Nature & Wildlife
May 4 Is Bird Day: Watch Birds in Their Natural Habitats
One of the many things I like about birds is that they are wildlife that is easily accessible no matter where you live.
Good Nature Travel Blog
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Videos
Earth Day 2019: Share Your Favorite, Coolest Nature Video
Next Monday, April 22, 2019, the world will mark its 49th Earth Day. The first Earth Day, held on April 22, 1970, was inspired by Wisconsin Senator Gaylord Nelson, who modeled it on the antiwar protests of the late 1960s. The original Earth Day began on university campuses as a national “teach-in” on environmental issues.
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Videos
Video: Owls Have Heads Designed for Hearing
The silent flight of owls is pure beauty and grace in motion. In fact, in order to lessen the noise levels of airplanes, aeronautics designers are studying owl feathers for potential applications. But that’s not the only thing that is truly amazing about these birds. Their hearing is exceptional.
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Conservation
Our Planet Book Review | A Call to Action to Save Our Wild Places
Our Planet takes us on a journey through the earth’s biological realms, highlighting its rarest creatures and hidden natural wonders. This photographic companion to the Netflix original documentary series details the ways humans are affecting the world’s ecosystems and urges us to collectively preserve wild places and species.
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Videos
Video: Identifying Birds by Color Patterns
Last week, here in the Midwest in mid-March, I spotted my first robin of the year. My mother used to say that seeing a robin was a sure sign that spring couldn’t be far behind. We now know that such a notion isn’t exactly accurate.
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Nature & Wildlife
Cockatoos That Drum for the Love of Music
For many of us, music is so much more than just mere entertainment. We use it to wake ourselves up, to make our morning commute go quicker, to motivate us, to alleviate our worries and to make spending time with our friends more joyful. Sometimes, it seems like music is our constant companion.
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Antarctica & Arctic
Videos: The Natural Worlds of Antarctica and the Falklands
Well into this very cold winter—though still far from its end—I like to dream about the summer that’s happening some other place now, down at the bottom of the world. And two of those places where summer still holds sway in March are the Falkland Islands and the Antarctic Peninsula.
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Nature & Wildlife
Grasslands: A Lot More Than Just Flyover Country
Across the world, they go by many names: downs, prairies, pampas, rangelands, steppes, savannas or velds. But what all of these landscapes have in common is that grass is their naturally dominant vegetation.
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Conservation
Wilderness: Lost and Found
Today, little more than 20 percent of the world can still be considered “wilderness.” That’s not a lot, especially when you weigh the benefits that those few designated areas provide.
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Nature & Wildlife
The Year-Round Land of Evergreens: the Taiga
It’s mid-January, the time some people call the “doldrums,” a period of feeling low energy and a lack of motivation after the Christmas and New Year season of celebration and parties. It can be brought on by putting the holiday decorations away, facing a blank engagement calendar or taking down the Christmas tree.
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Antarctica & Arctic
Video: Using Drone Photography to Protect the Arctic
Growing up in the Arctic regions of Canada made a lasting impression on National Geographic Young Explorer Nansen Weber. When he wasn’t out guiding guests who visited his parents remote lodge on the otherwise uninhabited Somerset Island, he was out exploring—often accompanied by a handheld camera and a camera drone.
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Nature & Wildlife
Losing Urban Trees—and the Wildlife that Depends on Them
We need to learn to tolerate a bit of messiness when it comes to our urban neighborhoods and landscapes. And I’m not talking about litter on our sidewalks, trash in our local parks or junk in our yards.