Nature & Wildlife
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.
Nature Photography
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?
Videos
I love trees, and I’m not alone. There are those of us that write letters to them, that single-handedly plant forests of them, or—in my case—write books about them. The reasons we have for so loving our trees are many.
Alaska
“Wow, it’s hard just to pick one out of all of the great things I experienced. I have to say, my favorite experience was following the mom and her three cubs.
Nature Photography
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’s catch of the day. Photographer Elizabeth Leonard was bear-watching at Brooks Falls when this grizzly caught a salmon jumping upstream. Have you taken some amazing wildlife photos during your travels?
Nature Photography
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 relaxing in Canada. Photographer Daric deMeulles was in a Polar Rover in Churchill, Manitoba watching polar bears.
Alaska
Last fall, I traveled to Alaska in search of the world’s largest coastal grizzly bears, which roam freely in the remote reaches of Katmai National Park.
Nature Photography
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 in Alaska. Photographer Dan Schlotter was visiting Katmai National Park when he came across this brown bear sitting on the water’s edge.
Nature Photography
Every Friday, we choose our favorite photo of the week from our Wildlife Photo of the Day website. This week we chose a special moment out of Alaska. Photographer Brad Starry was viewing brown bears when a mother and cub came in to view. Have you taken some amazing wildlife photos during your travels?
Nature Photography
Every Friday, we choose our favorite photo of the week from our Wildlife Photo of the Day website. This week we selected a moment out of Alaska. Photographer Cyril Doche was visiting Alaska when, down the road from him, a sow and her two cubs crossed to gain access to a river for salmon fishing.
Nature Photography
Every Friday, we choose our favorite photo of the week from our Wildlife Photo of the Day website. This week we selected black bears in the Great Smoky Mountains. Photographer Robert Strickland captured the moment a mother nursed her cubs within the quiet of the trees within the national park.
Alaska
On the surface it seems like a trivial question, one that simply requires reviewing your summer schedule. However, an experience in Katmai National Park & Preserve varies widely from one month to the next due to different bear behavior and activities. So when should you go, July or August?
