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The Nat Hab Book: “It All Started with a Seal”

A desk phone, $600 and one very wacky photograph. That's just about all Ben Bressler had more than 25 years ago, when the idea to create Natural Habitat...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Last of Her Kind: Footage of an Imperial Woodpecker

Campephilus imperialis (the imperial woodpecker) may have been the largest woodpecker that ever lived. The last documented sighting of this two-foot-tall bird...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

The Galapagos Islands: An “Opposite” Trip

Now, about the middle of January, is the time when I start to dream about the places I’d like to visit. The snow and cold have gotten a good foothold here in...

Wendy Redal

Scientists Discover ‘Extinct’ Galapagos Tortoise

Wow, this is exciting news from the conservation world! A Galapagos tortoise species thought to be extinct for 150 years has been discovered through DNA...

Wendy Redal

After 87 Years, the Howl of the Wolf Returns to California

A solitary young wolf crossed the state line from Oregon into California’s Siskiyou County a few days ago, marking the first documented sighting of a gray...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

New Outdoor Apps—Bring Them with You Outdoors

It’s less than a week before Christmas, and I’ll bet by now you’re beginning to feel “gadgeted out,” tired of being bombarded with all of the e-mail, internet...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Tracking Devices on Narwhals and Other Wildlife Wear

After missing for more than eight years, Petunia, an American Staffordshire terrier, was found. She had disappeared from her home in Virginia sometime around...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Natural Areas of the Future May Be Cities

A baby born in India was recently selected to represent the seven billionth person added to the world. It’s clear that Homo sapiens sapiens, at least for now,...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Eating Traditionally, or Eating Touristy?

Part of the pleasure of visiting new places is learning about local customs and tasting homegrown foods. Who hasn’t at least wanted to try haggis in Scotland,...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Video: Rhino Relocation

Watch as a critically endangered black rhino is moved to a safer, more spacious location—farther away from poachers.

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Coyotes and Badgers, Incorporated

For much of recorded human history, whenever coyotes and humans have come in contact, it is the coyotes that lose—big-time. But unlike many species that have...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Re-Creating the Dinosaurs

Nature travelers know that it’s much easier to protect the diverse fauna and natural habitats that we now have than to lose them and then try to reintroduce...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

I “Break” for Bears

Calm, stoic strength. The consummate mother. Introspection. A symbol of the wild itself. No matter what bears represent for you personally, you are sure to...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Beyond Sustainable

As someone committed to going on nature adventures, you most likely try to make the least negative impact on the world that you possibly can when you travel....

Wendy Redal

Best Way to Protect Our Public Lands? Enjoy Them!

When our shared natural treasures–our public lands–are under threat, the best political action may be encouraging your fellow citizens to spend more time there. Best of all, it will hardly costs a thing!

Candice Gaukel Andrews

2011: The International Year of Forests

Guardians of our climate and protectors of our health, trees first appeared on Earth more 380 million years ago. Our planet’s forests store more carbon than...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Best Adventure Book Ever Written

Great adventures make for great books; and if you browse the “adventure” shelves of any bookstore, you’re likely to find tales of mountain climbing feats,...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

What Makes a Species “Native”?

Denali National Park and Preserve, established in 1917 as Mount McKinley National Park, is known the world over for its stunning scenery, wild and remote...