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Conservation
You may want to think twice before you purchase your next cashmere sweater. The number of domestic cashmere goats farmed in Central Asia has nearly tripled over the last 20 years due to an increased global demand for the goats’ velvety fur coats, leading to a decline in the already endangered population of snow leopards.
Conservation
Meet Court Whelan, one of the travel industry’s foremost experts on ecotourism and the newest member of the Nat Hab family of Adventure Specialists. This week we are thrilled to debut Court’s first post in a series on the critical role ecotourism plays in conservation and communities.
Alaska
For the past three years, residents of Juneau, Alaska have been dealing with a new problem of glacial proportions – their treasured Mendenhall Glacier, 14 miles north of downtown Juneau, has exhibited sudden, torrential flood bursts during the summer.
Videos
I didn’t need the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to jump-start my dreams of Antarctica ice.
Nature & Wildlife
The second season of an internet reality show is coming our way this week. It features a very different kind of star, namely, the grizzly bears and wildlife of Katmai National Park and Preserve.
Nature & Wildlife
Zookeepers at Zoo Atlanta were like proud grandparents on Monday, excitedly awaiting the arrival of giant panda Lun Lun’s newest cub. To their delight, they were surprised with a second twin cub born 2 minutes after the first one. These were the first twin panda cubs born in the United states since 1987.
News & More
Our family’s T-shirt habit probably started out the same as your family’s custom did. Grandma and grandpa went on a trip and brought home T-shirts with their destination’s name and an image printed on them for all the grandkids.
News & More
Breaking news in Antarctica this week: the 2-year-old crack in Antarctica’s Pine Island Glacier (nicknamed PIG) has finally given out. The PIG calved a new iceberg larger than the city of Chicago in the Amundsen Sea. The iceberg measures 278 square miles, which is 8 times the size of the island of Manhattan.
Videos
Although oil drilling and fracking provide some of the energy that we all use, the practices are highly controversial for the toll they take on our environment. It gets especially knottier when we talk about our precious, hard-won public lands.
Nature Photography
Nat Hab guest and photographer extraordinaire Jeff Goldberg just returned from one of Nat Hab’s Galapagos tours. He took this incredible photo of the Galapagos night sky at the NHA Wild Tortoise Camp, our exclusive deluxe camp high atop Santa Cruz Island. The photo was too good not to share!
Conservation
Although many environmental issues stir up strong emotions pro and con, currently none may be more contentious than fracking, slang for high-volume hydraulic fracturing. Fracking is the process of injecting pressurized chemical solutions into well bores in order to fracture the bedrock and release natural gas.
Nature & Wildlife
Happy 4th of July from Nat Hab! Check out our infographic below for some fun facts about the USA’s national emblem, the majestic bald eagle. Then browse our U.S. National Parks Tours to find some great destinations to see bald eagles in the wild!
