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Travel Tales
“The most beautiful experience we can have is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion which stands at the cradle of true art and true science. Whoever does not know it can no longer wonder, no longer marvel, is as good as dead, and his eyes are dimmed.”
News & More
American attitudes toward wild animals are growing more positive, according to a new study published just last month in the international journal Biological Conservation. Between 1978 and 2014, our thinking about eight historically stigmatized species—including bats, coyotes, vultures, sharks and wolves—were found to be significantly more favorable. On the surface, that sounds like good news.
Conservation
This is the dirty fact I’ve come to recognize: we humans won’t allow wolves to live on our planet. We won’t stop until the last one of them is gone. If you don’t believe me, look at what’s happening in our own country. Then, look around the world.
Galapagos Islands
There is absolutely nowhere else in the world where you can experience such incredible nature, wildlife and educational opportunities than in the Galapagos Islands.
Travel Tips
If you have never experienced an active Adriatic adventure, you have no idea what you’re missing. Having lived in Europe and as a relatively avid traveler with an appetite for new destinations and cultures, I have to admit my love for Croatia and Montenegro as two of my top travel destinations.
Nature Photography
Every Friday, we choose our favorite photo of the week from our Wildlife Photo of the Day website. This week we selected lions of Tanzania. Photographer Deborah Vanasek was on safari with Nat Hab in the Namiri Plains when her group came across these three lion cubs.
Videos
“July 2016 was the 379th consecutive month with temperatures at least nominally above the 20th-century average,” says the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. July 2016 was also the 40th July in a row of above average temperatures. Those statements should shock you because they’re undeniable facts.
Nature & Wildlife
At the end of June I had the amazing opportunity to travel with Natural Habitat Adventures to the Galápagos Islands. As you might imagine, it was the trip of a lifetime – and not just for the incredible wildlife sightings and beautiful landscapes.
Nature & Wildlife
The woolly mammoth—an animal that went extinct 4,000 years ago—is currently being considered for legal protection under conservation trade rules. “How that can be?” you might well ask. The answer lies in a story that’s entwined with some very modern-day issues: climate change and the rampant poaching of today’s elephants.
Nature & Wildlife
I should begin by saying I hate the cold and do everything in my power to avoid it. My Midwest roots, however, have taught me one thing: layer up! So, with that in mind, I headed out the door to go join Natural Habitat Adventure’s Yellowstone: Ultimate Wolf and Wildlife Safari.
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 bull moose in Glacier National Park. Photographer Shannon Phifer watched the moose as he fed in the lake until it disappeared into the trees. Have you taken some amazing wildlife photos during your travels?
Nature & Wildlife
Last year, I joined a group of Nat Hab travelers on a fourteen-day Madagascar safari beginning on the island’s central plateau. In Zombitse-Vohibasia National Park, our Nat Hab group connected with Domoina Rakotomalala, WWF Madagascar’s Landscape Manager for the Tulear region.
