Candice Gaukel Andrews

Memorial to Loss: the Mass Extinction Monitoring Observatory

We’re currently living in the midst of what scientists call the sixth mass extinction, the sixth wave of extinctions in the past half-billion years. But the...

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Candice Gaukel Andrews

Mining vs. Monument: Which Will We Choose for the Grand Canyon?

The Grand Canyon in Arizona is one of the planet’s Seven Natural Wonders. More than a mile deep, the canyon runs for 277 river miles, which are protected as...

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Candice Gaukel Andrews

Video: British Columbia Humpbacks May Soon Lose Ocean Quiet

In some of the last quiet, pristine waters on the British Columbia Coast, humpback whales are making a comeback. In the mid 1960s, when Canada stopped whaling...

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Candice Gaukel Andrews

Finding the Sound of Silence in Glacier Bay National Park

The quietest place you may ever experience is next to a little pond off the Forest Trail in Glacier Bay National Park in Alaska. Hiking there just a couple of...

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Julie Waggoner

Tigers and Jungle Scenes Decorate Indian Train Station to Inspire Conservation

The hundreds of thousands of tourists who pass through Sawai Madhopur on their way to search for tigers in the famous Ranthambore National Park and Tiger...

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Karl Egloff

The Galápagos: Conservation in Action

“The natural history of these islands is eminently curious, and well deserves attention,” wrote Charles Darwin.  As a WWF supporter, staff member, and recent...

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Candice Gaukel Andrews

Dead Bees on Washington: Does the Environmental “Now” Ever Come?

Just two weeks ago, June 20-26, 2016, we celebrated the annual National Pollinator Week—or you may have observed it if you knew it was National Pollinator...

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Julie Waggoner

First Twin Giant Pandas of 2016 Born in Chengdu

On June 20, China welcomed the first pair of panda twins of 2016 into the world. Their mother is a six-year-old giant panda named Ya Li, and the twins are her...

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WWF

Nature is worth protecting

Remember when you were young? Did you play outside? Did you explore? World Wildlife Fund and Natural...

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Candice Gaukel Andrews

President Talks about Climate Change in Yosemite National Park: Is It Too Late?

On the day before Father’s Day 2016, President Obama visited Yosemite National Park. The trip was planned as a family vacation, but it also aimed to focus...

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Emily Deemer

New 15,000 Square Mile Marine Sanctuary For the Galapagos Islands

The Galapagos Islands, the inspiration behind Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution, are in the midst of environmental stress as climate change continues to...

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Candice Gaukel Andrews

When Signs Aren’t Enough: Walling Off Yellowstone National Park

It seems so simple. If there’s a sign warning you of danger and to “Keep Out,” you should. So how does a 23-year-old, college graduate—who had worked at a...

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Candice Gaukel Andrews

Father’s Day 2016: My Dad Always Said, “Leave a Place Better than You Found It”

Father’s Day is June 19 this year; and although my father is no longer with us, every year on this special day I reflect on some of the many things he taught...

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Candice Gaukel Andrews

Plants and People: Moving to Antarctica for Good—or Bad?

With our warming climate, some plants are managing to hitch a ride to Antarctica. Will they colonize and thereby change the continent?

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Emily Deemer

Bhutan: The World’s First Carbon-negative Country

Bhutan is famously known for replacing the traditional economic concept of GDP (gross domestic product) with the Gross National Happiness index, an objective...

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Candice Gaukel Andrews

Films Shot in Fragile Places: Creating Conservationists or Eroding the Environment?

It’s the day after Memorial Day, the unofficial start of the summer season. While the summer solstice is still a ways to go—June 20—after Memorial Day,...

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Candice Gaukel Andrews

Videos: National Parks Embrace Zero Waste

Simply defined, zero waste is a goal where all discarded materials become resources for others to use. It eliminates all discharges to air, land or water that...

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Emily Deemer

Conservation and Tourism Go Hand in Hand

While visiting Costa Rica with Natural Habitat Adventures last year, I once again had an opportunity to see how embracing conservation enhances communities....

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