Churchill Polar Bears
Polar Bear Paws, Problems and a Promising Plan
As the end-of-the-year holidays approach, themes of ice-skating rinks, snowflakes and cute polar bears in sweaters decorate many homes and shops.
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Conservation
The Unprecedented Presence of People Weighs on Wildlife
In our human-dominated world, Earth’s most iconic and imperiled wildlife are facing tough decisions. Two lion brothers recently illustrated that fact when they undertook a long, record-breaking swim across a predator-infested African river in search of homes and mates.
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Nature & Wildlife
Caring for Glaciers: Glacier Loss Day
Glaciers are tremendous accumulations of snow, compacted by weight and turned to ice. They move with gravity due to their own mass, often carrying rocks and sediment debris with them.
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Nature & Wildlife
Needing Natural Habitats
We human beings have certain basic needs. We must have air, food, water and shelter to survive, according to NASA. If any one of these basic needs is not met, then humans cannot persist. I think the same applies to more-than-human animals, as well.
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Conservation
Species-Rich Places and the “Robin Hood” Conservation Strategy
Ever since the HMS Beagle arrived in the Galapagos Islands with a young Charles Darwin aboard—who was soon to meet a fateful family of finches—ecologists have struggled to understand a particularly perplexing question: Why is there such a ridiculous abundance of species in some places on Earth and a scarcity in others?
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News & More
Defining—and Redefining—the Anthropocene
Quiet, small-but-deep Crawford Lake in Canada’s Niagara Escarpment in Ontario may soon become the symbolic starting point for a radical new chapter in Earth’s official history: the Anthropocene, or the Age of Humans.
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Nature & Wildlife
How Crows and Ravens Made the World their Home
You know them because you see them in your neighborhood every day. And you certainly have heard their distinctive, harsh caws and kraas. They are crows and ravens, the corvids that are well-known for their black color. Crows can be found all over the world in a variety of habitats.
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Nature & Wildlife
Fjords Play a Big Role in Storing CO2
Long, deep and usually surrounded by breathtaking cliffs, a fjord begins as a U-shaped trough, gouged out by an advancing glacier. When the glacier retreats, rising seas enter these trenches, eventually forming finger-shaped, steep-sided inlets, commonly more than 1,000 feet deep.
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Nature & Wildlife
20 Nat Hab Destinations Named Top Trips of 2023 (Plus: Take Our Travel Quiz!)
As we welcome in the New Year, notable travel media outlets such as AFAR, National Geographic and Lonely Planet have been curating lists of the best places to visit in 2023. Natural Habitat Adventures operates trips in 20 of these bucket-list destinations, from Australia to Zambia.
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Canada & the North
Polar Bears in Greenland Find Way to Live With Less Sea Ice
Back in March of this year, we covered polar bears and their incredible adaptations for surviving in the harsh Arctic environment. We learned about a female polar bear that, in 2011, swam 426 miles over nine straight days (which is equivalent to the distance between Washington, D.C., and Boston).
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Asia & The Pacific
The Spectacular Auroras of Tasmania: Legends and Lights
There may be no phenomena more magical on Earth than the aurora borealis and the aurora australis: the northern and southern lights.
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News & More
Nat Hab Expedition Leader Colby Brokvist Stars in “The Guide”
Watch The Guide and read on for an exclusive interview with Nat Hab Expedition Leader Colby Brokvist! “What’s the difference between a national forest and a national park?” “Is this plant edible?” “What kind of animal made this scat?”