Nature & Wildlife
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.
Nature & Wildlife
How are you progressing on your New Year’s resolutions? If you’re like most people, you gave up on them surprisingly fast, with the second Friday in January often called “Quitter’s Day,” because many abandon goals by then. By the second week of February, an estimated 80% of people have scrapped their ambitions.
Nature & Wildlife
At the intersection of biology and psychology, there’s a tantalizing field of study called biomusicality, which looks at whether different species are capable of behaving in ways that show that they recognize aspects of music, including beat and rhythm. For example, female crested gibbons display jerky, almost robotic patterns of movement.
Nature & Wildlife
Across the animal kingdom, mothers “of all stripes” care for their offspring, playing a vital role in nurturing and protecting them, and teaching them essential skills. They also provide comfort and security, enabling young animals to thrive and reach maturity.
African Safaris
Celebrated each September 24 since 2017, World Gorilla Day is meant to inspire international awareness and appreciation of what pioneering primatologist Dian Fossey called “the greatest of the great apes.”
Nature & Wildlife
It’s taken quite a number of years, but I’ve learned to be a proud introvert; and, well, as a writer, it also kind of comes with the territory. But we humans aren’t the only ones to have introverts among us. Nonhuman animals, too, have their share of “quiet ones.”
Nature & Wildlife
Growing up, you probably learned some version of the following: in the animal kingdom, humans are exceptional and unique. Among the one-of-a-kind qualities that we possess are a higher intelligence than all the other creatures on the planet, the ability to use tools and empathy.
African Safaris
When Valentine’s Day rolls around in mid-February, many of us can’t help thinking about finding—or staying with—that one, special person; or, as often described, the “love of our lives.” And although there’s nothing wrong with buying chocolates and flowers for ourselves, dreaming about that unique, cherished partner is hard to escape on February 14.
Nature & Wildlife
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 an imaginary microphone.
Conservation
Chimpanzees, one of the ‘Great Apes,’ are found throughout central Africa, where they spend their days eating fruit and climbing trees. These amazing creatures, who are so similar to humans, are currently endangered, with less than 300,000 left in the wild.
Videos
“We had a fantastic time on our recent trip to Uganda and Rwanda on the Ultimate Gorilla Photo Safari in November 2017. I finally finished going through all of our pictures and video clips. Here is the finished product. This was another fantastic trip that Natural Habitat has put together.”
Nature Photography
Every Friday, we choose our favorite photo of the week from our Wildlife Photo of the Day website. This week we selected the 2016 Wildlife Photo Contest Experts’ Choice Winner. Photographer Cheryl Ramalho captured this chimpanzee’s contemplative moment trekking through the dense forests of Uganda with Nat Hab. Have you taken some amazing wildlife photos during your travels?
