Good Nature Travel Blog

  • Nature Photography

    Wildlife Photo of the Week: Perched Monarch

    Sep 7, 2018 · 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 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?

  • Nature Photography

    Wildlife Photo of the Week: American Bald Eagle

    Aug 31, 2018 · 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 American bald eagle in flight. Photographer Larry Winter captured this image in Alaska. Have you taken some amazing wildlife photos during your travels?

  • Videos

    Videos: The Tiny House Trend, Hummingbird-Style

    Aug 30, 2018 · Candice Gaukel Andrews

    The tiny house movement—which advocates living simply in small homes—may be a current trend for humans, but hummingbirds have been experts at the practice for millions of years.

  • Nature Photography

    Wildlife Photo of the Week: Scars

    Aug 24, 2018 · 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 big cat in South America. Photographer Marcelo Melo came across this old, scarred jaguar while visiting Brazil. Have you taken some amazing wildlife photos during your travels?

  • Nature Photography

    Wildlife Photo of the Week: Beauty is Me

    Aug 10, 2018 · 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 colorful scene in Singapore. An olive-backed sunbird drinks from a banana flower in the botanical gardens, giving photographer Kia Phua opportunity for this shot.

  • Nature Photography

    Wildlife Photo of the Week: Looking

    Jul 20, 2018 · 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 crane family in Illinois, USA. When photographer Stan Kirschner saw these sandhill cranes, he ran home to grab his camera. Have you taken some amazing wildlife photos during your travels?

  • Videos

    Videos: Summer Nights with In-Sync Fireflies

    Jul 19, 2018 · Candice Gaukel Andrews

    Fireflies (also known as “lightning bugs” in some parts of the country) were one of the bonuses I got when, several years ago, I traded my house in the city for a more rurally located home with a large, wraparound porch.

  • Nature Photography

    Wildlife Photo of the Week: Taking a Look Back

    Jul 13, 2018 · 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 South African leopard. Photographer Vicky Marella was visiting Kruger National Park when she spotted this leopard taking a walk nearby. Have you taken some amazing wildlife photos during your travels?

  • Nature & Wildlife

    Photostacking a High-Speed Sequence

    Jul 12, 2018 · WWF

    Sometimes a single picture isn’t enough. Wildlife photographers often struggle with capturing a scene for a number of reasons – the subject is facing the wrong direction, the lighting is poor, composition angles are limited, or simply the subject is moving.

  • Nature Photography

    Wildlife Photo of the Week: Bald Eagle Beauty

    Jul 6, 2018 · 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 bald eagle coming in for a nest landing. Photographer Janice Lichti captured this moment as she watched an eagle pair care for their young.

  • Europe

    Cuteness Overload: A Scotland Puffins Photo Essay

    Jul 3, 2018 · Candice Gaukel Andrews

    Every time I see a puffin, the same thought comes to mind: They’re not real, right? They’re too impossibly cute. For me and for everyone else on the planet, I bet, they seem just too adorable to be of natural origins. But they are.