Candice Gaukel Andrews

As Earth’s Superpredators, Can We Change How We Use Wildlife?

Would you mind living next door to a top predator? It’s a question I’ve asked you before. It seems that when it comes to bears, lions or wolves, we humans, as...

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Candice Gaukel Andrews

Would You Pay More for Your Coffee If It Helped Birds?

Coffee. In my opinion—other than clean, pure water—it just may be the best drink on Earth. That’s why I celebrated last Thursday, October 1, the first...

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Candice Gaukel Andrews

Video: Trees Have Their Own Internet, and It Works Like Ours

I admit I may be what some would consider a little too woo-woo, “out there” when it comes to trees. I’ve always had a special affinity for them; I’ve even...

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Candice Gaukel Andrews

Increasing Bad Behavior around Wildlife: Are More Regulations Needed?

Witnessing any of nature’s great spectacles—such as the wildebeest migration of Africa, the wintering grounds of millions of monarch butterflies in Mexico or...

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Candice Gaukel Andrews

What Does the Word “Travel” Mean to You?: Inspirational Travel Quotes from Around the World

Well-known travel writer Pico Iyer once wrote that “Travel for me is all about transformation, and I’m fascinated by those people who really do come back from...

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Candice Gaukel Andrews

South Korean Forest Is Cut Down for the Olympics: Is Restoration Possible?

Most of us see the benefits of the world’s Olympic Games: they are some of the very few times nations come together to showcase their most beautiful...

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Candice Gaukel Andrews

Video: 20 Years after the Return of the Wolf

This year, 2015, marks the 20th anniversary of the wolf’s return to Yellowstone National Park. On January 12, 1995, eight gray wolves from Alberta, Canada,...

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Candice Gaukel Andrews

Bears Are Outsmarting Us, and It Might Kill Them

We all love our national parks. They are our places of solace and refuge; of natural beauty and outdoor adventure. They afford us the chance to get close to...

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Candice Gaukel Andrews

6 Adventures that Will Make You Love Winter

According to Climate Central, an independent organization of scientists and journalists that researches and reports the facts about our changing climate, last...

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Candice Gaukel Andrews

Would You Give Up Your Fleece Jacket to Save Our Lakes, Oceans and Rivers?

You’ve cut down on the number of plastic water bottles you buy. You make sure to load your groceries into reusable fabric totes, forgoing the plastic bags the...

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Candice Gaukel Andrews

Video: The Prescription-Strength Drug Called "Nature"

By now, you’re probably well versed in the many scientific studies out there that provide proof of how your health improves when you spend time in green...

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Candice Gaukel Andrews

Is There a New State Trend to Ban Citizen Science?

Citizen science has become an important tool for scientific research. Now, as funds for federal agencies and state natural resources departments around the...

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Candice Gaukel Andrews

Photo Journal: the Tall Trees of Redwood National Park

Some have always been drawn to the mountains, while others are called to ocean shores. But I constantly feel the pull of forests (I’ve even written a book...

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Candice Gaukel Andrews

Wolves Return to California, but for How Long?

After almost a century, wolves have come home to California. On August 20, 2015, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) announced that it had...

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Candice Gaukel Andrews

Video: Denali, the Adventure Dog

Sometimes it takes our four-footed best friends to remind us what adventures are all about and what being outdoors can do for us—mentally, physically and...

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Candice Gaukel Andrews

Video: New Rhino Cam Could Help Thwart Poachers

Could tiny cameras embedded in the horns of rhinos be the best, new tools to help stop poachers?

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Candice Gaukel Andrews

Environmental Activism: Arctic Drilling and Cecil, the Lion

On July 25, 2015, the MSV Fennica, a Royal Dutch Shell icebreaker which was carrying oil-drilling equipment to the Arctic, arrived in Portland, Oregon, for...

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Candice Gaukel Andrews

Photo Journal: Three Places To Still See Icebergs

Icebergs, those floating carvings that rival any great artist’s sculptures, are enthralling. Because they move, tip, constantly change and evolve, they seem...

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