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Video: 20 Years after the Return of the Wolf

This year, 2015, marks the 20th anniversary of the wolf’s return to Yellowstone National Park. On January 12, 1995, eight gray wolves from Alberta, Canada,...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Would You Give Up Your Fleece Jacket to Save Our Lakes, Oceans and Rivers?

You’ve cut down on the number of plastic water bottles you buy. You make sure to load your groceries into reusable fabric totes, forgoing the plastic bags the...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Is There a New State Trend to Ban Citizen Science?

Citizen science has become an important tool for scientific research. Now, as funds for federal agencies and state natural resources departments around the...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Photo Journal: the Tall Trees of Redwood National Park

Some have always been drawn to the mountains, while others are called to ocean shores. But I constantly feel the pull of forests (I’ve even written a book...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Wolves Return to California, but for How Long?

After almost a century, wolves have come home to California. On August 20, 2015, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) announced that it had...

Peter Davis Krahenbuhl

Nature Paradise & Conservation Awaits in Borneo: Top Wildlife Photos

Borneo, perhaps one of the last true nature paradise destinations, also happens to be the third largest island in the world and the largest in Asia. Located...

Peter Davis Krahenbuhl

Nature Paradise & Conservation Awaits in Borneo: Top Wildlife Photos

Borneo, perhaps one of the last true nature paradise destinations, also happens to be the third largest island in the world and the largest in Asia. Located...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Video: New Rhino Cam Could Help Thwart Poachers

Could tiny cameras embedded in the horns of rhinos be the best, new tools to help stop poachers?

Elissa Poma

Tracking Rhinos in the Namibian Desert: A Diary

While visiting the Damaraland region of Namibia, WWF’s Elissa Poma joined a researcher and trackers from Save the Rhino Trust to go out in search of...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Environmental Activism: Arctic Drilling and Cecil, the Lion

On July 25, 2015, the MSV Fennica, a Royal Dutch Shell icebreaker which was carrying oil-drilling equipment to the Arctic, arrived in Portland, Oregon, for...

WWF

Making a Difference in the Galapagos

Roberto Plaza always dreamed of living in the Galapagos. Three years ago he finally made the leap and moved his family from the city of Quito to the Enchanted...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Alaska’s Permafrost Is Burning. That’s Not Good for You.

Alaska is on fire. Even where I live in Wisconsin, I can feel it. A NASA photo shows that a plume of smoke from those northern blazes extends all the way down...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Video: Living on an Iceberg

Last year, 2014, was the warmest on record since 1880, according to scientists at NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies in New York. What is even more...

Derek Ward

Could Biodiversity Keep Humans Healthier?

With an increase in Lyme disease in the U.S. this spring, ecologists are searching for ways to control the spread of the disease. Recent evidence suggests...

WWF

Tell a River's Conservation Story Through Photography

It was barely dawn. We huddled amongst hard, orange rocks of Zion National Park, listening carefully to the trickle of water of that once carved its way...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

10 Reasons Why Adventure Travel Is Good for You

For the past several years, I have been writing about adventure topics for the Good Nature Travel blog, on everything from the merits of bumpy roads to...

Derek Ward

Obama's New Plan May Save Monarchs and the U.S. Food Supply

Monarch butterfly populations have decreased so drastically over the past decade that a successful recovery is only hopeful. President Obama’s newly released...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Wind Power: Must the Choice Be Clean Energy or Wildlife?

To help meet our growing energy needs, in recent years we have increasingly turned to wind power. The U.S. Energy Information Administration estimates that in...