Conservation
Beth was busy washing dishes at home when she saw an unknown call come in from Boulder, Colorado. Normally, she wouldn’t answer this type of call, but she had been anxiously waiting for this moment for two years. “I guess you could say it was the most exciting phone call I’ve ever received,” Beth said.
Nature & Wildlife
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) defines world heritage as “our legacy from the past, what we live with today, and what we pass on to future generations. Our cultural and natural heritage are both irreplaceable sources of life and inspiration.”
Nature & Wildlife
Somewhere among the frenzy of shopping, baking, parties and talking politics with relatives, the holidays have gone from the most wonderful time of the year to something we try to survive.
Latin America
In recent years, reports on monarch butterfly populations have been confusing: just two years ago, we were hearing that the monarchs were teetering on the edge of extinction. More recently, however, conservation news headlines have alerted us to increases in monarch butterfly populations—as much as 144 percent in one year.
African Safaris
In just 12 hours, Ethiopia planted 353,633,660 trees, shattering the previous world record for trees planted in a single day.
Conservation
Mireille Hess a third-grade teacher at Edgewood Elementary School in Greenfield, Wisconsin, who received the 2019 Monarch Butterfly Scholarship Grant, which gave her a firsthand experience with the monarch butterfly migration in Mexico. My biggest takeaway from this incredible experience is that we’re in this together.
Conservation
Walking through the Mexican Highlands, you can almost hear a little flutter. Footsteps slowly approach the noise as the forest in the distance comes into view. As you get closer, you realize the trees are shimmering orange and black. Suddenly, you find yourself standing under a canopy of life, filled with millions of monarch butterflies.
News & More
Congratulations to Mireille Hess and Trevor Hance, the two teachers who have been awarded Natural Habitat Adventures’ 2019 Monarch Butterfly Scholarship Grant! Nat Hab is honored to host these inspiring environmental educators on a January 2019 Kingdom of the Monarchs adventure to Mexico in January to experience the butterfly migration.
Latin America
Mexico’s Amazing Monarch Migration Presented by Natural Habitat Adventures Watch Now Seeing a million butterflies take flight above forest groves and hearing their symphony of whirring wings is truly a once-in-a-lifetime experience—unlike any other in nature!
Latin America
“While on a Natural Habitat Adventures trip to Mexico to witness the incredible wintering of monarchs, there was one profound moment that I will never forget. To understand that moment, we need to go back many years to a cute little blond-haired girl who nurtured a monarch caterpillar to a chrysalis.
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 perched monarch. Photographer Steven Escamilla captured the moment this butterfly sat upon a butterfly bush. Have you taken some amazing wildlife photos during your travels?
Latin America
Are you involved in environmental education, or do you know someone who is? Natural Habitat Adventures is now accepting applications for its 2019 Monarch Butterfly Scholarship Grant! The grant will award two qualified teachers an opportunity to experience the monarch butterfly migration on a small-group adventure led by premier naturalist guides.
