Nature Photography
London’s Natural History Museum and BBC have joined together in sponsoring the annual Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition. Fifty finalists have recently been released, out of the over 41,000 total entries. Here are some of the most spectacular shots and where you can find these animals in the wild!
Videos
I had the pleasure of meeting traveler Richard Jacobs during a trip to Churchill, Canada, to see polar bears. A great conversationalist, considerate environmentalist and fine travel companion, Jacobs also proved to be a talented photographer and videographer; we even published one of his photos in the 2014-15 WWF-NHA travel catalog.
Travel Tales
Reprinted with permission from the WWF Travel Blog Last year, World Wildlife Fund’s Heather Finn and Kristina Griffin traveled to the Galapagos Islands for the first time. Heather works as Manager of Digital User Experience, and Kristina is Deputy Director for Cause Marketing Program.
Travel Tales
Our Galapagos Hiking and Kayaking expedition has grown to be one of our most popular trips. Why? No doubt it has a lot to do with the trip’s charismatic and knowledgeable naturalist guide, Luis Rodriguez, aka Champi.
Nature & Wildlife
A squad of about 80 bottle-nosed dolphins is presently serving in the U.S. Navy. Some of these dolphins have been trained to find mines and mark their location by dropping an acoustic transponder. Human divers are then sent in to destroy the explosives.
Travel Tales
Yeah, I know. You think this is Photoshopped. It’s not. Wildlife in the Galapagos really is nonchalant about human presence, like this sea lion at Gardner Bay on Espanola. And you really can get this close, like Jennifer Bravo did during her recent visit to the islands. Jennifer is Nat Hab’s Galapagos Destination Manager.
Travel Tales
If you’re a parent, brother, sister, aunt, uncle, grandparent or friend, you probably know someone who was part of Graduation 2012. And at this time of year, young, degree-holding students are being bombarded with tips and advice during countless graduation speeches across the country.
News & More
Two very old whales are telling us a fascinating story. They are fossils—a male and a pregnant female—that were discovered in Pakistan in 2000 and 2004. Researchers say that these 47.5-million-year-old cetaceans are beginning to reveal that, without a doubt, our modern whales originated from terrestrial ancestors.
Videos
It seems that NatHab travelers overwhelmingly agree that animals like to play.
Nature & Wildlife
Dogs never lie. I suspect it’s because they have tails. Happy or sad, a canine instantly communicates his feelings by the aspect of his tail. I’ve often wondered why we don’t invent such a backside appendage for ourselves that could connect to our nerve endings, much as some prosthetic arms and legs do.
