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 [...]
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New Video of a Rare Snow Leopard
Snow leopards are powerful and beautiful big cats, native to the mountains of central Asia. Insulated by thick hair and possessing wide, fur-covered feet that act as natural snowshoes, they are well adapted to their environment. Their long tails, which help in maintaining their incredible balance, double as blankets against severe cold. The harsh conditions [...]
Rare Video Footage of Wild Pandas
Giant pandas are among the world’s most uncommon and elusive animals. China’s State Forestry Administration estimates that there are only about 1,600 of them remaining in the wild, down from 2,500 in the 1970s. They inhabit the mountainous regions of China’s Sichuan (1,200 pandas), Shaanxi (300 pandas), and Gansu (100 pandas) Provinces. Animals similar to [...]
Protecting Panda Habitat: China’s First Land Trust Reserve
When images of a wild giant panda gnawing on a takin carcass in China’s Sichuan Province were recently captured on motion-sensor cameras, researchers were caught by surprise. Although pandas are technically carnivores, their diets today consist almost entirely (99 percent) of bamboo leaves, stems, and shoots. The new photos provide visual evidence that pandas — [...]
Waxing of the Moon Bear
A panda may be the poster child for endangered Chinese animal species and the increasing number of Chinese conservation programs, but the Asiatic black bear shares its imperiled fate. Named “moon bear” for the creamy white crescent that spans its chest, this close relative of the American black bear ranges from Pakistan across the Himalaya [...]
When Coal Cools: a Global Warming Enigma
The Dallas-Fort Worth area is currently on its thirty-ninth consecutive day of temperatures in the triple digits. The region might soon break its record of forty-two consecutive days at 100 or above, set in 1980. And according to the Weather Channel, drought now affects over a million square miles of the lower forty-eight states, or [...]
