Candice Gaukel Andrews

The Disappearing Glaciers of Glacier National Park

Glacier National Park is smack-dab in the center of the breathtaking Crown of the Continent Ecosystem, which spans 10 million acres on either side of the...

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Candice Gaukel Andrews

Study Shows That Mountain Lions Fear the Sound of Human Voices

The largest wild cat in North America, the mountain lion—also known as a catamount, cougar, panther and puma—has powerful limbs and can leap as high as 15...

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Candice Gaukel Andrews

Videos: Golden Eagle Catch and Release

One of the largest birds in North America, a golden eagle is an expert hunter. It can dive on prey from tremendous heights and has been clocked flying close...

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Candice Gaukel Andrews

On Land in Greenland: A Photo Essay

Because Greenland is the largest island in the world, it makes sense that many people’s travels there are boat-based, as mine were four years ago. There is...

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Candice Gaukel Andrews

Humpback Whales Are Gathering in Huge Numbers. Why?

Whales are complex creatures with very large brains. We are only just beginning to understand small portions of their highly developed cultures. Among the...

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Candice Gaukel Andrews

99 Percent of Us Want Our National Parks and Monuments Protected, but Downsizing Looms

In quiet places, we yearn for absolution. But peace swiftly flees. It’s not surprising that 99.2 percent of us want our national parks and monuments to...

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Candice Gaukel Andrews

African Wild Dogs Are the First Heat-Adapted Species Shown to Be Suffering from Climate Change

Polar bears struggling to find the ice floes they need for hunting and survival became the icon of climate change and our rapidly warming planet decades ago....

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Candice Gaukel Andrews

Videos: Watch Tigers Being Released into the Wild

Watching wild animals being returned to their natural habitats after an accident or injury is immensely gratifying and often thrilling. Restoring even just a...

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Candice Gaukel Andrews

Video: First Bison Calf Is Born on Wind River Reservation

Arapaho and Shoshone people on the Wind River Reservation in Wyoming—2.2 million acres of tribal lands—released 10 genetically pure bison on November 3, 2016....

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WWF

Sun Bears, Bats & Baby Orangutans: Borneo’s Biodiversity in 10 Photos

WWF's Kelley Ashford captured these wildlife photos within the world's tallest rainforest during her Borneo Adventure with Natural Habitat Adventures. The...

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Natural Habitat Adventures

Why We Should Teach the Next Generation About Conservation

Conservation Will Protect the World for Future Generations Children are born curious. They are interested and excited to know about the natural world and what...

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WWF

Wildlife Photos: Borneo’s Up-Close Encounters

WWF's Kelley Ashford captured these wildlife photos within the world's tallest rain forest during her Borneo Adventure with Natural Habitat Adventures. Her...

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Candice Gaukel Andrews

Video: The Lost California Grizzlies

Although prominently featured on the California flag, a wild grizzly bear hasn’t been seen in the state since the 1920s. In the early 1800s, about 50,000...

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Candice Gaukel Andrews

Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem Grizzly Bears Just Lost Federal Protections

Later this month, in late July 2017, Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem grizzly bears outside Yellowstone National Park and nearby Grand Teton National Park will...

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Candice Gaukel Andrews

Video: A Concrete Solution for Fighting Climate Change

There’s a song I think of every July. It’s titled “Summer in the City,” and it was recorded by The Lovin’ Spoonful way back in 1966. Some of the lyrics go...

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WWF

Q-and-A: Mexico’s Kingdom of the Monarchs

Of all migrations by small creatures, few are as astonishing as the one performed by the monarch butterfly. The embodiment of fragility, these insects travel...

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Candice Gaukel Andrews

Needing Trees: Giant Sequoia National Monument and a Forested City

Today is the Fourth of July, the day we celebrate the founding of the United States and all the things that make our nation unique. More than 150 years ago,...

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Elissa Poma

10 Travel Tips that Are Good for Conservation

They criss-cross the globe in an effort to protect the planet’s wild places, so WWF staffers know how to travel responsibly. Here are 10 conservation-minded...

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