Nature & Wildlife Stories

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,...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

The Superpower of Nature Travel

There’s no doubt that spending time in nature has restorative benefits. From forest bathing to simply looking at the ocean, nature’s healing powers are well...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Halfway into the Year of the Bird, and Still in Trouble

We’re more than halfway into 2018, the Year of the Bird. When I wrote about this banner year back in December 2017, I wondered if by marking the 100th...

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Photostacking a High-Speed Sequence

Sometimes a single picture isn’t enough. Wildlife photographers often struggle with capturing a scene for a number of reasons – the subject is facing the...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Cuteness Overload: A Scotland Puffins Photo Essay

Every time I see a puffin, the same thought comes to mind: They’re not real, right? They’re too impossibly cute. For me and for everyone else on the planet, I...

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National Parks: Good for You and Our Planet

“Leave it as it is. You cannot improve on it.” Theodore Roosevelt emphasized when speaking about his deep admiration for the Grand Canyon, one of the United...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Giving Females Their Voices: Understudied Birdsong

One of my favorite environmental authors, Terry Tempest Williams, once wrote about an experience she had in 1994 when testifying before Congress on behalf of...

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This World Oceans Day Leave the Plastic at Home

The longer days and sunnier skies are signaling the arrival of beach vacation season. If you, like many, love to spend time by the ocean, it’s time to...

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Monarchs: Poetry in Motion

Nothing could have prepared me for today. ‘I was blind, and now I can see,’ I think I’ve heard that before, seems appropriate now. We sit atop our rides in...

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What’s in My Daypack: Belize Edition

The items you stuff into your daypack for an exciting adventure can be critical. I just returned from Belize where I traveled on our Ultimate Belize Nature...

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