Good Nature Travel Blog

  • Nature & Wildlife

    Hot Holiday Travels and Awkward Family Reunions

    Nov 25, 2025 · Candice Gaukel Andrews

    Right now, as you’re probably finalizing your plans for the end-of-the-year holidays, there are some new developments in travel—and family get-togethers—that I think you might find interesting.

  • African Safaris

    What Are Africa’s Wildlife “Big Five” and Where Can I See Them?

    Sep 23, 2025 · Emily Goodheart

    The Lion King left many viewers longing to visit the plains of Africa. The family-friendly film conjures up images of elephants browsing on acacia trees and amber-eyed predators prowling among golden grasses as an enormous red sun sinks below the horizon.

  • Conservation

    Saving Species from Extinction

    Sep 23, 2025 · Candice Gaukel Andrews

    Around the world, the variety of living things—defined as biodiversity—is declining, as increasing numbers of species face the risk of extinction.

  • Nature & Wildlife

    When We Walked in Trees and in Other, Early Terrains

    Sep 2, 2025 · Candice Gaukel Andrews

    I believe that we are drawn to certain terrains. We know instinctively what landscape feels most like home when we want to wander, whether it’s mountains, seascapes or wide, open ranges. Our inclination for peregrination is old.

  • Conservation

    Building Better Wildlife Corridors

    Jun 24, 2025 · Candice Gaukel Andrews

    No one type of wildlife corridor benefits all animals. Overpasses, tunnels and underpasses need to be built smarter, with particular needs in mind.

  • Nature & Wildlife

    “Smarts” Count for Calculating Animals

    Apr 29, 2025 · Candice Gaukel Andrews

    Despite a common belief, counting is not unique to humans. In fact, a vast range of animals understand numbers, helping them to solve a variety of problems, such as acquiring food, defending themselves, navigating and even finding a mate.

  • African Safaris

    10 Rare & Remarkable Animals to See on a Zambia Safari

    Apr 27, 2025 · WWF

    Zambia is home to the wildlife of a classic African safari—elephants wandering vast plains, cheetahs stalking silently through the grass and hippos bobbing in rivers. Yet Zambia offers even more: an extraordinary variety of rare and unusual animals found in few other places.

  • News & More

    Earth Day 2025: Renewable Energy

    Apr 15, 2025 · Candice Gaukel Andrews

    The theme for Earth Day 2025 is a “powerful” one, so to speak. It’s “Our Power, Our Planet,” and it invites everyone worldwide to unite behind renewable energy. The stated goal for Earth Day 2025 is to triple the global generation of clean energy by 2030.

  • African Safaris

    Elephants Everywhere, But Where Has the Water Gone?

    Apr 4, 2025 · WWF

    By Bas Huijbregts, WWF African Species Director for the Wildlife Conservation Program, and Jake Sokol, WWF Senior Director of Philanthropy of the Eastern Region “Look at that strange rock!”