Travel Tales
“Friends ask us, ‘What was the highlight of your Grand India Wildlife Adventure?’ One day, we might say it was seeing five tigers—a male, ‘his lady’ and their three cubs. We will NEVER forget the male tiger’s warning growl that we were encroaching on his territory.
Nature Photography
Every Friday, we choose our favorite photo of the week from our Wildlife Photo of the Day website. This week we chose an baby olive ridley turtle. Photographer Shreya Singha Ray was volunteering with hatchlings when she witnessed this turtle saying “hello” to the world. Have you taken some amazing wildlife photos during your travels?
Nature & Wildlife
The Indian subcontinent is one of the world’s most stimulating travel destinations.
Nature Photography
Every Friday, we choose our favorite photo of the week from our Wildlife Photo of the Day website. This week we chose blue-tailed bee-eaters out of India. Photographer Sandipan Ghosh captured this image while in West Bengal on the Damodar River. Have you taken some amazing wildlife photos during your travels?
Travel Tales
“The trip to India was fantastic. We saw six tigers, including a mother with two cubs. The first sighting was especially thrilling, partly just because she was the first, but also because of her stunning beauty and poise as she strolled casually toward us, but the others were just as beautiful.
Conservation
Ninety-seven percent. In the last 100 years, tiger populations have declined that dramatically, from 100,000 to as few as 3,200 in the wild today. And it’s humans—through rampant poaching and habitat destruction—who are driving these big cats to extinction. Bringing tigers back from the brink takes commitment on a global scale.
Nature Photography
Every Friday, we choose our favorite photo of the week from our Wildlife Photo of the Day website. This week we chose an eagle from India. Photographer Ajay Chakravarthy photographed this crested hawk eagle in Gir National Park. Have you taken some amazing wildlife photos during your travels?
Nature & Wildlife
As the field of electronic wildlife-tracking has grown, so has our knowledge about the lives of animals.
Nature & Wildlife
India is one of the world’s most stimulating nature travel destinations. Renowned for its dramatic rivers, fabled jungles and profuse wildlife, including the majestic Bengal tiger, India’s range of wild habitats offers extraordinary riches for passionate nature travelers.
Conservation
During the holiday season, we come together across lands, faiths and cultures to celebrate the persistence of light in the darkness. And we at Natural Habitat Adventures are especially happy to share some good news with you from the natural world.
Nature & Wildlife
The woolly mammoth—an animal that went extinct 4,000 years ago—is currently being considered for legal protection under conservation trade rules. “How that can be?” you might well ask. The answer lies in a story that’s entwined with some very modern-day issues: climate change and the rampant poaching of today’s elephants.
News & More
This is a guest post by Toby Sinclair, long-time Nat Hab India Expedition Leader and tiger expert. In 1998 Nat Hab Expedition Leader Suhail Gupta and I were in Ranthambore. We met up with the late Fateh Singh Rathore, the founding Warden and Field Director of Ranthambore Tiger Reserve.
