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Nature & Wildlife
Sept 23-28 marks the 10th Anniversary of Sea Otter Awareness Week, a time when we recognize and appreciate the critical role sea otters play in the nearshore ecosystem. Sea otters are near and dear to our hearts because we frequently run into them on our Alaska tours.
Conservation
I’ve always loved ice. Growing up in Wisconsin, my winters were filled with it. I could skate on it, watch it paint the trees with a crystalline, Doctor Zhivago-like romance and break off icicles for an afternoon treat. Back then, I never considered it controversial. It was just a fact of winter.
Nature & Wildlife
Q: Why do birds often perch on rhinos backs? a. Predators can’t attack them b. They get lonely c. Their wings get tired d. They feed on…
Conservation
President Obama has appointed WWF President and CEO Carter Roberts and several others to the Advisory Council on Wildlife Trafficking this month. The Task Force will be constructing a charter for preventing wildlife trafficking worldwide, with a focus on the supply coming out of Africa, as well as Asia on the demand side.
Videos
From a large, city botanical center to a small corner plot in your own backyard, a garden is beneficial for the environment. Not only do gardens and green spaces provide us with food and flowers, they help control urban temperatures—mitigating the effects of extreme heat and cold.
Conservation
Just over two weeks ago, 21 black rhino from Kenya’s Lewa Wildlife Conservancy and Lake Nakuru National Park were relocated to nearby Borana Wildlife Conservancy in Kenya‘s northern Laikipia district. Borana is now proud to call itself the youngest rhino conservancy in the world.
Nature & Wildlife
In scientific circles, it’s common practice to give individual wild animals under observation identifying numbers rather than names, such as the well-known, numbered wolves in Yellowstone National Park. But a recently published study provides evidence that we may be a bit limited in our thinking about how nonhuman animals see and distinguish themselves.
Travel Tales
By Jennifer Bravo NHA Senior Destination Manager Hawaii is a land of many enchanting faces. It glitters and glows even as it smokes and smolders. Bees and butterflies dance with silk-soft flowers, which burst through walls of black razor rock.
Conservation
In the grand scheme of things, the term ecotourism is pretty much brand new. Coined by Mexican architect Hector Ceballos-Lascurain in 1983, the definition has been evolving ever since.
Conservation
Alaskan glaciers, icebergs in Antarctica, the chilling Beaufort Sea – these polar wonderlands are the worldwide offices of Paul Nicklen, acclaimed wildlife photographer for National Geographic. Spirit bears, leopard seals, polar bears, penguins – these are his co-workers.
Latin America
In 2008, a group of over 40 whale shark experts at the International Whale Shark Conference in Isla Holbox decided that August 30th should be dedicated to celebrating whale sharks, educating people about them and promoting their conservation. So began International Whale Shark Day.
News & More
Natural Habitat Adventures has wrapped up design on our 2014-15 Catalog of the World’s Greatest Nature Journeys, and we wanted to give our Good Nature readers the first look.
