Good Nature Travel Blog

  • Nature & Wildlife

    What’s in My Daypack: Belize Edition

    May 16, 2018 · WWF

    The items you stuff into your daypack for an exciting adventure can be critical. I just returned from Belize where I traveled on our Ultimate Belize Nature Safari, and I’m very thankful for everything I had in my daypack.

  • Nature Photography

    Wildlife Photo of the Week: A Stripe of Zebras

    May 11, 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 dazzle of zebras. Photographer Peter Ibbotson was photographing in the Welgevonden Game Reserve when he spotted zebras walking down a path in a line. Have you taken some amazing wildlife photos during your travels?

  • Nature & Wildlife

    “Fernweh”: A Farsickness or Longing for Unseen Places

    May 8, 2018 · Candice Gaukel Andrews

    You know when you’ve been away too long. You find yourself feeling a bit wistful for the comforts and familiarity of home, or you get a knot in your stomach when you think about the family, friends or pets you left behind.

  • Nature Photography

    Wildlife Photo of the Week: Let’s Relax

    May 4, 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 relaxing scene out of India. Photographer Abhaya Shukla was photographing tigers in multiple parks, patiently waiting for the perfect cat pose, and finally captured it in Ranthambore National Park.

  • Nature Photography

    Wildlife Photo of the Week: Taking a Moment

    Apr 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 selected a tiger taking a moment in Kanha National Park. Photographer Elaine Schmitt captured this moment while on Nat Hab’s Grand India Wildlife Adventure. Have you taken some amazing wildlife photos during your travels?

  • Videos

    Spirit Bear Videos: A Look into Lives of Peace and Harmony

    Apr 12, 2018 · Candice Gaukel Andrews

    According to legend, Raven went among the black bears and promised that every 10th bear cub would be born white as a reminder of the time when the world was pure and clean and covered with snowdrifts and glaciers.

  • Nature Photography

    Wildlife Photo of the Week: Quetzal

    Mar 30, 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 quetzal in Costa Rica. Photographer Ling Yoong saw this breathtaking bird while walking through the cloud forest of Cerro de la Muerte. Have you taken some amazing wildlife photos during your travels?

  • Videos

    Videos: I Suck; You Probably Do, Too

    Mar 29, 2018 · Candice Gaukel Andrews

    Plastics were originally invented to save animals. Let that fact sink in for a moment because it’s sadly ironic. Today, plastic plays a large part in killing them.

  • Nature Photography

    Wildlife Photo of the Week: Think I’ll Take a Little Nap

    Mar 16, 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 napping brown bear in Alaska. Photographer Charlene Ferguson was visiting Brooks Falls when she came across this snoozing Ursus arctos. Have you taken some amazing wildlife photos during your travels?

  • Videos

    Video: Oceans and Plastics Pollution

    Mar 15, 2018 · Candice Gaukel Andrews

    Our oceans are sometimes referred to as our planet’s forgotten lungs. While forests—which usually get the credit for being the world’s “breathing” apparatus—do help maintain the balance of oxygen and carbon dioxide in our atmosphere, they cover roughly only a third of the Earth’s land area.

  • News & More

    Small Things about Big Issues: Elephant Trophies Now Again Allowed into the U.S.

    Mar 13, 2018 · Candice Gaukel Andrews

    Sometimes, it’s the small, quiet things that rightly should command our utmost attention. Such a situation occurred on March 1, 2018, when the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) wrote a memorandum stating that it was reversing a 2014 ban imposed by the Obama administration on elephant trophy imports.