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Post-Pandemic, Learning to Trust Again from a Gray Whale

The longest recorded migration by a mammal was made by a gray whale. In 2015, a female made a journey of nearly 14,000 miles from Russia to Mexico and back....

Cathy Brown

Slovenia: One of the World’s Greenest Countries

How Slovenia, a tiny unspoiled mountainous country nestled between Croatia, Austria and Italy, has managed to stay relatively under the radar for nature...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Five Ways that Travel Makes You More Empathetic

Empathy seems to be in short supply, lately. And it’s no surprise after all we’ve dealt with in the past two years: the coronavirus pandemic, economic...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

The Loudest Bird on the Planet Lives in the Amazon

Some animals are known for being loud; for example, howler monkeys are said to be aptly named. When a number of them let loose their lungs in concert, the din...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

The Giraffe-African Savanna Relationship: It’s Complicated

Much like the beneficial but complicated effects that the wolves of Yellowstone National Park exert upon their environment, recent research is beginning to...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Trees: Foundations for Ecosystems and Learning

Unlike Earth Day, which is celebrated on April 22 every year, Arbor Day is a bit of a moving target. While National Arbor Day is always the last Friday in...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Recording the “Voices” of Utah’s Red Rocks

Rocks are unmoving. They are solid and stoic, massive and stolid; forever dependable as an essential part of the Earth’s crust. Promontories and peaks, cliffs...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Earth Day 2021: Restore Our Earth

“Restore Our Earth” is the theme for this year’s Earth Day, which is April 22, 2021. The concept is based on the idea that as the world returns to normal...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Video: Peace and Preservation in Glacier National Park

The story of Glacier National Park begins in a desire for preservation and ends in a display of peace. From the evidence that scientists have been able to...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Wildlife Research Prospers in the Pandemic

This is National Wildlife Week, an annual celebration of the beauty and diversity of America’s wildlife. Started in 1938, this event encourages people across...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

The Color of Your Clothing and How It Affects Animal Behavior

If you love nature, wildlife-watching is probably one of your greatest joys. And because you care about animal welfare, you most likely try to ensure that...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

The Impact of COVID-19 on the Natural Environment—and the People Who Depend on It

Even if you don’t know much about the science regarding COVID-19, you probably can’t escape the fact that the disease has caused major changes in your...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Video: A Novel Look at South Africa

I have never been to Africa. Yet, I like to imagine being there: I picture myself on a safari in Botswana, Kenya, Namibia, South Africa or Tanzania. I dream...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

You May Not Be as Environmentally Friendly as You Think

If I asked you to tell me how environmentally friendly you are, you’d probably say that you think you rate pretty high on the scale; that you use few paper...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

World Wildlife Day: Wildlife’s Value—Now and Even after Death

Tomorrow, March 3, we’ll recognize the eighth World Wildlife Day, which was proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly (U.N.G.A.) at its 68th session...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Video: Greenland’s Ice, Elemental and Ephemeral

A polar vortex over the Midwestern states has kept me cold and inside for most of this month. I’ve had to stop my daily walks with my dog, because her paws...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

The Most Beautiful Countries in the World Have Two Problems

Almost a year ago, before the COVID-19 pandemic raced around the world, I thought of writing to you about the countries that seem to perpetually be on annual...

Elissa Poma

10 Facts About Sea Otters

From a distance, the line of black bobbing forms in the waters just off the coast of Alaska look like flotsam, or driftwood entangled in kelp. But upon closer...