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Conservation
By Ted Martens, Natural Habitat Adventures Vice President of Marketing & Sustainability Namibia is in the midst of a conservation revolution, trading generations of wildlife conflict, poaching and detrimental land-use practices for unparalleled levels of wildlife conservation and sustainable development.
Conservation
Move over, Disney World: From liberal Democrats to Tea Party Republicans, Americans are united when it comes to valuing nature and our national parks, a new survey reveals. I remember vividly my son’s reply to a question I posed after a family vacation in central Florida when he was seven.
Videos
The passing of Lonesome George last month was a sobering event for the whole world. With him went the last of his kind, the giant Galapagos Pinta tortoise.
Nature & Wildlife
The website of Arnold Arboretum at Harvard University includes a section entitled South Central China and Tibet: Hotspot of Diversity. This appellation applies to a region of extraordinary richness in endemic plant and animal species, and one whose ecosystem is threatened by the pressure of human activities.
News & More
Antibacterial soaps, alcohol wipes and bleach in our everyday cleaning products have made us focused on eliminating all the germs that we possibly can from our lives. And when it comes to our children, it seems that focus turns into an obsession. It’s here, though, where we soon become at odds with nature.
News & More
Our logo has changed! You may have noticed that our familiar sea lion has been replaced by a stylized letter “N” set against a sphere that represents our wondrous planet.
Nature & Wildlife
Only 30-35 Amur leopards remain in the wild. Through establishment of a new national park in the Russian Far East, The Land of the Leopard, the World Wildlife Fund and its partners have joined local and national governments and community groups in an urgent effort to save this magnificent species.
Travel Tales
By Ted Martens It goes without saying that the NHA staff is crazy about wild animals – after all, it’s our job to introduce our guests to the world’s most amazing wildlife encounters!
Nature & Wildlife
Yellowstone National Park has often been called the “Serengeti of the North,” and there’s nothing more exciting than venturing into its backcountry or famed Lamar and Hayden Valleys in hopes of coming across a herd of bison, pronghorn or a pack of wolves.
Videos
Photos of grizzly bears catching salmon over Brooks Falls in Alaska (such as the one above, which I captured on a trip to Alaska in 2006) have become iconic images for the state and for the still-wild areas of America in general.
News & More
Nature surrounds us with an amazing variety of animals, insects, birds, plants and topographic features. To refer to and distinguish the entities in this bounty, we assign them names—often two: one for common use and one, a two-parter, for scientific identification. Usually, the person credited with discovering or finding something new gets naming rights.
Conservation
On June 12, 2012, World Wildlife Fund Nepal successfully tested two drones designed to monitor animals and keep a lookout for poachers in Chitwan National Park. With a two-meter wingspan and a 25-km range, the drones can stay in the air for 45 minutes.
