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Nature Photography
Every Friday we choose our favorite photo of the week from our Wildlife Photo of the Day website. This week we chose this polar bear patiently waiting in the willows as it snows. Photographer Suzanne Emerson snapped this photo while viewing polar bears in Churchill with Nat Hab.
African Safaris
Drastic times calls for drastic measures, as the old adage goes. And these are certainly drastic times for South Africa’s rhinos. The country, which is home to 80% of the world’s remaining rhinos, has been in the grips of a raging poaching epidemic since 2007.
Videos
There are reams of scientific studies on the rapid climate change we are now experiencing, all showing us why we need to act now if we want to avoid environmental disaster. Yet, it seems, we still fail to see the urgency.
Nature Photography
In honor of the striking desert landscapes of the American Southwest that have long captivated photographers and scenic landscape enthusiasts alike, we are in search of the best photos that the Southwest US has to offer.
African Safaris
Many safari-goers find themselves in Nairobi for a day or two before or after their adventure. Though there is plenty to see and do in East Africa’s largest and most cosmopolitan city, its sheer size and feverish energy can be a little intimidating at first.
African Safaris
My friend Dr. Amanda Stronza recently took this fantastic image of a Carmine bee eater in action and was kind enough to share the story behind it with us: “We found this bright, beautiful Carmine bee eater one early afternoon in January, in northern Namibia’s Bwabwatu National Park, near the border with Botswana.
Nature Photography
Every Friday we choose our favorite photo of the week from our Wildlife Photo of the Day website. This week we selected adorable cheetahs relaxing in Tanzania. Photographer Karin Leperi took this photo while on safari in Tanzania’s Serengeti. Have you taken some amazing wildlife photos during your travels?
African Safaris
Wildlife documentarians Bob and Gina Pool will be staying at Kenya’s Naboisho Camp for three months, beginning in early February, and you’re invited to join them. They will be following a family of elephants for a film for National Geographic WILD.
African Safaris
You may have already seen this video of a lion in South Africa casually opening a car door, much to the surprise and horror of the family inside. It has racked up millions of Youtube views in the last couple of weeks.
Conservation
Which was the hottest month on record? Would it surprise you to know that—dating back to January 1880—it was July 2015? September 2015 was the warmest of all previous Septembers on record, and 2015 is likely to beat 2014 as the hottest year we’ve ever documented.
Nature Photography
WWF & Natural Habitat Adventures’ polar bear season has wrapped up, and we are wading through the photos our guides took and shared on social media while out in the field.
African Safaris
Leopards are notoriously opportunistic feeders, a trait that has made them the most successful big cat species in the world. In fact, in South Africa’s Sabi Sabi Private Game Reserve they have been recorded eating a total of 92 different types of prey.
