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Polar Bear Paws, Problems and a Promising Plan

As the end-of-the-year holidays approach, themes of ice-skating rinks, snowflakes and cute polar bears in sweaters decorate many homes and shops. But if...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

The Climate Change Complexities of Bird Migrations

The beginning of November always makes me think of the fall migrations of birds. In the United States, this annual ritual typically begins around August 1 and...

WWF

A Gathering Place: Nat Hab’s Alaska Bear Camp

By Samuel Littauer, Development Officer at World Wildlife Fund Alaska has always carried a certain mythos in my mind—its rugged wilderness, untamed...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

When Size in Nature Does—and Doesn’t—Matter

You’ve no doubt heard the phrase “size matters,” used today quasi-humorously in almost every imaginable context in which the size of a particular...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Where Wildlife Resides: Climate, Co-Cultures and Communal Z’s

When people are deciding where to live, factors such as a community’s cost of living, employment opportunities, ease of transportation, and proximity to...

WWF

Southeastern Greenland: A Land of Contrasts

Andrea Norgren, Senior Manager of Communications, at the WWF Global Arctic Programme, traveled to Greenland, with Natural Habitat Adventures at the beginning...

Joel Centano

8 Reasons to Celebrate—and Help Save—Gorillas on World Gorilla Day

Celebrated each September 24 since 2017, World Gorilla Day is meant to inspire international awareness and appreciation of what pioneering primatologist Dian...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Photo Essay: The Brown Bears and Salt Marshes of Chinitna Bay, Alaska

Alaska’s Chinitna Bay on Cook Inlet near Lake Clark National Park and Preserve is the very heart of coastal brown bear country, according to the National Park...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Water, Wetlands and Wells

Water is the driving force of all nature. And it seems to take on an added significance in summer when heatwaves roll across the nation. Water cools us and...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

The New, Surprising Reasons Travelers Visit Antarctica

American environmentalist, historian and novelist Wallace Stegner called our national parks “the best idea we ever had.” In 1983, he wrote: “National parks...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Animal Academics: Interspecies Teachers

Teaching was once considered a uniquely human behavior. Today, however, scientists recognize a small but diverse group of species who have the ability to act...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

20 Tips for Making the Most of Your National Park Trip

Mountains, seashores, grasslands, wetlands, coral reefs and glaciers. Our national parks protect a multitude of terrains. And with more than 400 national park...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Ecological Enigmas of Easter Island and Namibia’s Desert

Haunting photos and mysterious stories of the stone statues—or moai (pronounced mo-eye)—on Easter Island have probably fascinated you since you were a child....

Candice Gaukel Andrews

The Revelations of Animal Songs

Songs have power. That was never made clearer to me than when I recently read about some new discoveries involving the songs of animals. Songs can lead us to...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Cooperation: Birds, Badgers, Bees and Us

Many Native American communities belong to a clan that identifies with an animal, such as a bear, eagle or turtle. Such four-legged, winged or swimming family...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Cities: Animal Acceptance and the High Cost of Nature Loss

Here, in the United States, 80% of us live in cities. If you’re in that majority, how do you feel about your wild neighbors, the animals who also live in our...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Sea Sounds and Star Songs

Oceans pulsate with underwater songs, coral reefs crackle and croak, and the sounds from stars tell us just how far away they are. It seems the whole universe...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Birds Bring Well-Being

Nearly 1,000 birds were killed in Chicago on October 4, 2023, when they collided with an illuminated glass building. Though mass fatalities of this magnitude...