Nature & Wildlife
The largest wild cat in North America, the mountain lion—also known as a catamount, cougar, panther and puma—has powerful limbs and can leap as high as 15 feet and as far as 40 feet. That makes it an expert at attacking prey from behind. It also tends to make hikers in mountain lion territory wary.
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One of the largest birds in North America, a golden eagle is an expert hunter. It can dive on prey from tremendous heights and has been clocked flying close to 200 miles per hour. Golden eagles primarily hunt ground squirrels, jackrabbits, marmots and prairie dogs.
Travel Tales
NHA Expedition Leader Aaron Bott recounts the magic of witnessing his first total solar eclipse while guiding a Nat Hab group of UCLA alumni in Yellowstone and Grand Teton national parks. I knew that it was going to be spectacular—even awesome, in the truest sense of the word.
Nature Photography
Winter in Yellowstone offers excellent wildlife viewing and respite from the large crowds that visit the park in the summer months. The following images were captured by Nat Hab Adventure Specialist Simon Krejcik during a Yellowstone: Ultimate Wolf & Wildlife Safari.
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In quiet places, we yearn for absolution. But peace swiftly flees. It’s not surprising that 99.2 percent of us want our national parks and monuments to continue to stand—or even grow—in their current sizes and statuses. Attendance records show that this year, we love visiting them more than ever.
Nature & Wildlife
By Mac Mirabile, WWF I recently returned from an unforgettable wolf photo safari trip in Yellowstone National Park. While wolves were certainly our main target each day, there were ample opportunities to photograph bison, coyotes, red foxes, pronghorn, elk, deer and dozens of bird species along the way.
Travel Tales
“The first photo of my fellow travelers looking through spotting scopes really captured our daily routine on our Yellowstone: Ultimate Wolf & Wildlife Safari. We saw wolves four out of five days, with a total wolf count of 19 on our trip!
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Arapaho and Shoshone people on the Wind River Reservation in Wyoming—2.2 million acres of tribal lands—released 10 genetically pure bison on November 3, 2016. Imported from the Neal Smith National Wildlife Refuge in Iowa, these animals are the first to establish a wild herd there in 131 years.
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Later this month, in late July 2017, Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem grizzly bears outside Yellowstone National Park and nearby Grand Teton National Park will lose their Endangered Species List protections. Jurisdiction over the bears will be handed over to Idaho, Montana and Wyoming. In general, that will mean fewer restrictions on killing the bears.
Travel Tales
“On one of our last days in Yellowstone, we drove past Blacktail Pond, but were not very hopeful about activity there. Earlier, we had seen a grizzly bear eating the carcass of a bison that had fallen into the pond and died after being unable to get out.
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Today is the Fourth of July, the day we celebrate the founding of the United States and all the things that make our nation unique.
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Going rogue. Since 1835, that phrase has been used to describe elephants that exhibit violent behavior, whether through injury or from being separated from their herd. Decades later, when applied to humans, the term came to denote conduct that was erratic or dangerous.
