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Nat Hab Employees Help Build a Trail in Boulder County

On a sunny spring morning in the Colorado foothills, 18 Natural Habitat Adventures office employees grabbed some tools and got to work building a new trail on...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Global Seed Vault Fails: “Permanently Frozen” Isn’t Anymore

Anything in deep freeze was supposed to be safe—for forever. Such as our toxic wastes. Such as the crop seeds we’ll need in case of a global catastrophe and...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Video: Bison Return to Wyoming’s Wind River Reservation

Bison, our national mammal, have returned to more of their homeland. On November 3, 2016, 10 bison were released on the 2.2-million-acre Wind River...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

“Going Rogue” for the National Park Service, Science and Trees

Going rogue. Since 1835, that phrase has been used to describe elephants that exhibit violent behavior, whether through injury or from being separated from...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Videos: White Deer, the Ghosts of the Forest

Throughout history, people have been fascinated by wild animals that are all white. True to tradition, in Wisconsin, where I live, residents have a special...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Fighting for Monuments, Refuges and Water—Again and Again

Once a national monument is designated to conserve a landscape and its cultural history, once a natural habitat is legally protected to save wildlife, or once...

About Galapagos

Charles Darwin, Natural History & the Galapagos Islands

[Excerpts from Adventure Guide to Ecuador & the Galapagos Islands, by Peter D. Krahenbuhl] One of the most amazing and interesting facts about the...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

White, Wild Animals and Why Difference Shouldn’t Be Wrong

A framed photo that hung on a wall of my grandfather’s large dining room is one of my earliest memories. Sepia-toned, it depicted a herd of deer, taken in...

Peter Davis Krahenbuhl

The World’s Greatest Tiger Destination—In Photos

The Indian subcontinent is one of the world's most stimulating travel destinations. While its mélange of human cultures has long drawn the attention of global...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Video: The Health Benefits of Forest Bathing

I have always loved forests. I don’t know where that comes from. But whenever I’m in one, I feel as though I can finally breathe in the way I was meant to...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

After Earth Day 2017: An Alphabet from Outer Space

On Saturday, the world celebrated Earth Day 2017. This one took on a different demeanor from Earth Days in our recent past. Reminiscent of the first Earth Day...

Wendy Redal

Disneynature’s New “Born in China” Film Supports WWF

When I arrived in China for the first time, I thought I was prepared for how urbanized, westernized and...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Development Threatens Nearly Half of All Natural World Heritage Sites

The Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System. The Galapagos Islands of Ecuador. Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona. These are just three of the 238 natural and...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Rushing into a World without Gray Wolves or Grizzly Bears

Grizzly bears and wolves. Other than bison, does America have any mammals more representative of our nation? Unfortunately for them, grizzly bears and wolves...

About Galapagos

Who Let the (Galapagos) Dogs Out?!

For those of us lucky enough to travel to the Galapagos Islands – one of the most magical places on Earth – one thing that we inevitably come to understand is...

WWF

Together Possible: Uniting to Double the World’s Tigers

Ninety-seven percent. In the last 100 years, tiger populations have declined that dramatically, from 100,000 to as few as 3,200 in the wild today. And it’s...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Videos: The “Bark Rangers” of Our National Parks

Encounters between people and wildlife in our national parks can sometimes go wrong. That’s why the National Park Service is enlisting some very special...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

The U.S. (and Us) Before the Environmental Protection Agency

As a kid, I looked forward to my weekend road trips with my big sister, who was old enough to have her driver’s license. We usually traveled along Interstate...