Good Nature Travel Blog

  • Videos

    Video: Oceans and Plastics Pollution

    Mar 15, 2018 · Candice Gaukel Andrews

    Our oceans are sometimes referred to as our planet’s forgotten lungs. While forests—which usually get the credit for being the world’s “breathing” apparatus—do help maintain the balance of oxygen and carbon dioxide in our atmosphere, they cover roughly only a third of the Earth’s land area.

  • News & More

    Small Things about Big Issues: Elephant Trophies Now Again Allowed into the U.S.

    Mar 13, 2018 · Candice Gaukel Andrews

    Sometimes, it’s the small, quiet things that rightly should command our utmost attention. Such a situation occurred on March 1, 2018, when the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) wrote a memorandum stating that it was reversing a 2014 ban imposed by the Obama administration on elephant trophy imports.

  • Nature & Wildlife

    Fossil Finds and Penguin Packs: Final Frontiers Still Found on Earth

    Mar 6, 2018 · Candice Gaukel Andrews

    When you look at the immense footprints humans have left on this planet, it might lead you to conclude that we’ve trod, explored and exploited almost every inch of it; that there is nothing truly unknown or wild remaining. That’s why getting new evidence to the contrary is so hopeful and inspiring.

  • Nature & Wildlife

    Saiga Antelope Now Victims of Climate Change

    Feb 20, 2018 · Candice Gaukel Andrews

    In 2015, on the steppes of Kazakhstan, at the crossroads of Asia and Europe, more than 200,000 critically endangered saiga antelope suddenly died in a span of just three weeks.

  • Nature & Wildlife

    Quiz—Who’s Your Animal Soulmate?

    Feb 14, 2018 · Natural Habitat Adventures

    Natural Habitat Adventures and World Wildlife Fund have teamed up to bring you this fun personality quiz to find out who your animal soulmate is! Scroll down to get started, and be sure to share your results on social media when you’re done!

  • Asia & The Pacific

    Traveler Story: China Panda Adventure

    Feb 12, 2018 · Natural Habitat Adventures

    “Pandas have been my passion since I first saw them at the Toledo Zoo at the age of 10, so this was my idea of the trip of a lifetime and it didn’t disappoint!

  • Asia & The Pacific

    Videos: The Sun Bear, “He Who Likes to Sit High”

    Feb 6, 2018 · Candice Gaukel Andrews

    It’s ironic that an animal whose name includes the word sun would be a creature of the night. But once darkness descends, the Malayan sun bear (Helarctos malayanus)—the smallest member of the bear family—lumbers through the dense, lowland forests of Southeast Asia, snacking on berries, birds, fruits, insects, lizards, rodents and roots.

  • Conservation

    Outdoor Industry Uses Its Power to Save Our Public Lands

    Jan 23, 2018 · Candice Gaukel Andrews

    In early December 2017, Patagonia—the outdoor clothing and gear company for silent sports—took a major stand. When Christmas shoppers looking for gifts visited the Patagonia website, they were met not by the usual ads but by a black screen with big, white letters that stated: “The President Stole Your Land.”

  • Conservation

    When Playing, Native American Children Are More Likely to Pretend to Be Wildlife

    Jan 9, 2018 · Candice Gaukel Andrews

    I read about something today that may seem like a small thing to know in the midst of all the news in our lives. But perhaps, deep down inside it, you’ll find a very profound thought and idea. This small item came from a study conducted at Northwestern University in Illinois.

  • Nature & Wildlife

    Despite Cold Temperatures, the Earth Burns and the Arctic Is Lost

    Jan 2, 2018 · Candice Gaukel Andrews

    It’s the day after New Year’s, and we’re just entering into 2018. In Times Square last night, according to the Associated Press, it was the second-coldest New Year’s celebration on record. The temperature was only 10 degrees Fahrenheit in New York City at midnight.

  • Nature & Wildlife

    Resilience in a Changing Climate

    Dec 13, 2017 · WWF

    For hundreds of years, polar bears have been migrating though Churchill to make their way across the frozen Hudson Bay. I was excited to be in the “polar bear capital of the world” to see these awesome creatures but as I exited the plane I was immediately concerned by the mild temperatures.