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Conservation
Anyone who has visited Yellowstone National Park can attest to the beauty of Grand Prismatic Spring, a body of water that has a deep, brilliant blue color at its center and measures 370 feet in diameter.
Nature & Wildlife
I just returned from a well-needed, relaxing vacation to the Hawaiian Islands. I had a great time stand-up paddle boarding on Hanalei Bay, cliff jumping at Shipwreck Beach, and skipping stones and swimming under Wailua Falls…
Conservation
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.
Videos
On a recent Natural Habitat Antarctica Expedition, guests were treated to a wildlife encounter of a lifetime. Watch as they are surrounded by an astonishing number of whales and porpoises off the coast of the icy continent, with a backdrop of majestic icebergs and rugged mountains.
Galapagos Islands
Whale sharks are frequent visitors to the Galapagos Marine Reserve. They can grow to forty feet in length and can weigh as much as 47,000 pounds, making them the biggest fish in the sea, by a long shot.
Videos
Forests are important for our welfare for a very long list of reasons, a few of which are: • they provide us with medicines; • they manufacture breathable air: just one adult, leafy tree can produce as much oxygen in a season as 10 people inhale in a year; • they fight flooding; •…
Conservation
If you’re a fan of NPR’s Radiolab, you may have already heard the episode they put out earlier this year about the Galapagos Islands. If you haven’t heard it, and you have any interest in the islands (or natural history, science or conservation in general), then it’s definitely worth an hour of your time.
Nature & Wildlife
Tomorrow, September 3, 2014, will mark the 50th anniversary of the Wilderness Act. In 1964, the bill that created the act passed the Senate by a vote of 73–12 and the House by 373–1.
Conservation
An experience of the world’s vanishing wild places is the heart of what we offer at Natural Habitat Adventures.
Nature & Wildlife
There are some fantastic Antarctica discounts being offered on last-minute 2014 bookings, and we’re celebrating by featuring our favorite Antarctica articles all month on Good Nature! This week, learn all about Antarctic penguins, a special highlight of any Antarctica cruise!
Videos
In honor of International Whale Shark Day tomorrow, we put together some footage of our guests snorkeling with Mexico’s whale sharks, to show you how beautiful and majestic they are, and why they need to be protected.
Travel Tales
I have a fixation with ice and the world’s cold places. I think it’s mostly because I’m convinced that winter is an endangered “species.” That’s why the poles have always called to me.
