On Monday, May 6, 2013, 17 heavily armed poachers entered Dzanga-Ndoki National Park in the Central African Republic. They then proceeded to a large clearing known as Dzanga Bai, or “village of elephants,” where between 50 and 200 of the animals congregate daily to drink in the mineral salts found in the sands. The poachers [...]
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From the Field: China’s Road Less Traveled
Nat Hab expedition leader Brad Josephs just got back from leading the first two groups of our brand new China trip, The Wild Side of China: A Nature Odyssey. The success of the itinerary was beyond our wildest expectations, no pun intended! This new China wildlife trip travels to the more exotic and rugged areas [...]
Leonardo DiCaprio Hosts Largest-Ever Fundraiser for Conservation, Raising $39 Million at Charity Auction
Last week Leonardo DiCaprio brought his Hollywood pals to NYC for an art auction at the famed Christie’s Auction House. But this wasn’t your typical Christie’s auction. The charity auction, organized by DiCaprio, was a conservation fundraiser called “The 11th Hour” and it raised $39 million for nature and wildlife conservation projects globally, according to [...]
Behind The Scenes- Making of the Great Bear Stakeout
My involvement in the film The Great Bear Stakeout, which depicts the Grizzly’s struggle for survival in the wilderness of the Alaska Peninsula, is thus far, one of my career highlights. I actually don’t appear in this film that much, as I was mostly behind the scenes rigging up remote cameras, tracking wolves and missing [...]
The Most Endangered Animals You’ve Never Heard Of
Recently scientists from the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and the Zoological Society of London (ZSL) released a list of what they have deemed the 100 most threatened species of wildlife, plants, and fungi, hailing from 48 different countries around the world. You won’t find the endangered usual suspects like tigers, leopards, pandas [...]
New Study Shows an Ice-Free Arctic Soon, But We Still Debate Whether Climate Change Models Can Be Trusted
The Arctic Ocean could be free of summer sea ice as soon as sometime in this decade, and it’s extremely likely by 2050, according to a new study by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). That’s much sooner than the previously projected time frame of after mid century. Not only has the timetable for [...]
