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  • Nature & Wildlife

    The Balance and Bond of Predators and Prey

    Feb 24, 2026 · Candice Gaukel Andrews

    The predator/prey relationship is an age-old association. Despite that longevity, it can still mystify us. For example, on a remote Alaskan island, gray wolves are rewriting the rule book by hunting sea otters—a behavior few scientists ever expected to see.

  • Canada & the North

    Heli-Hiking in the Canadian Bugaboos

    Feb 23, 2026 · Samantha Miller

    On Nat Hab’s Rainforest to Rockies: Vancouver to Lake Louise adventure, you’ll discover Canada’s mountain grandeur on a unique itinerary into wild realms others rarely see!

  • African Safaris

    Conservation and the Big Five on a South Africa Safari

    Feb 22, 2026 · Jon Jared

    At Natural Habitat Adventures, conservation isn’t just a mission statement—it’s the guiding principle behind every journey we design. On our Secluded South Africa safari, guests explore protected national parks and private reserves where wildlife roams freely and tourism supports vital conservation initiatives aimed at protecting these landscapes for generations to come.

  • Nature & Wildlife

    The Ears of Animals

    Feb 17, 2026 · Candice Gaukel Andrews

    Because it’s so automatic, hearing is a sense that is often taken for granted. However, it’s a crucial sensory system for humans and other animals, acting as a primary tool for survival by detecting threats, locating food and enabling communication, often functioning even in darkness or over long distances.

  • Asia & The Pacific

    Fire, Flood and Time: Reading the Landscape of the Australian Outback

    Feb 16, 2026 · Rebecca Self

    At first glance, central Australia’s Red Center might seem vast and empty, a canvas of rust-colored soil, sparse shrubs and endless sky. Learn to read the landscape, though, and you recognize you’re walking in a living archive that tells a story shaped by ancient fires, waterworks and tens of thousands of years of Indigenous care.

  • African Safaris

    Fantastic Birds and Where to Find Them

    Feb 12, 2026 · Cathy Brown

    From the soaring Andean condor in Patagonia to the rainbow flash of a lilac-breasted roller on safari, birds are a highlight of Nat Hab trips across the globe. Their colors, songs and surprising behaviors draw us into the ecosystems they inhabit—and once you start noticing birds, you notice everything else more closely too.

  • African Safaris

    Across the Serengeti: East Africa’s Great Migration

    Feb 11, 2026 · Chinwe Kalu

    Every year, a pulse begins in the heart of East Africa. It starts as a low vibration on the open plains, a sound like distant thunder rolling across the grasslands. Then, the land itself begins to move. Columns of wildebeest, more than a million strong, flow across the horizon in search of fresh, rain-fed grass.

  • Asia & The Pacific

    Return of the Takhi: How Przewalski’s Horses Headed Home to Roam Mongolia

    Feb 10, 2026 · Rebecca Self

    Przewalski’s horses, once endemic to the grasslands of central Asia and known in Mongolia as takhi, have been on some wild rides lately: —One showed up on a ranch in Colorado, another in Utah. —One broke out of a trailer carrying him from a zoo in Prague to freedom in Kazakhstan.

  • Nature & Wildlife

    Valentine’s Day: Loving Animals

    Feb 10, 2026 · Candice Gaukel Andrews

    Every February 14th, we celebrate Valentine’s Day, a time that has become synonymous with emotional connections and loving relationships. It’s often marked by romantic gestures, such as giving chocolates or flowers, writing a love letter, preparing a candlelight dinner, holding hands—or kissing.