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News & More
Hi Folks, I’m not a young man anymore. But I ain’t old, either. At 46 I should be still at the “top of my game,” but today, for the 5th day in a row, and the 30th in the past month and a half, I am laid up in bed with back problems.
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One out of every five guests who travel with us go to the Galapagos. We know why: It is an otherworldy, primordial, and magical place of beauty. Save $750 now on our Galapagos adventures!
Nature & Wildlife
A male elephant seal might be one of the funniest-looking animals on the planet. Unlike their conventional cousins, elephant seals are distinguished by their giant, bulbous nose, a pendulous schnozz that inflates with air to make a thunderous drumming noise used to intimidate other males during mating season.
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Hey There, Last winter my wife and her friend came up with a plan for our families to travel together for Spring Break. Their idea: A family vacation to sparkling Las Vegas! Yes, the bright light-watchin’, all-night-wakin’, fancy car-driven’, Wayne Newton-singin’ Las Vegas. (To be fair, I actually kind of like Wayne Newton).
Nature & Wildlife
From the news of the wild comes this story from the Philippines about a pitcher plant (similar to the infamous Venus Fly Trap) that actually devours small rodents–and any other living thing unfortunate enough to fall into its chlorophyll maw.
News & More
Are you a procrastinator? Have you not booked your annual holiday trip yet? No worries! We still have space on a select few Holiday Nature Expeditions. Escape the cold winter months and journey to sunny beaches, lively rainforests, and vast savannahs.
Nature Photography
Part of the fun of updating the NHA website is browsing through our photo archives and slideshows. The incredible northern lights image above is from our Polar Bear Photo Tour adventure. Arctic pastels paint a world that is alternatingly frigid and warm, with soft hues washing over a vast and epic landscape.
Nature & Wildlife
Once all that singing is done, some birds like to get down and boogie. Researchers who study animal intelligence say that birds’ ability to keep time to music is a major cognitive breakthrough — we think it’s just fun to see a cockatoo high-stepping to “Another One Bites the Dust”.
Conservation
A recent article on CNN.com cites a report that China’s Sichuan earthquake of last May destroyed a quarter of wild giant pandas’ habitat, and some 60% of giant pandas overall were affected by the quake.
Conservation
Every year, millions of tourists in the Caribbean and Mexico buy wildlife curios as souvenirs – often without any inkling that they are supporting unsustainable and illegal wildlife. Check out www.worldwildlife.org/goodbuy to learn more.
Conservation
Observe the amazing migration of 300 million monarch butterflies in the highlands of Mexico, and take advantage of our “2010 Economic Climate Change Stimulus Plan” while you’re at it! Save $500 now with our Conservation Credit.
Travel Tales
Ask anyone who travels why he or she does it, and you’ll get answers that usually revolve around the theme of seeing something new or experiencing something different. I think I travel for the opposite reason: to see and understand the familiar—my own home—a little bit better.
