Nature & Wildlife Stories

How Polar Bears Won a Special Place in My Heart

This was my first trip to the Arctic. To see polar bears in Churchill, Canada, was an experience far beyond my expectations. The trip combined wildlife...

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Beyond the Stripes

Tigers are inspirational. Their extraordinary nature and symbolism moves people to act and make bold commitments. In 2010, leaders of the 13 countries that...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

“Bird Years” and the Year of the Bird, 2018

Wildlife science has many measurements; for example, “carrying capacity,” “depredations” or “translocations.” But there’s a new scale I recently came across:...

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Resilience in a Changing Climate

For hundreds of years, polar bears have been migrating though Churchill to make their way across the frozen Hudson Bay. I was excited to be in the "polar bear...

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A Better Way to Bear It

Harboring one of the planet’s last great bastions of ice, East Greenland is a wild Arctic landscape. Polar bears reign over this raw terrain—an expanse of...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

2017: Warm Fall, Cold Winter. It’s Still Climate Change.

Fall 2017 will officially come to a close in just about two weeks. It was probably one of the warmest falls that you can remember. That’s why it may be hard...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Turkeys: Smart and—Perhaps—Beautiful Birds

Despite what you may have learned in elementary school, there were probably no turkeys at the first Thanksgiving. The written menu listed fowl, but this most...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Whooping Crane Recovery a Victim of Federal Budget Cuts

After more than 50 years, the largest captive-breeding-and-release program for whooping cranes is closing. Housed at the U.S. Geological Survey Eastern...

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Be Informed. Buy Informed.

Last year, the U.S. Wildlife Trafficking Alliance (USWTA), a global coalition focused on reducing illegal wildlife products sold in the United States,...

Peter Davis Krahenbuhl

Endangered Orangutans of Borneo

Known as “the man of the forest,” the unique, colorful, highly intelligent orangutan went from an estimated 300,000 individuals in 1900 to only a handful of...

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The World’s Greatest Mammal Migration?

No wildlife event on the planet rivals Kenya's Great Migration for sheer drama. Enormous herds of wildebeest and zebra, two million strong, make a great...

Peter Davis Krahenbuhl

A Kaleidoscope of Wildlife on Africa’s Largest Island

Madagascar is indeed a world apart, a wildlife kaleidoscope, both visually and verbally! Its rain forests are home to primitive primates such as diademed...

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Belize Shells Up Turtle Protection

Belize is fringed by a vibrant expanse of living coral, known as the Mesoamerican Reef System. It’s a Caribbean underwater paradise—a snorkeler’s dream and an...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Could Reintroducing Lynx to Great Britain Revive Ecotourism?

It’s a story too often told. Once, a predator roamed wildlands and then was relentlessly hunted to extinction or to the brink of it. In the Lower 48, the...

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Tour Guides: Destination Stewards of the Galapagos

Sustainable Tourism is not only a way for travelers to experience unique destinations and cultures from all around the world, but also a powerful economic...

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An Amazing Day in Katmai

As a life-long Alaskan, Katmai National Park has always held a magical place in my heart. It was a land of volcanoes, bears, salmon, and green mountains...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Study Shows That Mountain Lions Fear the Sound of Human Voices

The largest wild cat in North America, the mountain lion—also known as a catamount, cougar, panther and puma—has powerful limbs and can leap as high as 15...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Humpback Whales Are Gathering in Huge Numbers. Why?

Whales are complex creatures with very large brains. We are only just beginning to understand small portions of their highly developed cultures. Among the...

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