Good Nature Travel Blog

  • Nature Photography

    Wildlife Photo of the Week: Leopard Stare

    Dec 23, 2016 · Kendal Bower

    Every Friday, we choose our favorite photo of the week from our Wildlife Photo of the Day website. This week we selected a leopard in Botswana. Photographer Edward Mann believes this leopard was hunting when he snapped this moment while on safari. Have you taken some amazing wildlife photos during your travels?

  • Videos

    Video: Spend a Few Minutes of Peace in Grand Teton National Park

    Dec 22, 2016 · Candice Gaukel Andrews

    The end of 2016 marks the closing of the National Park Service’s centennial year. For the past 12 months, we Americans have been appreciating, celebrating and visiting all of our 413 national park units, large and small.

  • Conservation

    Celebrating Good News for Endangered Species in 2016

    Dec 19, 2016 · Wendy Redal

    During the holiday season, we come together across lands, faiths and cultures to celebrate the persistence of light in the darkness. And we at Natural Habitat Adventures are especially happy to share some good news with you from the natural world.

  • Conservation

    Conservation through Tourism in the Galapagos – a Needed Interview, Part 2

    Dec 16, 2016 · About Galapagos

    In Part 1 of my interview with Executive Director of the International Galapagos Tour Operators Association (IGTOA), Matt Kareus, we discussed the organization’s mission and role in the Galapagos, and we took a dive into the implications of climate change for the archipelago.

  • Nature Photography

    Wildlife Photo of the Week: Hanging Out

    Dec 16, 2016 · Kendal Bower

    Every Friday, we choose our favorite photo of the week from our Wildlife Photo of the Day website. This week we chose a lion in Uganda. Photographer Marian Herz took this photo in Queen Elizabeth Park while looking for tree-climbing lions. Have you taken some amazing wildlife photos during your travels?

  • Conservation

    After 100 Years, a New Vision for the National Park Service

    Dec 13, 2016 · Candice Gaukel Andrews

    Managing wildness. Seems like an oxymoron to me. After all, if it is managed, can it still be wild? Yet that is the almost impossible task we have asked the U.S. National Park Service to do for 100 years.

  • Nature Photography

    Wildlife Photo of the Week: Coming This Way

    Dec 9, 2016 · Kendal Bower

    Every Friday, we choose our favorite photo of the week from our Wildlife Photo of the Day website. This week we selected a tower of giraffes. Photographer Perry White took this photo while on a game drive in the Maasai Mara when 30 giraffes moved toward the vehicle.

  • Videos

    Video: Emotional Overload on Encountering a Coastal Wolf

    Dec 8, 2016 · Candice Gaukel Andrews

    Almost every single one of you has had that “nature moment”; the instant when an animal encounter or a sighting of a natural landscape or phenomenon takes your breath away. The power of those brief minutes is so strong that you remember them for the rest of your life.

  • Nature Photography

    Wildlife Photo of the Week: Feeding the Kids

    Dec 2, 2016 · Kendal Bower

    Every Friday, we choose our favorite photo of the week from our Wildlife Photo of the Day website. This week we chose a scene from Brooks Falls. Photographer Bill Galloway took hundreds of photos of the brown bears of Katmai while visiting Alaska. Here, a mother bear catches salmon for her three cubs.

  • News & More

    In an Unprecedented Lawsuit, Kids Take On Climate Change

    Nov 29, 2016 · Candice Gaukel Andrews

    In the environmental-action and wildlife-conservation world—the two go hand in hand, as we need healthy environments for the animal kingdom to prosper—there’s a lot of talk about preserving our planet and its biodiversity for “future generations.” A lot of what we do, we say, is in their name.

  • Nature Photography

    Wildlife Photo of the Week: Brotherly Love

    Nov 25, 2016 · Kendal Bower

    Every Friday, we choose our favorite photo of the week from our Wildlife Photo of the Day website. This week we selected lions in Serengeti National Park. Photographer Brad Starry snapped this tender moment between two brothers while on safari in Tanzania. Have you taken some amazing wildlife photos during your travels?

  • Videos

    A Soothing, Wild Turkey Video on This Thanksgiving

    Nov 24, 2016 · Candice Gaukel Andrews

    It’s Thanksgiving morning 2016, and many of you are probably looking forward to enjoying a rather bountiful lunch or dinner later today. For a lot of you, the starring item on the menu will be a big turkey.