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Want to win an adventure trip for two to the polar bear capital of the world in Churchill, Canada? Enter to win World Wildlife Fund’s Polar Bear Adventure Sweepstakes! The deadline is Monday, June 30th. Churchill is absolutely the best place to see polar bears in the wild.
Nature & Wildlife
There are few sights as mystifying as the aurora borealis, aka the Northern Lights. If you get to see the Northern Lights in person, you are one lucky traveler. If you can’t get there just yet (or if you can’t wait to go back!)
Travel Tips
You probably chose to travel with Natural Habitat Adventures to get closer to nature and escape the stresses of everyday life like email, voicemail and Facebook.
Nature & Wildlife
“Being inside a kaleidoscope!” That is how I describe the feeling of standing amongst millions and millions of butterflies in the sanctuaries outside of Mexico City during the great migration. You can even hear the sound of their wings beating.
Conservation
Last week Leonardo DiCaprio brought his Hollywood pals to NYC for an art auction at the famed Christie’s Auction House. But this wasn’t your typical Christie’s auction.
Nature & Wildlife
My involvement in the film The Great Bear Stakeout, which depicts the Grizzly’s struggle for survival in the wilderness of the Alaska Peninsula, is thus far, one of my career highlights.
Conservation
Recently scientists from the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and the Zoological Society of London (ZSL) released a list of what they have deemed the 100 most threatened species of wildlife, plants, and fungi, hailing from 48 different countries around the world.
Nature & Wildlife
When we saw the winning artwork from this year’s Endangered Species Day Youth Art Contest, it was so darn impressive we had to share it with you.
Alaska
We are proud to announce that Nat Hab’s very own guide Brad Josephs will be starring in Discovery Channel’s “Great Bear Stakeout,” a two hour special about the vulnerable American grizzly bear population of Alaska’s wilderness. It is premiering on Discovery Channel this Sunday, May 12 at 9pmET/PT.
Nature & Wildlife
Moms love us unconditionally, they are the glue of our families, and they work extremely hard usually receiving little praise in return. This is every bit as true in the animal kingdom as well.
Travel Tales
An essay in words and images from Nat Hab staff member Andrea Reynolds. I remember the first time I visited Yellowstone National Park. I was driving from Alaska to Colorado after experiencing some of our country’s wildest national parks in the far north.
Conservation
The Arctic Ocean could be free of summer sea ice as soon as sometime in this decade, and it’s extremely likely by 2050, according to a new study by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). That’s much sooner than the previously projected time frame of after mid century.
