Videos: The Tiny House Trend, Hummingbird-Style
The tiny house movement—which advocates living simply in small homes—may be a current trend for humans, but hummingbirds have been experts at the practice for millions of years.
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Nat Hab’s “Great Migration Safaris” Video in the Adventure in Motion Film Contest!
Natural Habitat Adventures’ Great Migration Safaris | The Nat Hab African Safari Experience video has been chosen as one of the 10 finalists in the Adventure Travel Trade Association’s 2018 Adventure in Motion short film competition!
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Video: The New Zealand Wilds
New Zealand has always seemed to me to have a wild heart. Despite all of its domestic sheep and introduced birds and plants from Europe, it is still predominantly a place of beguiling beaches, captivating caves, dazzling fjords, gorgeous glaciers, long lakes, magnificent mountains, verdant valleys and active volcanoes.
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Video: Life in the Cold—Photographing Arctic Animals
Watch as one wildlife photographer confronts the cold across hundreds of miles to create captivating stills and video of Arctic wildlife!
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Videos: Summer Nights with In-Sync Fireflies
Fireflies (also known as “lightning bugs” in some parts of the country) were one of the bonuses I got when, several years ago, I traded my house in the city for a more rurally located home with a large, wraparound porch.
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Video: The Pull and Pulse of Patagonia
Patagonia is one of those places that pulls on your heart as it slowly seeps into your veins. For me, it is achingly desolate, solitary and beautiful in its aloneness.
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Video: Identifying Birds—and Avoiding Awkward Captions
When I first picked up a camera several years ago, birds were some of my first wildlife subjects. They were readily available in my backyard and local gardens and parks, and their accessibility and numbers made them appealing—even if any particular bird didn’t stay in one place for very long.
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Video: Bighorn Sheep Return to Their Yosemite Homeland
John Muir revered them. Western settlers nearly wiped them out. The final chapter in the story of North America’s rarest sheep is yet to be written. Watch!
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Video: A Newly Discovered Yellowstone Migration
After a long winter—which still seems to be hanging on in some places—people are understandably anxious to get outside and get on the move again. Perhaps we take our cue from the nonhuman animals, which have for millennia followed spring migration routes.
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Video: When Earth Was Warmer than We Have Ever Known
Close your eyes and picture a vivid green, lush rain forest that’s teeming with life. If I asked you where you imagined you were, your answer would probably be something like the Amazon or Costa Rica. But not too long ago—geologically speaking—your reply could have been the Arctic.
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Video Encounters with Mystifying Greenland Sharks
Deepwater, mythic and prehistoric creatures, Greenland sharks inhabit the Atlantic Ocean, from Canada to Norway and off the coast of Scotland. When it comes to legends, some have suggested a Greenland shark may actually be the Loch Ness Monster. As for its prehistoric characterization, this fish can live up to 500 years or more.
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Spirit Bear Videos: A Look into Lives of Peace and Harmony
According to legend, Raven went among the black bears and promised that every 10th bear cub would be born white as a reminder of the time when the world was pure and clean and covered with snowdrifts and glaciers.