Samantha Miller

Conservation Success Stories from Switzerland: Rewilding the Alps

Successful, well-funded conservation programs and effective international coordination with other European nations have established Switzerland as an...

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Joel Centano

Causes for Hope: Whale Conservation in Quebec

Ask most nature travelers to name the world’s top destinations to see whales in the wild and you’re likely to hear Hawaii, South Africa, Mexico’s Baja...

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Megan Brief

Fighting for the Future: Greta Thunberg and More Young Climate Activists You Should Know

The impacts of climate change—observable through the frequency and ferocity of extreme weather events—fall disproportionately on the youth and pose...

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Megan Brief

Modern Technologies Helping Save Endangered Species

The Illegal Wildlife Trade Charismatic megafauna such as rhino, elephant and tiger as well as lesser-known mammals like the pangolin, are among the growing...

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Candice Gaukel Andrews

Sounds of Spring: Not Silent Yet

For me, spring and Rachel Carson are inextricably linked. In her visionary, 1962 book, Silent Spring, Carson—a marine biologist and environmental...

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Candice Gaukel Andrews

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...

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Michelle Peters

What Are the Top Threats Polar Bears Face?

Quick! What holiday is coming up? If you’re a wildlife enthusiast, you may know…International Polar Bear Day is February 27, 2022! In a world where it seems...

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Jon Jared

Tigers, Conservation & Adventure: A New Photo Pro Safari in India

As an Expedition Leader for Nat Hab’s India Tiger Safari: A Photo Pro Expedition, Conan Dumenil wears a lot of hats. This eleven-day trip is part of the Photo...

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Cathy Brown

In the Land of Glowing Skies: Kiwi Conservation in New Zealand

Long before the world began to refer to those from New Zealand as “kiwis”, the indigenous Maori held the kiwi bird in high regard. They called this peculiar...

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Megan Brief

Safeguarding Migration Routes from Ecuador to Costa Rica with the Creation of the Hermandad Marine Reserve  

Esperanza: A New Hope With her impressive display of stripes and spots, the young whale shark (Rhincodon typus) glides through the undulating waters, sucks...

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Candice Gaukel Andrews

We’re Causing Wildlife to Shape-Shift

Today, more than half of the global population—55 percent, or 4.2 billion inhabitants—live in cities. By 2050, two-thirds of the world’s people are expected...

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Candice Gaukel Andrews

Christmas 2021: Coexisting with Cats, an India Story

In a few days, many of you will be celebrating Christmas or another religious holiday. That means that your end-of-year celebrations might likely revolve...

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Candice Gaukel Andrews

Clarifying the Confounding Words of Climate Change

Carbon neutral. Mitigation. Tipping point. Unprecedented transition. If asked, could you explicitly define the terms above, words that are often used in...

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Candice Gaukel Andrews

Pablo Escobar’s Hippos: Ecosystem Restorers and Legal Plaintiffs

In the 1980s, Colombian cocaine kingpin and drug trafficker Pablo Escobar purchased four hippopotamuses for his private zoo. After he died in 1993, the...

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Candice Gaukel Andrews

Finding New Life in a Pandemic. I Call That "Hope."

We’re living in an age of great biodiversity loss. And we’re trying to make our way through a worldwide pandemic on top of it. Some days, it seems like life...

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Candice Gaukel Andrews

A Sense of Rhythm: Birds, Lemurs, Whales and Us

You probably do it in the car. Some of us do it in the shower. And when no one else is home, a good number of us might even do it in front of the mirror with...

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Candice Gaukel Andrews

Like Us, Pandas Need a Sense of Wanderlust

As you travelers know, a sense of wanderlust can be highly beneficial for your personal growth and well-being. It can challenge your long-held assumptions,...

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Candice Gaukel Andrews

Drones: Weighing Whales and Assessing Associations

Baleen whales, which include species such as blue and gray whales, are the largest animals on Earth. Their hefty body masses, in fact, are central to their...

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