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  • Videos

    Video: Swimming with Green Sea Turtles in the Galapagos

    Jun 14, 2017 · Tania Curry

    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.

  • Travel Tales

    Traveler Story: A Galapagos Sistercation

    Jun 12, 2017 · Natural Habitat Adventures

    My sister, who is also my favorite travel partner and lifelong best friend, lives 1,600 miles away, so we don’t have the opportunity to see each other frequently. We decided to take a dream “sistercation” to the Galapagos Islands with Nat Hab, as we love wildlife, nature and outdoor adventures.

  • Travel Tales

    Savoring Cuban Cigars in Viñales National Park, Cuba

    Jun 10, 2017 · Chris Kassar

    A small white dog dappled with large black-and-brown spots leads the way. A few steps behind the spunky pup, a man wearing khaki pants and a long-sleeved shirt of the same color—both too large for his small frame—strides confidently toward us.

  • Videos

    Video: Rediscovering Shel Silverstein’s “The Giving Tree”

    Jun 8, 2017 · Candice Gaukel Andrews

    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.

  • Conservation

    Five Whale Questions with WWF’s Leigh Henry

    Jun 7, 2017 · WWF

    WWF Senior Policy Officer in Species Conservation, Leigh Henry, leads policy efforts related to wildlife conservation. Since joining the WWF family in 2001, she has helped lead WWF’s efforts with the International Whaling Commission among many other efforts. We sat down to chat with her about whale-viewing in Mexico’s Baja California.

  • Nature & Wildlife

    When Animals Gather, Our Language Gets Lyrical

    Jun 6, 2017 · Candice Gaukel Andrews

    When we get together to appreciate the arts, for political purposes, for social interactions or simply for support, we can be called, among other things, an audience, a band, a bunch, a cohort, a crowd, a group, a mob or a troupe.

  • Nature & Wildlife

    Last Monarch Butterfly Migration?

    Jun 5, 2017 · Peter Davis Krahenbuhl

    As I described in a previous post, On a Wing and a Prayer, the monarch butterfly is one of the most amazing and delicate insects on our planet. But will they endure?

  • Travel Tales

    Traveler Story: Costa Rica Wilderness Explorer

    Jun 3, 2017 · Natural Habitat Adventures

    “Marco Fallas was a tireless guide, lugging a spotting scope up and down mountain trails for hours each day. After a long day, he offered to take us into the jungle after dark, where we encountered an armadillo and followed tree frog calls, spotting several with gorgeous colors.

  • Nature Photography

    Wildlife Photo of the Week: Water Crossing

    Jun 2, 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 moment from a drive in Zambia. Photographer Jim Trojanowski was on safari with Nat Hab near Busanga Bush Camp when his group witnessed this lioness leaping across a waterway.

  • Conservation

    Nat Hab Employees Help Build a Trail in Boulder County

    Jun 1, 2017 · Nick Grossman

    On a sunny spring morning in the Colorado foothills, 18 Natural Habitat Adventures office employees grabbed some tools and got to work building a new trail on nearby Heil Valley Ranch open space.