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African Safaris
Gertjie the rhino was three month’s old when she came to live at the Hoedspruit Endangered Species Centre in South Africa. Her mother had been brutally killed for her horn and Gertjie was found crying inconsolably by her side.
African Safaris
A new app called Serengeti Tracker will provide an interactive way for people around the world to follow the great migration of the Serengeti in real time on their smartphones and tablets.
African Safaris
This remarkable video is a little hard to watch at first, but as the title above suggests, it has a happy ending (for the elephant, at least). Somehow, a young elephant that was separated from his herd managed to survive the onslaught of 14 female lions.
Videos
Of all the beautiful nature photographs that you have seen over the years, perhaps none is more meaningful than the one titled Pale Blue Dot. The photographer of this particular artwork is the Voyager 1 space probe, which was launched on September 5, 1977.
African Safaris
It is with heavy hearts that we share the news that Suni, one of the last northern white rhinos in the world, was found dead in his boma (hut) on Friday at Ol Pejeta Conservancy, in Kenya’s Laikipia region.
Galapagos Islands
The Galapagos Islands are justifiably renowned for the many strange and wondrous creatures that soar, slither and crawl here, and only here. Understandably, the archipelago’s endemic terrestial species are its most famous: giant tortoises, marine iguanas, Galapagos penguins, flightless cormorants, and the like. Yet there are plenty of equally fascinating, unique-to-the-Galapagos creatures just below the ocean’s surface.
Nature & Wildlife
Rachel Kramer is a Program Officer for Wildlife Conservation and TRAFFIC, the wildlife trade monitoring network. Just before joining WWF she traveled through Bhutan with her friend and fellow photographer, Kristan Norvig, exploring the kingdom’s natural and cultural wonders and connecting with the family of a colleague in a remote eastern village.
Videos
Have you heard of “cli-psy”? It’s a new field of study about why we have trouble accepting climate change facts. Watch this short video explaining the reasons.
Travel Tales
This Travel Tale comes to us from Wendy Klausner, Senior Adventure Specialist at Nat Hab. I have been planning trips to Africa for almost 20 years.
Galapagos Islands
This remarkable photo of the Galapagos Islands was taken on October 28th, 2010 from the Soyuz TMA-19 spacecraft, which was docked to the international space station, 220 miles above the Earth.
African Safaris
The rhinos of Africa are faced with a sad reality. Every seven hours a rhinoceros life is taken by poachers, and without the help of conservation efforts, the two African rhino species face the very real possibility of extinction.
African Safaris
Family safaris have come into their own in the last few years, from a number of private bush homes to family-friendly suites popping up all over Africa. This is just a taste of our absolute favorites this year!
