketed Churchill, a small town that sits on the edge of the Hudson Bay in the remote subarctic. As drifts reached rooftops and encompassed buses, residents of the northern Manitoba town fought the storm, digging through towering walls of snow 8 feet thick.
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There is Life in the Ice, and It’s Got a Message about Climate Change
Scientists have long considered polar ice to be an extreme environment; a sterile place within which nothing can survive.
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Our New 2019 Catalog: Change for the Better
“Travel changes you. As you move through this life and this world, you change things slightly, you leave marks behind, however small. And in return, life—and travel—leaves marks on you.” — Anthony Bourdain I’m sitting in my office with an advance copy of Nat Hab and WWF’s 2019 Catalog of the World’s Greatest Nature Journeys.