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By Nat Hab traveler Jim Fuller and Expedition Leader Moira le Patourel. A summertime journey to Churchill reveals another world beyond the tundra—the watery domain of beluga whales! Hear their playful whistles and clicks during this underwater interaction. Their animated singing has earned them the nickname “canaries of the sea.”
Although prominently featured on the California flag, a wild grizzly bear hasn’t been seen in the state since the 1920s. In the early 1800s, about 50,000 grizzlies roamed between the Pacific Ocean and the Great Plains. In California alone, before the Gold Rush (1848–1858), there were probably 10,000 grizzlies.
There’s nothing on Earth quite like watching the spectacle of East Africa’s Great Migration, when thousands upon thousands of wildebeest traverse the savanna in search of fresh grass while trying to elude cunning predators, perpetuating the ancient circle of life.
Traveler Virginia Huang produced these excellent video compilations using some of the pictures and video clips from her June 2017 nature expedition to the wilds of Borneo with Natural Habitat Adventures.
There’s a song I think of every July. It’s titled “Summer in the City,” and it was recorded by The Lovin’ Spoonful way back in 1966.
Camera traps, GPS tracking and radio-collaring are all tools that researchers have traditionally used to study the wildlife that shares the planet with us. But it seems there’s now another method—an ingenious one—that allows us to unobtrusively infiltrate communities in the natural world without letting our very presence alter them.
In this new video, Nat Hab Expedition Leader Pietro Luraschi shares his passion for guiding people to witness East Africa’s Great Migration. Be transported by Pietro’s description of the awe he feels while watching seemingly infinite herds of wild African animals traverse across the vast savanna.
WWF’s Jessica Sotelo had the chance to travel on Natural Habitat’s Classic Galapagos Adventure and travelers had several wonderful and rare encounters with the wild marine life teeming throughout the Galapagos Islands.
While cleaning one of my bookshelves yesterday, I found a copy of the children’s classic The Giving Tree. It’s hard to believe it’s been 53 years since author Shel Silverstein penned this now-famous work.
Traveler Bobby Jacobsen produced this video documenting a custom Botswana Safari with Natural Habitat Adventures. Be sure to watch the whole film—there’s a phenomenal wildlife sighting at the end!
Bison, our national mammal, have returned to more of their homeland. On November 3, 2016, 10 bison were released on the 2.2-million-acre Wind River Reservation in Wyoming. The last wild buffalo to be seen there was in 1885, 131 years ago.
Throughout history, people have been fascinated by wild animals that are all white. True to tradition, in Wisconsin, where I live, residents have a special affinity for and pride in the albino white-tailed deer herd that lives in our Northwoods.
