Good Nature Travel Blog

  • Nature Photography

    Wildlife Photo of the Week: Coming This Way

    Dec 9, 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 tower of giraffes. Photographer Perry White took this photo while on a game drive in the Maasai Mara when 30 giraffes moved toward the vehicle.

  • African Safaris

    Is It Too Late to Save the African Rhino?

    Dec 6, 2016 · iSafari

    As I wrote in a recent article, See—and Save—the Endangered Rhino, two of the remaining species of Rhinoceros in Asia—the Javan and Sumatran rhinos—are critically endangered (with an estimated only 57 individuals left in Java, Indonesia!).

  • News & More

    In an Unprecedented Lawsuit, Kids Take On Climate Change

    Nov 29, 2016 · Candice Gaukel Andrews

    In the environmental-action and wildlife-conservation world—the two go hand in hand, as we need healthy environments for the animal kingdom to prosper—there’s a lot of talk about preserving our planet and its biodiversity for “future generations.” A lot of what we do, we say, is in their name.

  • Nature Photography

    Wildlife Photo of the Week: Brotherly Love

    Nov 25, 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 lions in Serengeti National Park. Photographer Brad Starry snapped this tender moment between two brothers while on safari in Tanzania. Have you taken some amazing wildlife photos during your travels?

  • Conservation

    New Research: Elephant Conservation Brings Economic Value through Tourism Revenue

    Nov 23, 2016 · Tania Curry

    A new study by WWF, the University of Vermont, and the University of Cambridge shows that funds needed for antipoaching efforts in east, southern and west Africa is often less than the amount of tourism dollars those same elephants will bring back in to communities, alive. Meaning: conservation is a worthy investment.

  • Nature & Wildlife

    Climate Change Is Changing What We Wear and How It’s Made

    Nov 1, 2016 · Candice Gaukel Andrews

    Your bedroom closet is about to get a makeover, and it won’t be because you’ve knocked out walls or installed new shelving. And that coat closet in your hallway or vestibule where you store your bulkiest outerwear may soon need to be put to an alternative use.

  • Nature Photography

    Wildlife Photo of the Week: Devouring Leopard

    Oct 28, 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 photo from a South African game drive. Photographer Sahasrangshu Choudhury captured the moment when a leopard, deep within the branches of a tree, devoured its prey.

  • Conservation

    Bushmeat and Locavores: When “Eating Locally” Goes Bad for Going Big

    Oct 25, 2016 · Candice Gaukel Andrews

    Becoming a locavore—someone who prefers to find and eat local foods—is a growing and, in most cases, healthy trend in the United States. Locavores typically forage for berries, fruits, mushrooms and nuts; and some take up hunting, deciding they prefer to eat free-range, organically grown meat.

  • African Safaris

    Africa’s Best Kept Secrets: Top 7 Parks & Reserves

    Oct 24, 2016 · iSafari

    From the golden dunes of Namibia’s Skeleton Coast to the lush green forests of Tanzania’s Mahale Mountains, each of these lesser-visited wildlife parks and reserves in Africa boast a wide variety of natural wonders worthy of exploration and discovery.