Good Nature Travel Blog

  • Nature & Wildlife

    10 Tips for Spotting Local Wildlife in the Time of Coronavirus

    Mar 31, 2020 · Candice Gaukel Andrews

    Nature has always been a source of solace and healing, and that fact takes on added significance today. As we all try to keep to ourselves in order to protect our own health and that of our loved ones, spending time in quiet, uncrowded, natural places is the balm that appeals most to our souls.

  • Latin America

    Traveler Photo Roundup: Birds & Sloths of Costa Rica

    Mar 9, 2020 · Natural Habitat Adventures

    Nat Hab has spent more than 30 years scouting Costa Rica’s Pacific and Caribbean coastlines, rain forests, cloud forests, national parks and wildlife refuges for nature encounters off the standard tourist track.

  • Nature & Wildlife

    See World Heritage Sites with Natural Habitat Adventures

    Jan 21, 2020 · Candice Gaukel Andrews

    The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) defines world heritage as “our legacy from the past, what we live with today, and what we pass on to future generations. Our cultural and natural heritage are both irreplaceable sources of life and inspiration.”

  • Travel Tips

    Put Your Fears on Ice, and Travel to the Cold Places

    Jan 14, 2020 · Candice Gaukel Andrews

    A small ice rink, created by flooding a flat piece of ground in front of the elementary school that was just two blocks from my home when I was a child, never failed to lure me outside on cold, Wisconsin winter nights.

  • Antarctica & Arctic

    Video: Emperor Penguins’ Big Air Down South

    Dec 24, 2019 · Candice Gaukel Andrews

    The Earth’s poles have a special kind of pull on me—sometimes called the “ice blink”—and that’s why on this Christmas Eve, I’m thinking of them.

  • Conservation

    DO NOT FEED THE WILDLIFE: The Desire to Connect

    Dec 19, 2019 · Natural Habitat Adventures

    In the heart of Bryce Canyon National Park, I sauntered with a small group of nature lovers through a forest of Ponderosa pines. I was guiding a natural history program, and my companions were nature lovers and travelers with Natural Habitat Adventures & World Wildlife Fund.

  • Travel Tips

    Holidays 2019: Finding Quiet in a Noisy Season

    Dec 17, 2019 · Candice Gaukel Andrews

    It’s the most wonderful time of the year. It’s the most stressful time of the year. No matter where you tend to fall on that spectrum during the week preceding the end-of-the-year holidays, almost all of us hope for a quiet and peaceful season. But how do you go about achieving that silence?

  • Conservation

    Plastics and PCBs: Ocean Pollutants Causing Big Problems

    Aug 27, 2019 · Candice Gaukel Andrews

    More than eight million tons of plastic debris end up in our oceans every year. Present in nearly every oceanic layer, plastic garbage today accounts for nearly 80 percent of all waste found in our oceans.

  • Videos

    Video: Anna’s Hummingbirds, from Nestlings to Fledglings

    Jun 4, 2019 · Candice Gaukel Andrews

    Common in the wild as well as in urban and suburban settings, Anna’s hummingbirds seem to have figured out the secret to expanding their ranges and how to thrive in what can sometimes be a hostile world for anything wild.

  • Videos

    Eagles and Ospreys: When Birds of Prey Clash

    May 14, 2019 · Candice Gaukel Andrews

    Proud, powerful and the national symbol of the United States, bald eagles are birds of prey that are extremely territorial during nesting season but highly social at other times.