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Halloween and owls have a long and storied history with each other. It’s thought that the connection may have been forged around ancient Halloween bonfires. As nocturnal hunters of bats, owls would often be seen in the light of the flames as they flew low, searching for food.
Travel Tales
Nowadays, it’s becoming increasingly harder to find African safari experiences that evoke the profound sense of wilderness immersion that so many of us seek. Far off Southern Africa’s typical tourist track are Zambia and Zimbabwe, two less-visited safari destinations that are home to some of the continent’s richest wildlife enclaves.
Travel Tales
By Nat Hab Traveler Margaret Mitchell | Hidden Yellowstone & Grand Teton Safari The grandeur of the Tetons and Yellowstone was inspiring, with moose, bear, bison, pronghorn and more, all among the wonderful smell of sagebrush.
Nature Photography
Every Friday, we choose our favorite photo of the week from our Wildlife Photo of the Day website. This week we selected the three bears. Photographer Heather Reid stumbled upon this family of black bears, who stayed around long enough for a photo shoot. Have you taken some amazing wildlife photos during your travels?
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Ever since I read Edgar Allan Poe’s poem “The Raven” in junior high school, the bird has fascinated me. Corvids, such as ravens and crows, are among the smartest of all birds and have a reputation for solving more and more complicated problems invented by increasingly creative scientists.
Travel Tales
Originally featured in World Wildlife Magazine (summer 2017). The high-pitched calls of gibbons echo through the steamy valley and send chills down my spine. Gibbons live only in intact old-growth forests like this one in Danum Valley, deep in one of Asia’s most pristine wilderness regions.
Conservation
This summer, the world lost a Nebraska-size chunk of forests. Logging, expanding palm oil plantations and wildfires are to blame. This continuing deforestation trend could have devastating implications for the climate. Simply put, forests aren’t merely pretty places. We need them.
Travel Tales
“How does one capture an experience that is so indescribable? We saw every species we had hoped to see, many in greater numbers and much closer than we had ever dreamt possible.
Alaska
“Wow, it’s hard just to pick one out of all of the great things I experienced. I have to say, my favorite experience was following the mom and her three cubs.
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 brown bear’s catch of the day. Photographer Elizabeth Leonard was bear-watching at Brooks Falls when this grizzly caught a salmon jumping upstream. Have you taken some amazing wildlife photos during your travels?
Travel Tales
By Nat Hab traveler Rick Whitson | Secluded Botswana Safari It was day seven of our 10-day Secluded Botswana Safari, and we were staying at a remote tent camp in the Okavango Delta that we had accessed via a bush flight. We enjoyed high tea at camp and were headed out to a new area for our evening bush ride.
Conservation
Tigers need room to roam. Protecting vast connected landscapes for these endangered top predators is key to their survival. For the first time in a century, wild tiger populations are rising. Spurred by the global Tx2 effort, 13 countries that are home to tigers committed to doubling the imperiled cat’s population by 2022.
