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Creating a New National Park: Possible or Pipe Dream?

Today, in the current political climate, with national parks falling into disrepair because of budget cuts and parks and monuments threatened with downsizing,...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Videos: Whooping Cranes and a Bold Experiment

In 1942, there were fewer than 20 whooping cranes left alive in the world. Their habitats were vanishing, and they had been hunted almost to extinction. If we...

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Green Future for Bhutan’s Forests

Bhutan, nestled in the Himalayas between China and India, is one of the smallest countries in the world. But don’t let its size fool you! The country’s...

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...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Video: One Tree’s Wildlife Visitors in One Year

I love trees, and I’m not alone. There are those of us that write letters to them, that single-handedly plant forests of them, or—in my case—write books about...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Dear Forests: Wish You Were Here—and That You’d Remain

This summer, the world lost a Nebraska-size chunk of forests. Logging, expanding palm oil plantations and wildfires are to blame. This continuing...

Natural Habitat Adventures

Keeping It Local: Nat Hab Fallfest 2017

On the last weekend of September, the cottonwoods along Colorado’s Arkansas River were in full fall glory, burnished gold against the cobalt blue sky and...

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...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Rare and Raw: Wild Wolverine Video

Wolverines are exceedingly rare. It’s estimated that less than 250 of them still roam the Lower 48, almost exclusively in the rugged Rocky Mountains and North...

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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Nowhere to Hide

Poachers, beware: High tech has its eye on you from dusk to dawn. And arrests are racking up steadily, thanks to a new night vision camera that’s policing...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Videos: Reforestation, One Nation and One Person at a Time

Around the world, deforestation is causing millions of species to lose their natural habitats. Estimates are that tracts half the size of England are lost...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

The Disappearing Glaciers of Glacier National Park

Glacier National Park is smack-dab in the center of the breathtaking Crown of the Continent Ecosystem, which spans 10 million acres on either side of the...

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

Videos: Golden Eagle Catch and Release

One of the largest birds in North America, a golden eagle is an expert hunter. It can dive on prey from tremendous heights and has been clocked flying close...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

On Land in Greenland: A Photo Essay

Because Greenland is the largest island in the world, it makes sense that many people’s travels there are boat-based, as mine were four years ago. There is...

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...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

99 Percent of Us Want Our National Parks and Monuments Protected, but Downsizing Looms

In quiet places, we yearn for absolution. But peace swiftly flees. It’s not surprising that 99.2 percent of us want our national parks and monuments to...