Good Nature Travel Blog

  • Nature Photography

    Wildlife Photo of the Week: Praying Bear

    Aug 12, 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 polar bear out of Churchill, Manitoba. Photographer Kim Petersen photographed the bears of Churchill before they ventured out onto the sea ice to hunt for food.

  • Nature Photography

    Wildlife Photo of the Week: Walking in the Rain

    Aug 5, 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 herd of elephants in Tanzania. Photographer Judy LaNier witnessed this moment while on safari in Tarangire National Park. Have you taken some amazing wildlife photos during your travels?

  • Videos

    Video: British Columbia Humpbacks May Soon Lose Ocean Quiet

    Aug 4, 2016 · Candice Gaukel Andrews

    In some of the last quiet, pristine waters on the British Columbia Coast, humpback whales are making a comeback. In the mid 1960s, when Canada stopped whaling on its West Coast, there were only about 1,500 of them left in the North Pacific.

  • Travel Tales

    Finding the Sound of Silence in Glacier Bay National Park

    Aug 2, 2016 · Candice Gaukel Andrews

    The quietest place you may ever experience is next to a little pond off the Forest Trail in Glacier Bay National Park in Alaska. Hiking there just a couple of weeks ago, I found myself feeling a little unsettled without quite knowing why.

  • Nature Photography

    Wildlife Photo of the Week: Landing Gear Down

    Jul 29, 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 short eared owl coming in for a landing on a post in England. Photographer Nigel Bell studied the owls in the area for weeks before he was able to capture the right shot.

  • Videos

    Video: Piper, the Airport Runway Dog

    Jul 26, 2016 · Candice Gaukel Andrews

    For travelers, wildlife strikes to airplanes are no laughing matter. According to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), the number of wildlife strikes to civil aircraft annually has increased 7.4-fold: from 1,851 in 1990 to a record 13,668 in 2014.

  • Nature Photography

    Wildlife Photo of the Week: The Zebra & the Oxpecker

    Jul 22, 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 an oxpecker sitting amongst zebras in Kenya. Photographer Yaron Schmid waited patiently for this shot while on Safari in Maasai Mara National Reserve. Have you taken some amazing wildlife photos during your travels?

  • Nature Photography

    Wildlife Photo of the Week: Flying Great Gray Owl

    Jul 15, 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 an owl in Canada. Photographer Tin Sang Chan snapped the moment a great gray owl soared over the snowy landscape. Have you taken some amazing wildlife photos during your travels?

  • Videos

    Five Live Critter Cams for Summer Viewing

    Jul 12, 2016 · Candice Gaukel Andrews

    We just passed the unofficial middle of summer, July 4. With that marker comes a usual complaint: there’s nothing to watch on TV. But now that most regular programs are on hiatus, I’ve found something far more fascinating: spying on the real-time lives of wild animals.

  • News & More

    Dead Bees on Washington: Does the Environmental “Now” Ever Come?

    Jul 5, 2016 · Candice Gaukel Andrews

    Just two weeks ago, June 20-26, 2016, we celebrated the annual National Pollinator Week—or you may have observed it if you knew it was National Pollinator Week. Most likely, you didn’t. Some beekeepers would like to change that. One, in particular.

  • Nature Photography

    Wildlife Photo of the Week: My Territory, Buddy

    Jul 1, 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 brown bears of Alaska. Photographer Neil Hill captured the moment two brown bears rallied for position in the Brooks River of Katmai National Park while on a trip to Alaska with Nat Hab.

  • Nature Photography

    Wildlife Photo of the Week: Ranthambore Tiger

    Jun 24, 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 tiger in India. Photographer Marion Fauchart Jocher took this photo while visiting Ranthambore National Park. This tiger began marking trees after smelling another female in her territory.