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Nature & Wildlife
It’s mid-January, the time some people call the “doldrums,” a period of feeling low energy and a lack of motivation after the Christmas and New Year season of celebration and parties. It can be brought on by putting the holiday decorations away, facing a blank engagement calendar or taking down the Christmas tree.
Nature Photography
Every Friday, we choose our favorite photo of the week from our Wildlife Photo of the Day website. This week we selected a bald eagle fishing in Washington, USA.
Conservation
Maps are far more than sets of instructions on how to get from Point A to Point B. They tell stories. And whether they’re digital or paper maps, the tales they spin range from absurd to fun on one end of the spectrum and from informative to sobering and shocking on the other.
Nature Photography
Every Friday, we choose our favorite photo of the week from our Wildlife Photo of the Day website. This week we selected a snowy scene in Canada. Photographer Wilma McKenzie spotted this red fox in an Alberta field. Have you taken some amazing wildlife photos during your travels?
Conservation
Our whole team here at Natural Habitat Adventures is deeply committed to sustainability. About a third of the employees at our Colorado headquarters are volunteer members of Nat Hab’s Green Team, and one of our company’s Core Ideologies is to Consistently Raise the Bar on Conservation.
Conservation
My father never had the “urge for going,” as songwriter-singer Joni Mitchell calls it—the desire to travel. I place the blame for that fact squarely on the shoulders of World War II.
Nature Photography
Every Friday, we choose our favorite photo of the week from our Wildlife Photo of the Day website. This week we chose a Weddell seal in Antarctica. Photographer Lisa Marun was photographing the wildlife of Antarctica when she spotted this Weddell seal in Neko Harbour. Have you taken some amazing wildlife photos during your travels?
Asia & The Pacific
Walking through the dense forests of Borneo, you may see a long, pink tongue hanging from the treetops. This unusually large tongue, resembling a pulled piece of bubble gum, belongs to a sun bear, the world’s smallest bear found in the tropical forests of Southeast Asia.
Travel Tales
An African safari has always made me imagine iconic species such as elephants, leopards, cheetahs, rhinos, zebra, giraffe… beautiful animals that represent the incredibly diversity of life on Earth, and their fragility.
Videos
On this Christmas morning, I hope you are happy, healthy and spending time with family and friends. During this holiday season, however, it’s the “happy” part of that wish that I found myself thinking about most, precipitated by the often-heard, classic holiday song Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas, which—some say—is a bit dark.
Conservation
Gorilla trekkers in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park may have felt the ground vibrate the day Ride 4 A Woman received word that Natural Habitat Adventures would support entrepreneurial education of Buhoma women. Nat Hab selected Ride 4 A Woman to receive one of their 2017 philanthropy donations to help further aid their admirable initiatives.
Nature Photography
Every Friday, we choose our favorite photo of the week from our Wildlife Photo of the Day website. This week we selected a jaguar who just spotted a rival. Photographer Mark Gottlieb took this photo while visiting the Pantanal. Have you taken some amazing wildlife photos during your travels?
