Good Nature Travel Blog

  • Nature & Wildlife

    Brains … Brains! Human and Animal.

    Oct 13, 2026 · Candice Gaukel Andrews

    One of the scariest movies I have ever seen is the 1968 film Night of the Living Dead. In 1985, it was followed by the flick Return of the Living Dead. That movie created the pop-culture trope that zombies specifically crave and shout for brains.

  • Nature & Wildlife

    Devils on Halloween and in Nature

    Oct 6, 2026 · Candice Gaukel Andrews

    As soon as the month of October starts, your thoughts probably turn to spooky fun as we lead up to October 31 and Halloween.

  • Nature & Wildlife

    Butterfly Benefits and Insect Issues

    Sep 1, 2026 · Candice Gaukel Andrews

    While I have never considered insects my favorite category of fauna, I have to admit that some “fun facts” about them intrigue me. For example, ants can lift and carry more than 50 times their own weight. While gathering food, a bee may fly up to 60 miles in one day.

  • Nature & Wildlife

    Orangutans Show Us a Better Way of Eating

    Jan 20, 2026 · Candice Gaukel Andrews

    How are you progressing on your New Year’s resolutions? If you’re like most people, you gave up on them surprisingly fast, with the second Friday in January often called “Quitter’s Day,” because many abandon goals by then. By the second week of February, an estimated 80% of people have scrapped their ambitions.

  • Nature & Wildlife

    The Cure for the Pressures of Modern Life Is Nature

    Jan 6, 2026 · Candice Gaukel Andrews

    The end-of-the-year holidays are once again over. Now, we enter January, famously known as “get-in-shape month.” Typically, this is when we focus on diet plans and gym memberships. But this year, you may want to give your mental health equal priority.

  • Nature & Wildlife

    Circadian Rhythms, Saving Hours and Time Travels

    Oct 28, 2025 · Candice Gaukel Andrews

    Daylight savings time—the practice of advancing clocks to make better use of the longer daylight available during summer so that darkness falls at a later clock time—will end on November 2 this year. That means that we’ll set our clocks to “fall back” into standard time.

  • Conservation

    Clean Air Matters

    Oct 7, 2025 · Candice Gaukel Andrews

    The term “air pollution,” according to the World Health Organization (WHO), is the contamination of the indoor or outdoor environment by any biological, chemical or physical agent that modifies the natural characteristics of the atmosphere.

  • News & More

    Vacations: Pain Relievers and Memory Retrievers

    Jun 3, 2025 · Candice Gaukel Andrews

    If you’re like most working Americans, you probably don’t use all of the vacation time that’s available to you every year. Even if you do or if you’re now retired, it’s highly likely you don’t fully unplug while you’re away and off the clock.

  • Nature & Wildlife

    Mother’s Day: Maternal Care, Long Lives and Helpful Daughters

    May 6, 2025 · Candice Gaukel Andrews

    Across the animal kingdom, mothers “of all stripes” care for their offspring, playing a vital role in nurturing and protecting them, and teaching them essential skills. They also provide comfort and security, enabling young animals to thrive and reach maturity.

  • Nature & Wildlife

    Arbor Day 2025: Friendship, Health and Agroforestry

    Apr 22, 2025 · Candice Gaukel Andrews

    Trees are some of my favorite beings on Earth. That’s why I look forward to Arbor Day every year, the national holiday that recognizes the beauty and the importance of trees.

  • News & More

    Earth Day 2025: Renewable Energy

    Apr 15, 2025 · Candice Gaukel Andrews

    The theme for Earth Day 2025 is a “powerful” one, so to speak. It’s “Our Power, Our Planet,” and it invites everyone worldwide to unite behind renewable energy. The stated goal for Earth Day 2025 is to triple the global generation of clean energy by 2030.