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Sea monsters are the stuff of thrilling fiction. From Jules Verne’s 1870 book Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea to James Cameron’s 1989 movie The Abyss, tales of what creatures lurk in our oceans have captured our rapt attentions for more than a hundred years.
Conservation
Saving paper is probably one of your highest tenets, as someone who considers himself or herself a “conservationist,” as most Natural Habitat Adventures travelers are. You avoid unnecessarily wasting our precious natural resources.
Travel Tips
IT’S HALLOWEEN! What better reason to ponder a trip to some of the world’s eerier places for explorers? From Dracula’s castle to the mausoleums of New Orleans’ evocative cemeteries, there are plenty of places to pursue a little paranormal in your travels. Check out these five possibilities, for starters: 1) Want to meet a ghost?
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Throughout human history, coyotes have been known as Creators and Destroyers, Tricksters and clever Simpletons. They are paradoxes on four legs. Perhaps the reason we humans can’t seem to neatly categorize the coyote is because it is one of the most adaptable animals in the world.
Conservation
Yep, you read that right: Denver, Colorado expects to see more than a thousand shaggy black gorillas running upright through downtown this weekend. Look closely, though, and you may be able to detect some polyester fur.
Nature & Wildlife
For much of recorded human history, whenever coyotes and humans have come in contact, it is the coyotes that lose—big-time. But unlike many species that have succumbed to extinction under a similar scenario, somehow these wild canids have managed to survive and even thrive.
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Imitation, they say, is the sincerest form of flattery. And we humans have been borrowing behaviors from and re-creating the physical characteristics of animals to solve some of our thorniest problems since before recorded history. We know, for instance, that our earliest ancestors learned valuable hunting tips by imitating nonhuman predators.
Nature & Wildlife
Do you love nature? Wildlife? Fabulous photographs of the natural world? And are you within driving distance of Denver? Then come discover Africa as you’ve never seen it before! Be NHA’s guest at a new exhibit by renowned nature photographer John Fielder featuring spectacular panoramic images of Africa.
Conservation
I can’t say I’ve seen any tigers or rhinos lurking around my local post office, but next time I pop in for stamps, I’ll be able to help protect them. That’s because the U.S. Postal Service has issued a new “Save Vanishing Species” stamp, proceeds from which are dedicated to endangered wildlife conservation.
News & More
In the first few hours of my first day in the first country I ever visited, I was stopped on the street by a local man, who guessed by the camera hanging around my neck that I was a tourist. “Welcome, welcome,” he heartily greeted me, shaking my hand. “Enjoy Canada.” I was stunned.
Travel Tips
Think you’ve got packing light mastered? There may be some helpful hints you haven’t thought of, especially if you’re planning a serious adventure with a backpack. Read on.
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Nature travelers know that it’s much easier to protect the diverse fauna and natural habitats that we now have than to lose them and then try to reintroduce species or re-create those once-natural environments later.
