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Climate Change Is Affecting Alaska’s Salmon—and Its Bears
Katmai National Park is a realm of untrammeled rivers, pristine streams and clear lakes. The park and the greater Alaska Peninsula are part of the Bristol Bay Watershed, which, according to World Wildlife Fund,
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For Your Gifting: My Top 10 Nature-and-Travel Authors
While some might say that the true travel genre of books includes those “that record the experiences of an author touring a place,” I find it worthwhile to add another component into my description
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Elk Use Changing Environmental Signs to Time Migrations
On a recent Natural Habitat Adventures fall trip to Grand Teton and Yellowstone National Parks, my guide talked about a common question he gets from visitors who come to see the National Elk Refuge at
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Greenland Whale Proves to Be the First Narwhal-Beluga Hybrid
Finding new hybrid species in the wild—such as the pizzly in Churchill, Canada—can be exciting and a great cause for concern all at the same time. Such news is inspiring because it signals that
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Fat Is Good at Brooks Falls, Katmai National Park, Alaska
Every summer, from about mid-June to mid-October, the grizzly bears at Brooks Falls in Katmai National Park and Preserve in Alaska are featured in a live-cam show that you can watch via Explore.org. And
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Black, Grizzly and Polar Bears Now All Found in Churchill
For the first time, North America’s three bear species—black, grizzly and polar—have been documented sharing the same spot. And that spot happens to be one that is very dear to Natural Habitat Adventures and
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Wildlife Photo of the Week: Did He or Didn’t He?
Every Friday, we choose our favorite photo of the week from our Wildlife Photo of the Day website. This week we chose a brown bear in Alaska. Photographer Valerie Van Griethuysen was at Brooks
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New Year’s Day 2019: What Outdoor Place Misses You?
My father never had the “urge for going,” as songwriter-singer Joni Mitchell calls it—the desire to travel. I place the blame for that fact squarely on the shoulders of World War II. As a
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