Good Nature Travel Blog

  • Nature Photography

    Wildlife Photo of the Week: Lunch on the Beach

    Aug 19, 2016 · Kendal Bower

    Every Friday, we choose our favorite photo of the week from our Wildlife Photo of the Day website. This week we selected coastal brown bears in Alaska. Photographer Brad Starry was fortunate to witness the tender moment between mom and her cubs on the beach. Have you taken some amazing wildlife photos during your travels?

  • Nature Photography

    Wildlife Photo of the Week: Praying Bear

    Aug 12, 2016 · 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 polar bear out of Churchill, Manitoba. Photographer Kim Petersen photographed the bears of Churchill before they ventured out onto the sea ice to hunt for food.

  • Travel Tales

    Finding the Sound of Silence in Glacier Bay National Park

    Aug 2, 2016 · Candice Gaukel Andrews

    The quietest place you may ever experience is next to a little pond off the Forest Trail in Glacier Bay National Park in Alaska. Hiking there just a couple of weeks ago, I found myself feeling a little unsettled without quite knowing why.

  • Nature Photography

    Wildlife Photo of the Week: Landing Gear Down

    Jul 29, 2016 · 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 short eared owl coming in for a landing on a post in England. Photographer Nigel Bell studied the owls in the area for weeks before he was able to capture the right shot.

  • Videos

    Video: Piper, the Airport Runway Dog

    Jul 26, 2016 · Candice Gaukel Andrews

    For travelers, wildlife strikes to airplanes are no laughing matter. According to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), the number of wildlife strikes to civil aircraft annually has increased 7.4-fold: from 1,851 in 1990 to a record 13,668 in 2014.

  • Nature Photography

    Wildlife Photo of the Week: Flying Great Gray Owl

    Jul 15, 2016 · Kendal Bower

    Every Friday, we choose our favorite photo of the week from our Wildlife Photo of the Day website. This week we chose an owl in Canada. Photographer Tin Sang Chan snapped the moment a great gray owl soared over the snowy landscape. Have you taken some amazing wildlife photos during your travels?

  • Videos

    Five Live Critter Cams for Summer Viewing

    Jul 12, 2016 · Candice Gaukel Andrews

    We just passed the unofficial middle of summer, July 4. With that marker comes a usual complaint: there’s nothing to watch on TV. But now that most regular programs are on hiatus, I’ve found something far more fascinating: spying on the real-time lives of wild animals.

  • Nature Photography

    Wildlife Photo of the Week: The Feast

    Jul 8, 2016 · Kendal Bower

    Every Friday, we choose our favorite photo of the week from our Wildlife Photo of the Day website. This week we selected polar bears in Alaska. Photographer Yaron Schmid witnessed a polar bear and her two cubs swim up to a whale carcass and feed while gulls swarmed around them.

  • Videos

    Video: A Traveler’s Crafty Revenge on Loud Cell Phone Users

    Jul 7, 2016 · Candice Gaukel Andrews

    Lately, it seems as if we’re encountering more and more bad behavior when we travel. And one of the most annoying habits people engage in that we’ve all had to endure at one time or another is a loud, cell phone talker in a public place, such as in an airport.

  • Nature Photography

    Wildlife Photo of the Week: My Territory, Buddy

    Jul 1, 2016 · Kendal Bower

    Every Friday, we choose our favorite photo of the week from our Wildlife Photo of the Day website. This week we chose brown bears of Alaska. Photographer Neil Hill captured the moment two brown bears rallied for position in the Brooks River of Katmai National Park while on a trip to Alaska with Nat Hab.

  • Nature Photography

    Wildlife Photo of the Week: Ranthambore Tiger

    Jun 24, 2016 · Kendal Bower

    Every Friday, we choose our favorite photo of the week from our Wildlife Photo of the Day website. This week we selected a tiger in India. Photographer Marion Fauchart Jocher took this photo while visiting Ranthambore National Park. This tiger began marking trees after smelling another female in her territory.

  • Nature Photography

    Wildlife Photo of the Week: Spoon Fight

    Jun 17, 2016 · Kendal Bower

    Every Friday, we choose our favorite photo of the week from our Wildlife Photo of the Day website. This week we chose roseate spoonbills in Florida. Photographer Steve Grodin froze this moment when the birds were fighting over a spot on a perch. Have you taken some amazing wildlife photos during your travels?