Unlikely Act of Love in Katmai National Park
Holly, a brown bear in Katmai National Park and Preserve has opened her paws and taken in a new cub, which was abandoned earlier this summer by his own mother. Adopting another cub is incredibly rare...
View ArticleWWF Report: 52 Percent of the World’s Biodiversity Is Gone
When the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) released its Living Planet Report 2014 on September 30, it wasn’t the usual doom-and-gloom environmental news story that is forgotten the next day. The report — the...
View ArticleFive Wildlife Reserves & Parks You Shouldn’t Miss
Wildlife reserves offer safe haven to some of the planet’s most vulnerable species and give visitors the opportunity to view them responsibly. Here are five of our favorites: Pacaya Samiria Reserve,...
View ArticleGreat Bear Rainforest Rambles and Spirit Bear Sightings
Running 250 miles down the British Columbia, Canada, coast, the Great Bear Rainforest is a wild expanse of western cedars, hemlocks, and spruce trees. This twenty-one million-acre area — whose...
View ArticleDo National Park Crowds Breed Advocates—or Build Annoyance?
A trip to Denali National Park is a journey into wild America at its best. This six-million-acre landscape is bisected by only one, 92-mile ribbon of road. Travel along it, and you’ll see...
View ArticleFive Recent Gains for Endangered Wildlife Species
There has been a lot of good news for endangered and “missing” wildlife lately, which seems like a breath of fresh air amid all the dire headlines about rapid climate change and environmental...
View ArticleVideo: The Importance of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
Almost 10 years ago, in the summer of 2005, I attended an outdoor-writing conference that included a silent auction as part of its activities. I had never participated in such an event before, had...
View ArticleFive Travel Tips for Your Inner Weather Wuss
It’s April 23, 2015, and it’s lightly snowing here in the Midwest. That’s a bit unusual in late April, even for Wisconsin. Walking outside this morning, I watched big, styrofoam-like snowflakes land on...
View ArticleNature Travel: The Health Benefits of Awe and Anticipation
The first time you see a lion on the great plains of Africa, it fills you with wonder. While watching a grizzly bear catch salmon at Brooks Falls in Alaska, you can’t help but feel admiration for its...
View ArticleWildlife Photo of the Week: Brown Bear Cub
Every Friday we choose our favorite photo of the week from our new Wildlife Photo of the Day website. This week we chose this brown bear cub in Alaska. Photographer Chris Sherman captured this photo...
View ArticleWildlife Photo of the Week: Curious Cub in Katmai
Every Friday we choose our favorite photo of the week from our new Wildlife Photo of the Day website. This week, in honor of Bear Awareness Week, we chose this adorable grizzly cub in Alaska....
View ArticleFive Years after Deepwater Horizon, Arctic Drilling Okayed
Just over five years ago, on the evening of April 20, 2010, the BP Deepwater Horizon oil platform exploded off the coast of Louisiana, rupturing the Macondo exploration well below it. For the next 86...
View Article10 Small Things to Always Take with You on Your Travels
Every few months, it seems that we travelers get hit with increasing airline fees and baggage costs. And as seat space and overhead bins get smaller and smaller, it’s a wonder we can still travel...
View ArticleWildlife Photo of the Week: Grizzly’s Afternoon Nap
Every Friday we choose our favorite photo of the week from our new Wildlife Photo of the Day website. This week we selected a sleepy grizzly on Alaska‘s coast. Photographer Steve Dodd captured this...
View Article4 Places To Watch Wild Bears
The planet’s largest land predator looked disarmingly cuddly. Ambling over the snowy tundra toward us, he was all big furry head and huge shaggy paws — which we got a close-up eyeful of as the polar...
View ArticleThe Coastal Grizzlies of Kodiak, Alaska: A Photo Journal
Recently, I traveled with Natural Habitat Adventures on its “Alaska’s Coastal Grizzlies: Kodiak to Katmai Photo Tour.” I can now say that having the opportunity to spend time with Alaska’s big, coastal...
View ArticleAlaska’s Permafrost Is Burning. That’s Not Good for You.
Alaska is on fire. Even where I live in Wisconsin, I can feel it. A NASA photo shows that a plume of smoke from those northern blazes extends all the way down through the Midwest. But that’s not the...
View ArticleA Grizzly and Cub Come Close in Katmai
“Okay, link arms with someone near you; we are going to wade across this river” said Brad Josephs, a veteran Natural Habitat bear guide. He was leading us towards the Sedge Meadow in Hallo Bay, Alaska...
View ArticleWildlife Photo of the Week: Grizzly River Walk
Every Friday we choose our favorite photo of the week from our Wildlife Photo of the Day website. This week we selected this beautiful scenic view of a grizzly bear in Alaska. Photographer Heather...
View ArticleWildlife Photo of the Week: Brown Bear of Hallo Bay
Every Friday we choose our favorite photo of the week from our Wildlife Photo of the Day website. This week we selected a beautiful portrait of a brown bear in Alaska. Photographer Jeff Goldberg took...
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