Nature & Wildlife Stories

Losing Urban Trees—and the Wildlife that Depends on Them

We need to learn to tolerate a bit of messiness when it comes to our urban neighborhoods and landscapes. And I’m not talking about litter on our sidewalks,...

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Top 4 Experiences in Uganda

Like many people, going on safari has been a dream of mine since I was a child. I’ve always been in awe of nature, wild places and wild animals. No where else...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Self-Driving Vehicles Could Save Animal Lives

"New England Boy’s Song About Thanksgiving Day," based on a poem by Lydia Maria Child, published in 1844. Ever since that time, we’ve associated Thanksgiving...

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Finding Harmony in Botswana

We stare in awe as three generations of lioness – a grandmother, mother and two cubs – saunter peacefully near our 4x4. Their blonde, sun-soaked coats blend...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Crows Are as Intelligent as a Seven-Year-Old Child

We humans seem to have a penchant for studying wildlife. We tag them with satellite transmitters, outfit them with radio collars, spy on them with trail...

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How Yellowstone Got its Groove Back

When you hear the word safari, your mind often wanders to the savannas of Africa, the jungles of central and South America, or the Galapagos Islands. These...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Want a Creativity Boost? Take a Walk in Nature.

There’s no doubt that today most adults and children spend more time indoors interacting with media and technology than participating in outdoor activities....

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Brewing Up a Cup of Coffee for Galapagos’ Giant Tortoises

I met Reyna Oleas, owner of MonteMar on a misty Saturday morning off a dirt road nestled beneath stands of banana, guava and scalesia trees. It was early in...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Esteeming Elephants: September 22 Is National Elephant Appreciation Day

More than 1,500 “national” days have been declared, according to the National Day Calendar. For example, January 2 is National Cream Puff Day. March 4 is...

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Balancing with the Bears of Katmai

Three commercial flights, a float plane, a two-hundred-ton marine vessel, and a raft; followed by a trek through swamps, rocky shorelines, and dense brush....

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Seniors and the Outdoors

Nature deficit disorder in children has become widely known, thanks to author Richard Louv and his popular books, Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children...

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Hidden Amazon

The Amazon is teeming with wildlife. While traveling with Natural Habitat Adventures, I had the chance to see so many charismatic species, including pink and...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

More Animals and More Biodiversity Mean More CO2 Storing

Forests are important in our warming world. As we burn fossil fuels—such as coal, gas and oil—and cut down and burn forests for agricultural fields, the...

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Conservation Inspiration in Belize

After landing in Belize City, which was bustling with travelers coming and going, we took a short flight over a beautiful dense forest as the rich blue ocean...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

The Largest Migration on Earth Is Vertical

Every night on Earth, a great migration takes place. It’s bigger than the ones of caribou, wildebeest or zebras on land or Arctic terns in the air. But while...

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Time, Space, and Wonder in the Galapagos

On the roof deck of our yacht, the Letty, this urbanite views the stars in their full brilliance for the first time in a year. As I lay there, space and time...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Will You Miss the Animals You Never Knew?

Because of ongoing and potential loss of their sea ice habitat resulting from climate change, polar bears were listed as a threatened species in the United...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

How Do You Define “Nature”? Probably with a Story.

Ask any avid nature traveler how he or she first began to make a lifelong attachment to the outdoors, the natural world or a particular species of wildlife,...

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