Minuscule Mosses and Their Truly Tall Talents
Small plants like mosses rarely draw our attention. Many moss species grow close to the ground in damp, shaded environments and are no wider than an eyelas...
Candice Gaukel Andrews
Nature & Wildlife
Fantastic Birds and Where to Find Them
From the soaring Andean condor in Patagonia to the rainbow flash of a lilac-breasted roller on safari, birds are a highlight of Nat Hab trips across the gl...
Cathy Brown
Mouths of Africa’s Maasai Mara: 9 Winning Wildlife Smiles
The grasslands of Kenya’s Maasai Mara sweep you off your feet with surreal scenery and celebrated wildlife. During the Great Migration, millions of w...
WWF
What’s the Difference Between Bison and Buffalo?
Other than the bald eagle, there is no more iconic American animal than the buffalo. Buffalo is the name of two dozen U.S. towns and one large city. Buffal...
Joe Yogerst
4 Reasons to Visit Zimbabwe: Striking Landscapes, Rich Wildlife, Resilient People and Conservation
Zimbabwe is a land of striking contrasts, where ancient and recent, natural and built environments coexist. In the news, we hear and read about Zimbabwe as...
Rebecca Self
Orangutans Show Us a Better Way of Eating
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 Januar...
Candice Gaukel Andrews
What’s the Difference Between Jaguars, Leopards and Black Panthers?
Jaguar vs. Leopard: How to Tell These Spotted Big Cats Apart in the Wild On Nat Hab’s Brazil Pantanal adventure, guests often enjoy close, extended encount...
Cathy Brown
Nat Hab’s 25 Best
Adventure Photos of 2025
In 2025, the natural world revealed itself in countless soul-stirring moments — and the Nat Hab community was there to capture them. From the Arctic tundra...
Natural Habitat Adventures
Great Migrations: 4 Migratory Species Success Stories
In the vast tapestry of life that crisscrosses the planet, migratory species embroider intricate patterns in mostly invisible lines across borders, oceans ...
Rebecca Self
Top 8 Wildlife Experiences on an East Africa Safari
Africa is a massive continent with astonishing diversity in climate, culture, flora and fauna. But if you’re after the classic safari experience, Eas...
Cathy Brown
Arctic Adaptations: How Well Can Polar Bears Swim?
You’re standing on the outdoor platform of a Polar Rover, feeling more alert than you have in a long time as the cold Arctic air sharpens your senses. You ...
Michelle Peters
The Cure for the Pressures of Modern Life Is Nature
The end-of-the-year holidays are once again over. Now, we enter January, famously known as “get-in-shape month.” Typically, this is when we focus on ...
Candice Gaukel Andrews
Explore 6 New Nat Hab Journeys: Madagascar, Iceland, Portugal & Beyond
Nat Hab is excited to announce six new itineraries, offering travelers opportunities to see popular and fresh nature and wildlife destinations in new ways,...
Natural Habitat Adventures
Wildlife Abounds in Nepal’s Chitwan National Park
Chitwan National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is a vast nature reserve in the southern lowlands of Nepal. Chitwan is Nepal’s first national pa...
Emily Goodheart
Baby Animals in the Wild: Growing Up in India, Nepal and Bhutan
From the moment they enter the world, Asia’s largest mammals and fiercest predators begin life at their most vulnerable. Whether it’s a newborn elephant le...
Megan Brief
Consider “Going Green” – Travel During Botswana’s Green Season
It was our second day out driving in our open-air jeep in Botswana’s Kalahari Game Reserve when the raindrops started to fall. As we’d headed out tha...
WWF
Father Time and Nature’s Defiance of Aging
We’ve just about reached the 2025 finish line. Father Time—that elderly, bearded man with an hourglass in one hand and a scythe in the other—will once agai...
Candice Gaukel Andrews
Celtic Animism: How Mythology Can Make You a More Attentive Traveler
When traveling, it’s easy to see new landscapes and animals, perhaps check them off a bucket list, snap a photo and then move on. But you’ll walk away with...
Cathy Brown
