Olaf Malver

Ugo in Shark City | Olaf’s Corner

“Cool, man—shark city!” bellowed Ugo while chumming the waters 30 feet away. We listened to him from the boat deck high above while hanging on to the long...

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Candice Gaukel Andrews

Video: The Mysterious Machu Picchu in High Definition

Encircled in mists and surrounded by emerald, forested slopes, the long-ago Inca city of Machu Picchu in Peru wears an even heavier cloak of mystery. Although...

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WWF

Elephants on Track

A sophisticated 22-pound GPS collar may be the most valuable bling on the African continent. Seven-ton elephants are now donning advanced satellite tracking...

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Candice Gaukel Andrews

Self-Driving Vehicles Could Save Animal Lives

"New England Boy’s Song About Thanksgiving Day," based on a poem by Lydia Maria Child, published in 1844. Ever since that time, we’ve associated Thanksgiving...

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Natural Habitat Adventures

Nat Hab & WWF Announce the World’s First Zero Waste Adventure

The average American produces 4.4 pounds of trash per day, and this consumer behavior pattern typically continues while travelers are on vacation throughout...

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Candice Gaukel Andrews

Halloween Video: Barn Owls, Hunters in the Night

With their piercing stares, heads that turn almost 360 degrees and nocturnal lives, owls have become a universal symbol for spookiness. A hoot is often the...

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Candice Gaukel Andrews

Video: Watch as a Pelican in Africa Learns to Fly Again

It can be hard to be alone, hurt and abandoned by your own kind. How are you supposed to learn what you need to know in order to survive? Luckily, for one...

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WWF

How Yellowstone Got its Groove Back

When you hear the word safari, your mind often wanders to the savannas of Africa, the jungles of central and South America, or the Galapagos Islands. These...

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Candice Gaukel Andrews

Videos: The Penguin Paths of New Zealand

Wildlife overpasses save the lives of hundreds of animals—such as deer, elk and pronghorn—every year. But if an overpass isn’t available and you’re a creature...

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Candice Gaukel Andrews

There is Life in the Ice, and It’s Got a Message about Climate Change

Scientists have long considered polar ice to be an extreme environment; a sterile place within which nothing can survive. But new evidence shows that there...

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Candice Gaukel Andrews

Audio Tale: Wolf Encounter in Glacier Bay National Park

One summer morning, while camping on an island far off the beaten path in Glacier Bay National Park in Alaska, naturalist Richard Nelson and a friend set off...

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Candice Gaukel Andrews

Esteeming Elephants: September 22 Is National Elephant Appreciation Day

More than 1,500 “national” days have been declared, according to the National Day Calendar. For example, January 2 is National Cream Puff Day. March 4 is...

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WWF

Balancing with the Bears of Katmai

Three commercial flights, a float plane, a two-hundred-ton marine vessel, and a raft; followed by a trek through swamps, rocky shorelines, and dense brush....

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Candice Gaukel Andrews

Videos: The Tiny House Trend, Hummingbird-Style

The tiny house movement—which advocates living simply in small homes—may be a current trend for humans, but hummingbirds have been experts at the practice for...

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Candice Gaukel Andrews

More Animals and More Biodiversity Mean More CO2 Storing

Forests are important in our warming world. As we burn fossil fuels—such as coal, gas and oil—and cut down and burn forests for agricultural fields, the...

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WWF

Conservation Inspiration in Belize

After landing in Belize City, which was bustling with travelers coming and going, we took a short flight over a beautiful dense forest as the rich blue ocean...

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Candice Gaukel Andrews

The Largest Migration on Earth Is Vertical

Every night on Earth, a great migration takes place. It’s bigger than the ones of caribou, wildebeest or zebras on land or Arctic terns in the air. But while...

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Natural Habitat Adventures

Nat Hab Eliminates Plastic Straws Around the World

In January 2018, Natural Habitat Adventures embarked on a new sustainability initiative to eliminate plastic straws from all of our nature journeys in order...

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