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Nature & Wildlife
When Lewis and Clark were exploring the West in 1805, it’s estimated that 50,000 to 100,000 grizzly bears roamed the Great Plains. But by the late 1800s, as the West was getting settled, large animals were “cleared away” to make room for homesteading, mining and ranching.
Videos
With species going extinct so rapidly today, hearing that a new animal has been identified is welcome news. A bat that looks like a badger was recently discovered in the Republic of South Sudan, Africa; and this one, particularly, caught my attention, since I come from the “Badger State” of Wisconsin.
Conservation
When National Geographic magazine came out with their cover story on de-extinction in April 2013, it set off quite a controversy. Now that we are on the scientific brink of being able to bring back long-gone species, proponents and critics are hotly debating whether we should.
Conservation
On the flood plains of the Brahmaputra River in Assam, India, lies Kaziranga National Park, one of the last areas in the eastern part of the country to be undisturbed by human presence.
Videos
A lot of times when working with nature, what you manage to get on film is a happy accident. So it was for Neels Castillon, just a few months ago.
Conservation
From Florida manatees equipped with small, satellite-monitored tags to elk in the Rocky Mountains fitted with large radio collars, our wildlife is becoming more wired every day. We now know more about the locations and wanderings of animal populations than at any other time in history.
Conservation
Just two weeks ago, on March 14 and 15, 2013, in southern Chad near the country’s border with Cameroon, poachers killed at least 86 elephants—maybe more. The victims included 33 pregnant females and 15n calves. The motive was ivory, for illegal trade. Elephants, of course, aren’t the only animals being massacred today for their body parts.
Videos
Snow leopards are powerful and beautiful big cats, native to the mountains of central Asia. Insulated by thick hair and possessing wide, fur-covered feet that act as natural snowshoes, they are well adapted to their environment. Their long tails, which help in maintaining their incredible balance, double as blankets against severe cold.
Nature & Wildlife
When trying to measure the impact we humans have made on the natural world, we often concentrate on the number of animal species that have been lost or the plants that are disappearing. In today’s predominantly visual world, it’s not often that we think about the sounds that are now gone for good.
News & More
Outside magazine has announced its annual travel awards, and guess who nabbed the top adventure travel company spot? We did! Outside named Natural Habitat Adventures the world’s best outfitter for 2013. And we couldn’t be prouder! Here’s an excerpt from Outside’s report: “Natural Habitat Adventures rose above the rest.
Nature & Wildlife
“Good fences make good neighbors” is a mid-17th-century proverb, popularized by author Robert Frost in his 1914 poem “Mending Wall.” According to a new report published last week, that may just be the case—especially if your neighbors are lions.
Travel Tales
I fancy myself an adventure traveler, but the truth is that compared to those serious adventure guys – the fellas who shave at 6 am and have full beards by noon – I don’t know *%$# about how to get from point A to point B. What a bummer to find this out after…
