Nature & Wildlife
10 Reasons to Visit Yellowstone National Park in Winter
Let’s start by answering the most obvious question: Yes, Yellowstone is open in the winter! In fact, some may say this is the most magical time of year to visit.
Good Nature Travel Blog
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Nature & Wildlife
Hooves and Horns: Ungulates of North America’s National Parks
What, you may be asking, is an ungulate? You’ve actually known them all along, but perhaps just didn’t know them by their official moniker. Among the ungulates that are native to North America are bighorn sheep, bison, caribou, Dall sheep, mountain goats, moose and white-tailed deer. What do they all have in common?
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Latin America
The Loudest Bird on the Planet Lives in the Amazon
Some animals are known for being loud; for example, howler monkeys are said to be aptly named. When a number of them let loose their lungs in concert, the din can be heard up to three miles away. These New World monkeys—found in tropical Central and South America—often cry at dawn or dusk.
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Nature & Wildlife
Valentine’s Day: Loving Animals
Every February 14th, we celebrate Valentine’s Day, a time that has become synonymous with emotional connections and loving relationships. It’s often marked by romantic gestures, such as giving chocolates or flowers, writing a love letter, preparing a candlelight dinner, holding hands—or kissing.
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Nature & Wildlife
Yellowstone & the Grand Tetons: Wildlife, Wildflowers & Hidden Wonders
Bison, pronghorn and elk amble across Yellowstone’s grasslands. Aspens and willows speckle the forests of pine, spruce, fir and juniper, which shelter grizzlies, black bears, coyotes and gray wolves in their depths, along with three cat species: lynx, bobcats and cougars.
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Nature & Wildlife
Fascinating Facts About Yellowstone National Park
Nat Hab’s journey through Yellowstone is a trip for the true wanderer, embracing the spirit of remote nature travel. This adventure stands apart from the typical park tour, delving deep into Yellowstone’s wilds.
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Conservation
Wild Conservation Ideas: Currency Images and a Moon Vault
If you look at a U.S. $1 bill today, you’ll find an image of an eagle holding arrows in one talon and an olive branch in the other.
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Nature & Wildlife
American Bison: Their Ecological, Economic and Emotional Impacts
“This is the most magnificent mammal on our continent. Its story is so complicated and so interesting and moves into every aspect of almost every era of our lives and touches on so many subjects you wouldn’t think it would necessarily touch on,” says filmmaker Ken Burns of our national mammal, Bison bison.
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Nature & Wildlife
Wildlife Flourishes Inside—and Outside—National Parks
Our national parks protect some of our nation’s most cherished, iconic and native wildlife species, such as the brown bears of Katmai National Park and the bison—America’s national mammal—of Yellowstone National Park. But, according to some, there’s a dark side to that safety.
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Conservation
Manatees & Mermaids: A History of Animal Myths
Considering 80% of the world’s oceans remain unknown, it’s almost impossible to imagine the constant wonders early explorers experienced. As they entered fantastic new worlds, European sailors landed in North America made of accounts of mermaids swimming off the shores of modern-day Haiti.
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Nature & Wildlife
National Bison Month: From Conflict to Conservation
Bison are having a moment, and we couldn’t be happier for North America’s largest—and once widest-ranging—land mammal. Although an estimated 30–60 million plains bison roamed freely prior to European colonization and westward expansion, by 1889, their numbers had fallen to a mere 512.
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News & More
The Importance of the North American Grasslands Conservation Act for Native Lands and Bison
It was August 1804 when the Lewis and Clark Expedition reached the eastern edge of the Great Plains. What lay before them was a broad expanse of North American flatland, one covered in prairie and steppe grasslands, stretching west of the Mississippi River and east of the Rocky Mountains, and teeming with wildlife.