Good Nature Travel Blog

  • Nature & Wildlife

    Deserts: Energy, Evolution and Eventual Rain

    Aug 11, 2026 · Candice Gaukel Andrews

    Deserts are far from the lifeless, slow-growing and always arid places they’re often depicted to be. For example, even in Chile’s ultradry Atacama Desert, tiny soil-dwelling nematodes (roundworms) are thriving in surprising diversity.

  • Nature & Wildlife

    Valentine’s Day: Loving Animals

    Feb 10, 2026 · Candice Gaukel Andrews

    Every February 14th, we celebrate Valentine’s Day, a time that has become synonymous with emotional connections and loving relationships. It’s often marked by romantic gestures, such as giving chocolates or flowers, writing a love letter, preparing a candlelight dinner, holding hands—or kissing.

  • Conservation

    Wildfires Are Increasing CO2 Emissions, and Animals Are Adapting

    Aug 29, 2023 · Candice Gaukel Andrews

    Scenes of devastation from wildfires have almost become a staple of summer in the past decade. In addition to the physical destruction they cause, wildfires release carbon dioxide (CO2) and other greenhouse gases into the air that contribute to climate change.

  • Canada & the North

    Brown Bears and Polar Bears and Their Tangled Histories

    Jun 28, 2022 · Candice Gaukel Andrews

    A “time line” of nearly any animal’s existence is an almost-oxymoron, if you ask me. Time lines can make things seem as if they progressed in a linear manner. But life is a lot messier than that. Sometimes things go forward, then back again, and they can even do loop the loops and veer sideways.