Nature & Wildlife
3 Things I Learned While Swimming with Whale Sharks
When you’re swimming in the ocean, the last thing you might want to see is a 40 foot long, dark shadow lurking through the water.
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Travel Tips
Five Awesome Family-Friendly Activities in Costa Rica
Costa Rica has long been known as one of the most amazing, exotic and pristine eco-adventure destinations in the world. From beaches to volcanic mountains, from misty cloud forests to tropical rain forests, it offers families a matchless natural destination for adventure.
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Nature Photography
Wildlife Photo of the Week: Cheetah Mother & Son
Every Friday we choose our favorite photo of the week from our Wildlife Photo of the Day website. This week we chose a cheetah mother and son hanging out together in Tanzania. Photographer Steve Grodin captured this special moment while on safari last year. Have you taken some amazing wildlife photos during your travels?
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Nature Photography
Wildlife Photo of the Week: Cheetah Mother & Son
Every Friday we choose our favorite photo of the week from our Wildlife Photo of the Day website. This week we chose a cheetah mother and son hanging out together in Tanzania. Photographer Steve Grodin captured this special moment while on safari last year. Have you taken some amazing wildlife photos during your travels?
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Galapagos Islands
6 Fascinating Pieces of Galapagos History Trivia
When most people think of the Galapagos Islands, natural, rather than human, history understandably comes to mind. Still, people have done some pretty interesting things here since Tomas de Berlanga, the Bishop of Panama, first landed on these volcanic shores in 1535.
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Travel Tales
Photo Journal: the Tall Trees of Redwood National Park
Some have always been drawn to the mountains, while others are called to ocean shores. But I constantly feel the pull of forests (I’ve even written a book about them). My particular predilection causes me some mild embarrassment and social discomfort, because what could be more cliché for a baby boomer than being a “tree-hugger”?
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Conservation
Kenya’s Mara Siana Conservancy — From Goats to Lions
Every time Joe Charleson takes guests from Leleshwa Camp into the surrounding Mara Siana Conservancy, he notices something different. Dry stubble has given way to fresh green grass. Giraffe and zebra hoofprints outnumber those of cattle. Where there were once flocks of goats, hundreds strong, there are now even bigger flocks of gazelles.
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Galapagos Islands
Galapagos Shark Fishermen Sentenced to Prison in Landmark Ruling
Back in June we reported that a court in Ecuador issued a landmark ruling when it convicted all the defendants in an illegal shark fishing case within the Galapagos Marine Reserve.
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African Safaris
Video: Baby Bird vs Hungry Leopard
Leopards are, of course, among Africa’s fiercest and most cunning predators. On a typical day, a male leopard like the one in the video below might take down a big gazelle and haul it up a tree, tangle with a ferocious troupe of dagger-toothed baboons, and outmaneuver a cadre of conspiratorial hyenas.
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News & More
Wolves Return to California, but for How Long?
After almost a century, wolves have come home to California. On August 20, 2015, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) announced that it had photographic evidence from a trail camera that two gray wolf adults and five pups had taken up residence in southeastern Siskiyou County in northern California.
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Conservation
The Ongoing Legacy of Lonesome George – a Conservation Hero
Can you imagine being the last of your species? Or how about meeting the last individual of another species, knowing that yours has sentenced them to extinction?
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News & More
Nat Hab and WWF's 2016 Catalog of the World’s Greatest Nature Journeys is on press!
Last week Nat Hab’s Creative Director Mark Hickey flew to Vancouver, British Columbia to monitor the printing of the latest and greatest Catalog of World’s Greatest Nature Journeys for Natural Habitat Adventures and World Wildlife Fund. Once again, the catalog is printed on 100% PCW FSC certified paper.