Candice Gaukel Andrews

Fearless Animals Will Fare Better in the Face of Climate Change

Without a doubt, we humans are altering the natural environment. Because of our activities, we are now experiencing melting glaciers; rising sea levels;...

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Megan Brief

Spot Dolphins in the Sunshine State Aboard the Solar-Powered Boat, SQUID

SQUID The shortfin squid inhabits the continental shelf and slope waters of the Northwest Atlantic Ocean, from Newfoundland to the central east coast of...

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Cathy Brown

Conservation Win: Alaska Oil and Gas Lease Sale 258 Canceled

Nature and wildlife lovers can all breathe a little easier now. The Biden administration has announced it is canceling a proposed oil and gas lease sale in...

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Candice Gaukel Andrews

World Environment Day 2022: Defeating Deforestation

“Only one Earth. In the universe are billions of galaxies, in our galaxy are billions of planets, but there is #OnlyOneEarth. Let’s take care of it." That’s...

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Candice Gaukel Andrews

The Highs of Hiking through a Burned Forest

Our relationship with forest fires is complicated. Beginning in 1947, one of the world’s most recognizable characters and one of our nation’s most beloved...

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Cathy Brown

4 Groundbreaking Conservation Wins to Celebrate

Too often, it's easy to get bogged down with disheartening environmental news, but these past weeks gave us many things to smile about and be grateful for....

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Jennie Lay

Biodiversity Matters – Everywhere

Honoring Endangered Species Day in habitats near and far A multi-generational mashup of readers at my local library recently devoured a cli-fi novel. The...

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Jennie Lay

Five Authors Who Champion Conservation

Modern reading recommendations for nature lovers Influential Islamic scholar Hamza Yusuf once said, “Don't ever diminish the power of words. Words move hearts...

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Candice Gaukel Andrews

The Longevity Code: Galapagos Giant Tortoises and Mountain Marmots

While you probably haven’t celebrated it for the past 20 years, World Turtle Day is coming up on May 23. This annual event was created by the American...

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Laura Kiniry

The Nat Hab Earth Day Species Count

It’s a typical spring afternoon in Montana’s Glacier National Park, and the wildlife is buzzing. Grizzly and black bears have awoken from their winter slumber...

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WWF

Nature: The Currency of a Life Worth Living

I traveled to Southern Africa on a Natural Habitat Adventures trip in October 2019, just a few months before COVID-19 crashed into our collective...

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Madison Mitchell

What Are the Great Plains and How Are They Being Protected?

The Northern Great Plains spans more than 180 million acres and crosses five U.S. states and two Canadian provinces. This region is comprised of Montana,...

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Michelle Peters

Sustainable Food: 10 Ways to Eat for the Planet

You’ve heard of the plant-based diet…but have you considered a planet-based diet? The current way Earth’s population consumes its food is not doing us any...

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Cathy Brown

Saving Sloths, Fishing Cats & Armadillos: Young Conservationists Win Future For Nature Award 2022

Wildfires, flooding, drought, deforestation, pollution—it seems like every time we turn on the television, the radio, or log onto social media, we are...

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Candice Gaukel Andrews

Earth Day 2022: A Golden Bear and Hundreds of Mammals Waiting to Be Discovered

Invest in Our Planet. That’s the theme for Earth Day 2022, according to EARTHDAY.ORG. It advocates for “creating a 21st century economy that brings back the...

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Joel Centano

KAZA: How a Shared Vision for Conservation Became the World’s Largest Transboundary Protected Region

At its essence, southern Africa’s Kavango-Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area is a study in convergence, confluence and coexistence. Connecting vast...

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Candice Gaukel Andrews

Found: Fishing Jaguars in Brazil’s Phenomenal Pantanal

At more than 81,000 square miles—greater than 10 times the size of Florida’s Everglades—the Pantanal, located mostly in Brazil, is the largest tropical...

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Megan Brief

Spotlight on Sustainability: Eco Bricks

Plastic Pollution According to the 2019 report, Plastic & Climate: The Hidden Costs of a Plastic Planet, published by the Center for Environmental Law...

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