Good Nature Travel Blog

  • Videos

    Video: Trees Have Their Own Internet, and It Works Like Ours

    Oct 1, 2015 · Candice Gaukel Andrews

    I admit I may be what some would consider a little too woo-woo, “out there” when it comes to trees. I’ve always had a special affinity for them; I’ve even written whole books about them.

  • Videos

    Video: 20 Years after the Return of the Wolf

    Sep 17, 2015 · Candice Gaukel Andrews

    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, were reintroduced into the park and became the first to live there since they were extirpated in 1926—an absence of 69 years.

  • Nature Photography

    Rare and Adorable Spirit Bear Cub Spotted

    Feb 2, 2015 · Derek Ward

    A rare species of bear was recently spotted teaching its young cub how to fish, says Daily Mail. These elusive ‘Spirit bears’ can be seen in British Colombia’s beautiful Great Bear Rainforest.

  • Travel Tales

    Traveler Story: Lost in Time in Yellowstone National Park

    Dec 4, 2014 · Candice Gaukel Andrews

    There are a few rare places in the world where time as a linear construct just doesn’t seem to make much sense; places where the past, present and even the future seem to be all jumbled together, like pack ice piled up along a shoreline.

  • News & More

    Seeding the Earth: When We Lose an Animal, We Lose a Forest

    Nov 25, 2014 · Candice Gaukel Andrews

    When we hear news about the declining numbers—and even near-extinction—of some of the world’s largest animals, such as tigers and rhinos, we usually think about that loss in terms of the planet’s diminishing animal biodiversity and what we can do to conserve what’s left of these species.

  • Travel Tales

    Great Bear Rain Forest Rambles and Spirit Bear Sightings

    Nov 6, 2014 · Candice Gaukel Andrews

    Running 250 miles down the British Columbia, Canada, coast, the Great Bear Rain Forest is a wild expanse of western cedars, hemlocks and spruce trees. This 21 million-acre area—whose boundaries have never been precisely defined—is the largest coastal temperate rain forest on Earth.

  • Videos

    Video: Model Management in the Great Bear Rain Forest

    Sep 18, 2014 · Candice Gaukel Andrews

    The Great Bear Rain Forest in British Columbia, Canada, has often been described as a “bastion of biodiversity.” Not only is it home to grizzly bears, black bears and spirit bears, it has a human history that goes back 10,000 years.

  • Travel Tales

    Grizzly Bear Travels: A Photo Essay

    Sep 11, 2014 · Candice Gaukel Andrews

    Being close enough to view a grizzly bear in the wild inspires feelings of awe and nostalgia: wonder at their size and power, and a longing for an America that once was—when the land was wild and pristine, and we newcomers were still adventurers exploring something big and far beyond anything else we had…

  • Canada & the North

    Study: Tourism Helps Protect Canada’s Spirit Bear

    Mar 26, 2014 · Tania Curry

    Bear-viewing tours bring in 12 times more money than hunting in western Canada, according to a new study. As many nations in Africa and around the world have learned, protecting wildlife and inviting travelers to come see them is far more profitable than hunting those animals.

  • Videos

    Video: The Top 25 Most Intelligent Nonhuman Animals

    Jan 9, 2014 · Candice Gaukel Andrews

    I’m always a little wary of smart animal lists for two reasons. The first is that I know without a doubt that my greyhound, Chic, is the smartest dog in the world, yet greyhounds rarely rank in the top 10 on any expert’s list of intelligent dog breeds.

  • Videos

    Video of the Week: Huge Bear Crashes A Dryer Commercial Shoot

    Jan 2, 2014 · Emily Deemer

    You won’t believe what happened while a film crew was filming this commercial for a Samsung clothes dryer! They were shooting last January in British Columbia near Manning Park, an area known for moose, deer, cougar, and especially bear sightings.