Yellowstone is the only place in the Lower 48 to have a continuously free-ranging bison population since prehistoric times. Now, preserved dung suggests that over the last 2,300 years, elk were the other primary, large herbivore species in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem watershed. Large herbivores—such as bison and elk—have continuously […]
Month: April 2025
Serengeti Calling
Driving across the plains of the Serengeti, every sense becomes sharpened: eyes alert as you scan the horizon, inhaling the mingling scents of lemon bush and wild mint, you listen to the echos of animals calling in the distance, just as Africa has called to you. It’s incomprehensibly special, this […]
Climate Change Is Making Greenland Greener, But Is It a Good Thing?
History and geography teachers often point out the silliness of Greenland’s name. The Arctic country is covered with a barren ice sheet spanning 660,000 square miles, or roughly 80% of the country’s surface. There’s not exactly much green to be found! According to the Icelandic Sagas, Eric the Red, who […]
Conservation Success Stories from India’s National Parks
In part one of our two-part Q&A with Aditya Panda, we discussed the veteran guide’s favorite national parks in India, which wildlife travelers will encounter on an India safari, and what it’s like to track tigers in the wild (we’ll never forget his vivid account). Here, the passionate conservationist, wildlife […]
Elephants Everywhere, But Where Has the Water Gone?
By Bas Huijbregts, WWF African Species Director for the Wildlife Conservation Program, and Jake Sokol, WWF Senior Director of Philanthropy of the Eastern Region “Look at that strange rock!” one of our guests proclaimed upon arrival at our first lodge on Impalila Island, a secluded treasure tucked away in Namibia’s Zambezi […]
Top 5 Places in the World to See Penguins
They slide on their bellies across the snow, congregate on icebergs and seem to fly through freezing water in search of fish. That’s how most people picture penguins: playing among icebergs in Antarctica. Although the southernmost continent boasts the most penguins of any region in the world, it’s not the […]
Photograph Endangered Golden Snub-Nosed Monkeys in China’s Nature Reserves
By Expedition Leader Eddy Savage One of the most rewarding experiences of my photo expeditions to China with Natural Habitat Adventures would have to be the time spent with golden snub-nosed monkeys. We spend a day of our adventure searching out these wild monkeys in a remote valley flanked on […]
16 Fun—and Fascinating—Facts about Botswana’s Wildlife & Wonders
Imagine watching a herd of elephants—all different ages and sizes—wade across the Chobe River at sunset. It’s one of the things that surprised me most during my too-brief stay in Botswana…I didn’t expect to see elephants happily hanging out submerged in deep water, trunks holding greenery up over their heads […]
How to Get a Picture of a Wild Himalayan Snow Leopard
In the autumn of 1973, wilderness writer and naturalist Peter Matthiessen joined preeminent field biologist George Schaller high in Nepal’s Himalayan Mountains on a journey that would soon become legendary. While Schaller was there to study the mating habits of the bharal, or Himalayan blue sheep, Matthieseen was on a […]
Getting Down to the Bones in Patagonia: A Photo Diary
Bones are everywhere in Patagonia. They dry on the brown steppes and jut up from the desert’s gray floor. They protrude like blue spikes through the surface of lakes and bleach white on the ocean’s shore. And, right now, mine are shaking. I’m just barely managing to hold on to […]