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  • Videos

    Video: Black Bears Ask, “Is It Your Backyard, or Mine?”

    Jan 20, 2011 · Candice Gaukel Andrews

    A guy in a bad bear suit may not be the best spokesperson for an audience of serious nature enthusiasts, but this video that uses one does, in the end, ask an important question for all of us to consider.

  • News & More

    Top Adventure Job of 2010

    Jan 18, 2011 · Candice Gaukel Andrews

    Winter, along with the start of a brand-new year, tends to put us in a reflective mood. I guess that’s why the January issues of many magazines are now full of “best of” lists for last year.

  • Travel Tales

    Bhutan: Where Gross National Happiness Matters Most

    Jan 18, 2011 · Wendy Redal

    While much of the world struggles to climb out of a recession in which gross national product (GNP) is of paramount concern, the tiny kingdom of Bhutan is more interested in a different measure of well-being: gross national happiness (GNH).

  • Nature & Wildlife

    Bear in Mind? Take our Bear Trivia Quiz!

    Jan 13, 2011 · Wendy Redal

    Bears. Are there any wild animals more more engaging, more charming, more daunting, or more fascinating? Take our 10-question quiz to see how much you know about bears!

  • News & More

    Can You Hear the Call of the Northern Wild?

    Jan 13, 2011 · Wendy Redal

    While “the Arctic” may conjure up images of sprawling icefields and endless snow-mantled landscapes, polar bears, and fur-clad Inuit bundled against the cold, it’s a whole different scenario in the summertime. Check out these amazing Arctic adventures for your next summer vacation!

  • News & More

    Running a Travel Company is Not Like Making Donuts | Ben’s Musings

    Jan 7, 2011 · Ben Bressler

    Dear Friend, I like donuts… heck, pretty much everybody likes donuts. (Especially Canadians!) I like Boston creams and chocolate glazed the most. But I’ll eat any of them. Really, I will. But as much as I like donuts…nay, “love” them might be more appropriate…

  • Videos

    A Look Back at Biodiversity; Forecast for 2011

    Jan 6, 2011 · Candice Gaukel Andrews

    The arrival of a new year always prompts us to take a look back at the one just passed; to summarize it, to put closure on it. It was about a year ago that the United Nations proclaimed 2010 to be the International Year of Biodiversity.

  • Conservation

    Be our friend on Facebook and help protect wildlife

    Jan 5, 2011 · Wendy Redal

    Did you know 2011 is World Wildlife Fund’s 50th Anniversary? Natural Habitat Adventures will be doing a lot this year to help WWF celebrate! To kick things off this month, Nat Hab is donating $1 for each new “friend” who “likes” our Facebook page between now and January 31st!

  • News & More

    Great Adventure Reads for Winter Nights

    Jan 4, 2011 · Wendy Redal

    While many Explorers’ Corner clients could write their own gripping adventure travel sagas, take a look at some of these titles to inspire your next trip, vicarious or otherwise!

  • Conservation

    “Assisting Migration” Could Be Aiding Extinction

    Jan 2, 2011 · Candice Gaukel Andrews

    As our 2010 calendars now come down off the walls and we look at the crisp, new, blank pages of 2011, we can’t help but wonder what this New Year has in store for the world and for us.

  • Nature & Wildlife

    Pygmy Marmoset: Cutest Animal Ever?

    Dec 16, 2010 · Wendy Redal

    Smaller than a human finger when born, pygmy marmosets are so itty-bitty they will fit in the palm of your hand when full-grown. The world’s tiniest monkeys are as fascinating as they are endearing.