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Galapagos Islands
This is a guest post by Julie Waggoner, Marketing Intern at Natural Habitat Adventures. So after months of admiring photos and looking for the right trip, you’ve decided to take the plunge and booked a fabulous trip to the Galapagos Islands. Congratulations! One of the world’s most unique ecosystems awaits you.
Travel Tips
The opportunity to experience and photograph a giant brown bear in its natural habitat is, in a word, awesome! And photos don’t lie. In fact, we would go so far as to suggest that images of Alaska’s enormous brown bears are among the most iconic wildlife photos on Earth.
Alaska
Every Friday we choose our favorite photo of the week from our Wildlife Photo of the Day website. This week we selected these adorable bear buddies. Photographer Steve Grodin captured this image while photographing bears in Katmai National Park, Alaska. Have you taken some amazing wildlife photos during your travels?
Conservation
Coffee. In my opinion—other than clean, pure water—it just may be the best drink on Earth. That’s why I celebrated last Thursday, October 1, the first official International Coffee Day, with several cups of my favorite brew.
Conservation
In our last article on where to “See—and Save—the World’s Most Endangered Species: Part 2,” we took a look at the various species of endangered rhinos. In part three, we’ll learn about one of our closest cousins, who also happens to be one of the world’s most endangered creatures.
Nature & Wildlife
Just in time for Halloween, we’ve created a personality quiz to inspire your costume search and help you decide which animal you should dress as. Scroll down to take the quiz. Make sure to share your results on Facebook and Twitter!
Nature Photography
Every Friday we choose our favorite photo of the week from our Wildlife Photo of the Day website. This week we chose three cheetah cubs playing in Kenya. Photographer Robert Keyser was able to observe these cubs with their mother on two different days while on safari on the Maasai Mara.
Videos
I admit I may be what some would consider a little too woo-woo, “out there” when it comes to trees. I’ve always had a special affinity for them; I’ve even written whole books about them.
Conservation
WWF is launching a FUNdraiser in time for Halloween, with funds supporting wildlife and nature. If you’ve already started looking for costume ideas (or you like to procrastinate), then look no further. Participating is fun and easy.
News & More
Witnessing any of nature’s great spectacles—such as the wildebeest migration of Africa, the wintering grounds of millions of monarch butterflies in Mexico or thousands of sea turtles coming ashore from the Pacific Ocean to lay eggs—is usually described by onlookers as nothing short of “awe-inspiring.”
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 family of wild horses in Alberta, Canada. Photographer Brenda Viragh captured this photo while traveling the back roads near Sundre. Have you taken some amazing wildlife photos during your travels?
Travel Tales
Well-known travel writer Pico Iyer once wrote that “Travel for me is all about transformation, and I’m fascinated by those people who really do come back from a trip unrecognizable to themselves and perhaps open to the same possibilities they’d have written off not a month before.”
