Latin America
Monarchs: Poetry in Motion
Nothing could have prepared me for today. ‘I was blind, and now I can see,’ I think I’ve heard that before, seems appropriate now.
Good Nature Travel Blog
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News & More
An Earth Day To Remember—Constructing Natural Habitats with Natural Habitat Adventures
Dr. Court Whelan, NHA’s Director of Sustainability and Conservation Travel, recently gave the entire office an overview of monarch butterfly conservation. Our staff eagerly listened as Court explained that one of the largest conservation challenges that these orange and black butterflies face is habitat loss, especially in North America.
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Nature & Wildlife
Thank You, Butterflies! | Olaf’s Corner
Our home library in Georgia is brimming with all kinds of dog-eared books about adventure, conservation, economics and science. The exception is a dozen of wooden boxes piled up high on top of the shelves, smelling of camphor and filled with pin-mounted butterflies.
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Latin America
The Monarch Mural Restored
The town of Angangueo glows amber with the setting sun, a church steeple silhouetting the sky. As sunset falls over the tiled roofs of pastel houses and winding cobblestone streets, a mural illuminates the encroaching darkness with a captivating kaleidoscope of tangerine wings.
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Nature & Wildlife
Saiga Antelope Now Victims of Climate Change
In 2015, on the steppes of Kazakhstan, at the crossroads of Asia and Europe, more than 200,000 critically endangered saiga antelope suddenly died in a span of just three weeks.
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Travel Tips
Rules of the Butterfly Kingdom
The monarch butterfly has the most highly evolved migration pattern of any known species of butterfly. They travel between 1,200 and 2,800 miles from the United States and Canada to central Mexican forests.
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Travel Tales
Q-and-A: Mexico’s Kingdom of the Monarchs
Of all migrations by small creatures, few are as astonishing as the one performed by the monarch butterfly. The embodiment of fragility, these insects travel between 1,200 and 2,800 miles or more between their starting and ending points—a feat without parallel.
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Travel Tales
Traveler Story: Monarch Butterfly Migration
“The whole monarch butterfly tour was magical and most memorable, from start to finish. We had a small group of just 13 people, plus the two tour guides, so we had lots of opportunities to sit in various groupings and one-on-one in order to get to know each other.
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Nature & Wildlife
When Animals Gather, Our Language Gets Lyrical
When we get together to appreciate the arts, for political purposes, for social interactions or simply for support, we can be called, among other things, an audience, a band, a bunch, a cohort, a crowd, a group, a mob or a troupe.
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Nature & Wildlife
Last Monarch Butterfly Migration?
As I described in a previous post, On a Wing and a Prayer, the monarch butterfly is one of the most amazing and delicate insects on our planet. But will they endure?
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Nature & Wildlife
Take the Monarch Butterfly Migration Quiz
World Wildlife Fund is working hard to save monarch butterflies, which are losing their habitat right in our own backyards. Find out what you know about these amazing creatures. Take the 14-question quiz below, then share your results with your family and friends!
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News & More
Enter Our Monarch Butterfly Adventure Giveaway!
The monarch butterfly migration is quite simply one of the most jaw-dropping spectacles on earth. While one may initially think that the migration event is one dimensional (after all, it is just one species, right?), it couldn’t be further from the truth.