Churchill Polar Bears
What Sounds Do Polar Bears Make?
Pardon the pun, but a polar bear is quite the cool creature.
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Conservation
30 x 30: Conserving 30 Percent of U.S. Lands by 2030
The Half Earth theory—setting aside 50 percent of the world for wildlife—seemed like a far-out pipe dream when it was proposed by evolutionary biologist and author Edward O. Wilson in his 2016 book, Half-Earth: Our Planet’s Fight for Life.
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Churchill Polar Bears
How Far Can Polar Bears Smell? Fascinating Facts About Bear Behaviors
Polar bears rely heavily on their highly developed sense of smell to hunt ringed seals. This marine mammal locates its prey from as far away as 20 miles, using its olfactory system as a guide before swooping down and scooping up unsuspecting seals.
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Canada & the North
Ethical Whale Watching in Quebec
The Whale Makes Us Human “The whale makes us human,” proclaim the Iñupiat (a group of Alaska Natives whose traditional territory spans to the northernmost part of the Canada-United States border). The Iñupiat identity is formed and transformed through intimate encounters with whales.
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African Safaris
Why Do Lions Roar? Facts about Big Cat Communication
The first time I heard a lion’s roar, it shook me to the bones. I’d been snoozing soundly in my hut in South Africa’s Madikwe Game Reserve (a Nat Hab favorite), when the full-throated and low-pitched bellow reverberated through my body, launching me upright. Afterward, I was too excited to go back to sleep.
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Conservation
10 Species to Celebrate this World Wildlife Day
World Wildlife Day allows us a moment to reflect on the beautiful flora and fauna that make up our ecosystems. It is also a chance to reflect on the many risks that face the natural world and how we can come together and protect them for years to come.
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Canada & the North
How to Unplug on an Iceland Adventure
For all too many of us, we plan a trip as a much-needed break from our normal daily routine. We know that our tired minds could benefit from stepping out from the incessant work/family/social obligations cycle that is often filled with stress and anxiety, or alternatively, a sense of numbness.
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News & More
Our National Parks Have a Popularity Problem
Let’s step into the Wayback Machine and go to 2015, just six years after producer Ken Burns’ documentary miniseries The National Parks: America’s Best Idea had aired on PBS in 2009. At that time, I wrote to you about the overcrowding in our national parks—in part due to that widely popular TV program.
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Conservation
The Origins of Seaweed and the Case for Sustainability
Seaweed is integral to the underwater ecosystem as it provides a foundation for life in our oceans—food, energy, habitat, oxygen, and more. According to NOAA, “seaweed is the common name for countless species of marine plants and algae that grow in the ocean as well as in rivers, lakes, and other water bodies.”
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Nature & Wildlife
What’s the Difference Between a Pronghorn and an Antelope?
At the beginning of the 19th century, explorers Lewis and Clark prompted a discussion that continues to this day when they chronicled their discovery of the pronghorn. William Clark described the distinctly American pronghorn as “like the antelope or gazella of Africa.” The comparison stuck, and the question took hold.
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News & More
CNN Travel’s Best Places to Visit in 2022: See the Nat Hab Destinations on the List
In the early 19th century, a fur trapper and wilderness guide named Jim Bridger became one of the first European-Americans to experience the natural offerings of what would later become Yellowstone National Park.
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Europe
The Via Dinarica: One of Europe’s Best Hiking Trails
When imagining hiking in Europe, images of the Matterhorn or the Dolomites may spring to mind. While absolutely beautiful with undoubtedly some of the best hiking views on the continent, treks around those parts may not hold the same undiscovered charm that they did a few decades ago.