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Right now, Earth is experiencing an amazing natural event—one you may not even have noticed if you haven’t been looking directly at the sun, as your mother wisely warned. A very large sunspot has been tracking across our nearest star and is about to face directly toward our planet.
Nature & Wildlife
Keep your eyes trained on the trees during our Wild Papua New Guinea trip, and you may be fortunate to spot one of the showiest birds on earth, the bird of paradise.
Conservation
Cute, adorable animals are often used to garner support for environmental causes in places that are remote. After all, it’s hard to have concern for an area that is at the opposite end of the Earth from where you live and for which you have no plans to ever see.
News & More
Michael Ferrara wins the Explorers’ Corner “Where in the World?” trivia quiz!
News & More
Been to the Back of Beyond? Tackled the Ultima Thule? If you’ve traveled with Natural Habitat Expeditions, you might have! Because our whole mission is to unveil exciting and unusual destinations to travelers with a serious sense of adventure.
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All animal mothers seem to share one common trait: a fierce desire to protect their young. In fact, sometimes that desire becomes a little too overbearing, and moms begin to cross the line into what’s known as “helicopter parenting.”
Conservation
It is a conflict as old as the hills: the predation of domestic livestock by a wild animal and subsequent eradication of the predator by the deprived herder. In this era of endangered species and declining natural habitat, such retaliation can hasten the extinction of an already imperiled animal.
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In September 2008 while their boat was in the Sea of Cortez between Isla Ángel de la Guarda and Bahia de los Angeles, Mexico, some fishermen encountered a pod of dolphins.
News & More
by Breanna Draxler Pull out your hiking boots and put on your backpack. It’s National Parks Week! From April 22 to 29, you can visit any national park in the U.S. for free! You’ve got 397 parks across the country to choose from, so what’ll it be?
Travel Tales
By Mark Hickey NHA Creative Director If you’ve ever been on safari in Africa, you know how impressive it is to watch wildlife from an open 4X4 vehicle on a game drive. But watching it on foot is even more amazing.
Nature & Wildlife
Dubbed “Iceberg” by researchers, an unusual full-grown all-white male orca has been sighted by scientists in the Commander Islands off Kamchatka in the Russian Far East.
Conservation
There are twice as many emperor penguins in Antarctica than previously thought, stated the National Science Foundation in mid April. That’s certainly good news, as concerns about the effects of global warming on penguin colonies rise.
