Conservation
New Year’s Day 2019: What Outdoor Place Misses You?
My father never had the “urge for going,” as songwriter-singer Joni Mitchell calls it—the desire to travel. I place the blame for that fact squarely on the shoulders of World War II.
Good Nature Travel Blog
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Nature Photography
Wildlife Photo of the Week: Weddell Seal
Every Friday, we choose our favorite photo of the week from our Wildlife Photo of the Day website. This week we chose a Weddell seal in Antarctica. Photographer Lisa Marun was photographing the wildlife of Antarctica when she spotted this Weddell seal in Neko Harbour. Have you taken some amazing wildlife photos during your travels?
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Nature Photography
Wildlife Photo of the Week: Jaguar in Brazil
Every Friday, we choose our favorite photo of the week from our Wildlife Photo of the Day website. This week we selected a jaguar who just spotted a rival. Photographer Mark Gottlieb took this photo while visiting the Pantanal. Have you taken some amazing wildlife photos during your travels?
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Antarctica & Arctic
Video: Using Drone Photography to Protect the Arctic
Growing up in the Arctic regions of Canada made a lasting impression on National Geographic Young Explorer Nansen Weber. When he wasn’t out guiding guests who visited his parents remote lodge on the otherwise uninhabited Somerset Island, he was out exploring—often accompanied by a handheld camera and a camera drone.
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Videos
Video: Travelers, Tread Lightly—the Palau Giant’s Message
If you love to travel, you’ve probably collected a lot of stamps in several, worn-out passports. The one you received from the island nation of Palau, however, may be the most extraordinary: Children of Palau, I take this pledge, as your guest, to preserve and protect your beautiful and unique island home.
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Alaska
Realizations from a River in Alaska
I am in a river. IN a river. In Alaska at Brooks Falls, and I can’t go anywhere because a bear has plopped herself down 25 yards away from me, my group, and our guide, with the 40-degree water swirling around our wader-clad knees. I am on a river walk.
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Europe
Scotland Doctors Are Now Officially Prescribing Nature
Decades of research have proven that nature is good for us, whether we’re children or in our senior years.
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Nature Photography
Wildlife Photo of the Week: Sitting on Dad’s Back
Every Friday, we choose our favorite photo of the week from our Wildlife Photo of the Day website. This week we chose a pair of mountain gorillas. After trekking through Bwindi National Park in Uganda, photographer Sylvia Rourke spent an hour watching a troop of gorillas. This young gorilla had some fun sitting on Dad’s back.
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Nature Photography
Wildlife Photo of the Week: Sleeping Lion
Every Friday, we choose our favorite photo of the week from our Wildlife Photo of the Day website. This week we selected a sleeping lion. Photographer Sue Marchesiello was on safari in Ishasha National Park, Uganda when she came upon this lioness resting in a tree. Have you taken some amazing wildlife photos during your travels?
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Videos
Video: The Mysterious Machu Picchu in High Definition
Encircled in mists and surrounded by emerald, forested slopes, the long-ago Inca city of Machu Picchu in Peru wears an even heavier cloak of mystery. Although this World Heritage site, built on a mountaintop in the Andes, was discovered more than 100 years ago, archaeologists have yet to unravel the reason for its existence.
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Nature Photography
Wildlife Photo of the Week: Praying for Salmon
Every Friday, we choose our favorite photo of the week from our Wildlife Photo of the Day website. This week we selected a bear sitting on the shore of Lake Clark. Photographer Nancy Arehart captured the moment it appears this Alaskan bear was praying for salmon.
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Nature Photography
Wildlife Photo of the Week: Capybaras
Every Friday, we choose our favorite photo of the week from our Wildlife Photo of the Day website. This week we chose a moment from Brazil. Photographer Henry Jacoby came upon this duo on the riverbank in the Pantanal. Have you taken some amazing wildlife photos during your travels?