Nature Photography
Wildlife Photo of the Week: Howling
Every Friday, we choose our favorite photo of the week from our Wildlife Photo of the Day website. This week we chose a howling wolf.
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U.S. National Parks
Video: Yellowstone Bear Bathtub
It seems that the snow monkeys of Japan aren’t the only animals that seek out baths. In 2016, National Geographic set up some camera traps at the “bear bathtub,” a natural swimming hole in Yellowstone National Park that happens to be a popular place for wildlife.
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Nature & Wildlife
Eastern Cougars Declared Extinct. Will It Help Reintroduction Efforts?
Eastern cougars (Puma concolor couguar) were officially declared extinct last week, on January 22, 2018. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) has now removed them from the Endangered Species list, where they had been placed in 1973.
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Nature Photography
Wildlife Photo of the Week: Silverback Gorilla in Africa
Every Friday, we choose our favorite photo of the week from our Wildlife Photo of the Day website. This week we selected a silverback mountain gorilla striking a pose. Photographer Benjamin Thomas took this photo in Rwanda at Volcanoes National Park.
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Nature Photography
Wildlife Photo of the Week: Bear Itch
Every Friday, we choose our favorite photo of the week from our Wildlife Photo of the Day website. This week we chose a brown bear out of Alaska. Photographer Dan Schlotter captured this moment while bear watching in Katmai National Park. Have you taken some amazing wildlife photos during your travels?
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Videos
Video: Starling Shapes in the Sky
European starlings (Sturnus vulgaris) are now common birds in the United States; and sometimes, as they say, familiarity breeds contempt. Loud, boisterous and ballsy, the birds are known to eat through crops, monopolize feeders and cause airline disasters.
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Nature Photography
Wildlife Photo of the Week: White Watcher
Every Friday, we choose our favorite photo of the week from our Wildlife Photo of the Day website. This week we selected a polar bear in Churchill. Photographer Charlie Curtin captured this moment while out on the tundra off the Hudson Bay. Have you taken some amazing wildlife photos during your travels?
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Conservation
When Playing, Native American Children Are More Likely to Pretend to Be Wildlife
I read about something today that may seem like a small thing to know in the midst of all the news in our lives. But perhaps, deep down inside it, you’ll find a very profound thought and idea. This small item came from a study conducted at Northwestern University in Illinois.
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Nature & Wildlife
Despite Cold Temperatures, the Earth Burns and the Arctic Is Lost
It’s the day after New Year’s, and we’re just entering into 2018. In Times Square last night, according to the Associated Press, it was the second-coldest New Year’s celebration on record. The temperature was only 10 degrees Fahrenheit in New York City at midnight.
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Videos
Video: A Post-Holiday, Hot-Springs Retreat with Japan’s Snow Monkeys
The Christmas holiday is over—just barely. Feeling a little exhausted after all the preparations, family gatherings and parties? Then, a nice soak in a hot spring should be just the ticket for you. Of course, I can’t physically take you all to a spot with some natural, thermal waters.
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Nature & Wildlife
“Bird Years” and the Year of the Bird, 2018
Wildlife science has many measurements; for example, “carrying capacity,” “depredations” or “translocations.” But there’s a new scale I recently came across: “bird years lost.” A bird year is a quantity devised by ornithologist Daniel Cristol at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia.
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Nature Photography
Wildlife Photo of the Week: The Colors of Fall
Every Friday, we choose our favorite photo of the week from our Wildlife Photo of the Day website. This week we selected a chipmunk in Washington. Photographer Tim Nicol watched this little rodent perch on a dried sunflower. Have you taken some amazing wildlife photos during your travels?