Candice Gaukel Andrews

See the Natural Wonders of the World in 2021

It’s time to say farewell to 2020; and for many of us, we’re happy to do it—perhaps more so than for any other year we’ve ever experienced. For those smitten...

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Candice Gaukel Andrews

Botswana’s Changing Lands: Elephants Not to Blame

The African nation of Botswana is believed to have the world’s largest population of wild elephants. While the exact number is hard to pinpoint, estimates are...

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Candice Gaukel Andrews

Three Laws I’d Enact If I Ruled the World

With the presidential election coming up next week, I can’t help but think about the future of our world—mostly the next four years—and what it will look...

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Candice Gaukel Andrews

Elephant Poaching in the Pandemic

You probably already know the perilous position that the world’s elephants are currently negotiating. The International Union for Conservation of Nature...

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Candice Gaukel Andrews

Studying the Structure of Giant Sequoias to Keep Us Safer

Yosemite National Park’s massive mountains—such as El Capitan, one of the world’s tallest monoliths—and its many waterfalls—such as Yosemite Falls, which...

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Candice Gaukel Andrews

Madagascar’s Dwindling Forests and Their Linked Lemurs

Imagine that you are lactose intolerant, and then you discover that all of the grocery stores in your vicinity sell only dairy products. That’s how a Duke...

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WWF

Update: Wildfires in Brazil

By Karl Egloff, WWF The Pantanal has fascinated me since I first learned about it in a documentary ten years ago.  It is a world of...

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Candice Gaukel Andrews

Kenya’s Cattle Ranchers Conserve Wild Hartebeests—and Lion Predators

Hartebeests—the narrow-faced, savanna-adapted and unusual-looking African antelope that are native to more than 25 African countries—are on a downhill...

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Candice Gaukel Andrews

Good News for Wildlife: Rare South American Bush Dogs Spotted in Costa Rica

Stories of animals venturing into and enjoying new places have been one bright spot during the COVID-19 worldwide pandemic of 2020. But even before we had...

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Hannah Wagner

Watch: WWF’s VP of Ocean Conservation discuss the Galapagos

Earlier this summer, Lauren Spurrier, WWF’s Vice President of Ocean Conservation joined Natural Habitat Adventures’ Daily Dose webinar series to talk about...

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Candice Gaukel Andrews

Outdoor Education Is Disappearing Due to COVID-19

We know that having had exposure to nature as a child makes you a healthier adult—both mentally and physically. Several scientific studies have proven that...

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Candice Gaukel Andrews

Videos: Nature Finally Talks Back—Redux

Throughout history, philosophers have construed the universe in many ways, and one of the oldest is to see it made up by pairs of opposites. For example, art...

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Candice Gaukel Andrews

Videos: Nature Finally Talks Back—Again

In the past few months, as the coronavirus has raged around the world, many of us who were sheltering-in-place have had a simple, binary choice: stay inside...

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Candice Gaukel Andrews

Coronavirus: Good News for Air Quality? Yes—and No.

Almost every aspect of life has changed dramatically since the coronavirus pandemic began months ago. Today, we are still social distancing from family and...

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Candice Gaukel Andrews

To Prevent the Next Pandemic, Protect Nature

Spreading around the world at the speed of light, COVID-19 has now infected more than 2.5 million people and killed almost 177,000. Although the virus’s...

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Candice Gaukel Andrews

For Earth Day 2020, a 50th Anniversary Film: “When the Earth Moves”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cwnkw5pnG38 The original Earth Day turns 50 years old tomorrow. I have been thinking about this momentous anniversary for...

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Candice Gaukel Andrews

Earth Day’s 50th Anniversary: An Encounter with its Founder

“There was a special adventure to being a young boy in northwestern Wisconsin. There was the adventure of exploring a deep green pine forest, crunching...

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Hannah Wagner

Monarch Populations Decrease

A recent survey found that monarch butterflies only occupied 7 acres of forest during the 2019-2020 winter season, a 53% decrease from the 15 acres that were...

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