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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.
Travel Tales
“The first photo of my fellow travelers looking through spotting scopes really captured our daily routine on our Yellowstone: Ultimate Wolf & Wildlife Safari. We saw wolves four out of five days, with a total wolf count of 19 on our trip!
Travel Tales
Traveler Barbara Barron took these amazing photographs while she explored the Galapagos Islands with Nat Hab. What did you discover in the Enchanted Isles? Share your Galapagos adventure stories with us!
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 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?
Videos
Arapaho and Shoshone people on the Wind River Reservation in Wyoming—2.2 million acres of tribal lands—released 10 genetically pure bison on November 3, 2016. Imported from the Neal Smith National Wildlife Refuge in Iowa, these animals are the first to establish a wild herd there in 131 years.
Nature & Wildlife
WWF’s Kelley Ashford captured these wildlife photos within the world’s tallest rainforest during her Borneo Adventure with Natural Habitat Adventures. The following photos were taken at various locations such as the Danum Valley Conservation Area and Bornean Sun Bear Conservation Center in Sabah, Gunung Mulu National Park and Bako National Park in Sarawak.
Conservation
Wildlife tourism—tourism specifically based on encounters with undomesticated animals—accounts for 20 to 40 percent of the total $1 trillion annual, global tourism industry. This comes from a paper published in late 2015 in the peer-reviewed, science journal PLOS ONE. The paper further states that wildlife tourism is the leading foreign-exchange earner in several countries.
Travel Tales
“After looking for this leopard in for two days during our Botswana safari, we finally found him very early on the third morning. He was laying in the grass sunning himself in the newly rising sun.
Travel Tales
“Wonderful trip to China. Pandas are so entertaining and cute. Would recommend it to others.” — W. Mortimer | Wild Side of China: A Nature Odyssey | May 2017 What’s Your Wildlife Travel Story?
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 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.
Conservation
Conservation Will Protect the World for Future Generations Children are born curious. They are interested and excited to know about the natural world and what happens in it. Most of them are also instinctively drawn to animals, especially small, fluffy, cute ones.
Nature & Wildlife
WWF’s Kelley Ashford captured these wildlife photos within the world’s tallest rain forest during her Borneo Adventure with Natural Habitat Adventures.
