Good Nature Travel Blog

  • Videos

    A Labor Day Weekend Video Thought: Sometimes, It Truly Is a Wonderful World

    Aug 31, 2017 · Candice Gaukel Andrews

    On Monday, September 4, Americans will celebrate Labor Day, the national holiday that was instituted in 1894 and which pays tribute to the social and economic achievements and contributions of American workers. The idea for Labor Day originated during one of American labor history’s most bleak chapters.

  • Nature Photography

    Wildlife Photo of the Week: Sleeping Otter

    Aug 25, 2017 · Kendal Bower

    Every Friday, we choose our favorite photo of the week from our Wildlife Photo of the Day website. This week we selected a resting otter in Alaska. Photographer Joey Campbell spotted this otter covering his eyes while he slept in the Seward Harbor. Have you taken some amazing wildlife photos during your travels?

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    Videos: Watch Tigers Being Released into the Wild

    Aug 17, 2017 · Candice Gaukel Andrews

    Watching wild animals being returned to their natural habitats after an accident or injury is immensely gratifying and often thrilling. Restoring even just a bit of nature makes our hearts instinctively feel that a wrong is being righted. Our senses of justice are assuaged.

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    Wildlife Photo of the Week: Baby Leopard

    Aug 11, 2017 · Kendal Bower

    Every Friday, we choose our favorite photo of the week from our Wildlife Photo of the Day website. This week we chose a young leopard relaxing in a tree in the Serengeti. Photographer Steve Grodin captured this moment while on safari in Tanzania. Have you taken some amazing wildlife photos during your travels?

  • News & More

    Be a Wildlife Naturalist During August’s Solar Eclipse

    Aug 8, 2017 · Candice Gaukel Andrews

    On Monday, August 21, 2017—for the first time in nearly a century—a total solar eclipse will cross the United States from coast to coast. A solar eclipse happens when a new moon moves between the Earth and the sun, blocking all or some of the sun’s rays.

  • Nature Photography

    Wildlife Photo of the Week: Feather Flex

    Aug 4, 2017 · Kendal Bower

    Every Friday, we choose our favorite photo of the week from our Wildlife Photo of the Day website. This week we selected a white ibis taking flight in Florida. Photographer Linn Smith captured the moment the bird flexed its wings, revealing their form and beauty. Have you taken some amazing wildlife photos during your travels?

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    Wildlife Photo of the Week: A Ray of Hope

    Jul 28, 2017 · Kendal Bower

    Every Friday, we choose our favorite photo of the week from our Wildlife Photo of the Day website. This week we chose a lion cub in Zambia. While on safari, photographer Varun Yennemadi came to where a lioness had killed a wildebeest and her cubs were reaping the rewards.

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    Wildlife Photo of the Week: Play Time

    Jul 21, 2017 · Kendal Bower

    Every Friday, we choose our favorite photo of the week from our Wildlife Photo of the Day website. This week we selected lion cubs running through the Serengeti. Photographer Steve Grodin watched these young lions playing together while on safari in Tanzania. Have you taken some amazing wildlife photos during your travels?

  • News & More

    Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem Grizzly Bears Just Lost Federal Protections

    Jul 18, 2017 · Candice Gaukel Andrews

    Later this month, in late July 2017, Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem grizzly bears outside Yellowstone National Park and nearby Grand Teton National Park will lose their Endangered Species List protections. Jurisdiction over the bears will be handed over to Idaho, Montana and Wyoming. In general, that will mean fewer restrictions on killing the bears.

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    Wildlife Photo of the Week: A Special Moment

    Jul 14, 2017 · Kendal Bower

    Every Friday, we choose our favorite photo of the week from our Wildlife Photo of the Day website. This week we chose a special moment out of Alaska. Photographer Brad Starry was viewing brown bears when a mother and cub came in to view. Have you taken some amazing wildlife photos during your travels?

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    Three Galapagos Islands You Shouldn’t Miss

    Jul 12, 2017 · WWF

    WWF’s Jessica Sotelo traveled to the Galapagos with Natural Habitat Adventures recently and was able to document in photos a sliver of the islands’ diversity (there are 18 total islands that are a part of the archipelago).

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    Wildlife Photo of the Week: Grizzly Bear’s Family

    Jul 7, 2017 · Kendal Bower

    Every Friday, we choose our favorite photo of the week from our Wildlife Photo of the Day website. This week we selected a moment out of Alaska. Photographer Cyril Doche was visiting Alaska when, down the road from him, a sow and her two cubs crossed to gain access to a river for salmon fishing.