Nature & Wildlife Stories

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Halloween 2023: Zombie Ants and Dracula Tears

  Africa’s great wildebeest migration and Mexico’s “living mountain” of fluttering butterfly wings are just two of nature’s many amazing and fun...

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Cathy Brown

Eight Spooky Plants to Admire From Afar (Very Far!)

Spring may be for pastel tulips and heavenly scented lilacs, but autumn is when plants with spooky names like bat flower, cobra lily, corpse flower and doll’s...

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Candice Gaukel Andrews

Thanksgiving: Eating with Gratitude Connects You to Nature

For most of us, Thanksgiving is the only holiday of the year centered on giving thanks for what we already have, our families and our friends. It is also the...

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Candice Gaukel Andrews

Nature’s Fall Clocks: Daylight, Circadian and Leaf Color

On November 5, 2023, daylight saving time (DST) will end and standard time will once again reign. While recently there have been many attempts to do away with...

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Candice Gaukel Andrews

Nine Nature-Inspired Fixes for Environmental Needs

I’ve always been drawn to what we call “earth colors”—soft browns, olive greens, muted oranges, dusty pinks and corn-husk yellows. Colors have been on my mind...

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Natural Habitat Adventures

Fascinating Wildlife Facts: Five Humpback Whale Feeding Strategies

By Nat Hab Expedition Leader Eddy Savage Humpback whales are among the most widespread and successful cetaceans inhabiting Earth's oceans. These baleen whales...

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Candice Gaukel Andrews

It’s Complicated: Cities, Coyotes and California Birds

Cities provide us with many benefits: better educational and employment opportunities, exposure to more diversity and multicultural influences, improved...

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Rebecca Self

Top 5 Places to Spot Giraffes in Their Natural Habitat

A female spotless reticulated giraffe was born in northeastern Tennessee on July 31, 2023, and then a young Angolan spotless giraffe was photographed on a...

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Laura Kiniry

Dynamic Duos of the Animal Kingdom: From Zebra & Wildebeest to Oxpeckers & Rhinos

When it comes to on-screen wildlife friendships, the bond between Timon and Pumbaa from Disney’s The Lion King is a classic. The wise-cracking meerkat and his...

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Megan Brief

The Secret Life of a Seahorse

A seahorse is one of those evolutionary oddities that make you believe in unicorns, mermaids, centaurs and other cryptic chimeras. With an elongated snout and...

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Candice Gaukel Andrews

Want to Fight Climate Change? Don’t Poach Wildlife.

When you walk through a forest, you surround yourself with carbon. Every branch, every leaf, every tendril of unseen root and every inch of trunk contains...

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Natural Habitat Adventures

Discover the Wilds and Wildlife of Borneo

Did you know Borneo is where we find some of the world's oldest and tallest virgin rain forests? They are some of the most biodiverse habitats on Earth,...

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Michelle Peters

Six Facts About the “Original Pandas” for International Red Panda Day

Whether you’re a red panda fan because you’ve seen them at your local zoo, or because your tween has watched Disney’s “Turning Red” movie umpteen times, you...

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Courtney Nachlas

Test Your Rhino IQ With Our World Rhino Day Quiz!

As one of the Big Five, rhinoceros are an integral part of the African safari experience, and spotting them in the wild is considered a highlight for many...

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Candice Gaukel Andrews

Wildlife Flourishes Inside—and Outside—National Parks

Our national parks protect some of our nation’s most cherished, iconic and native wildlife species, such as the brown bears of Katmai National Park and the...

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Candice Gaukel Andrews

Plants Could Solve the Microplastics Problem

Plastics are the most prevalent type of marine debris found in the Great Lakes and in the oceans. Plastic pollution pieces come in all shapes and sizes, but...

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Emily Deemer

Happy National Wildlife Day!

National Wildlife Day was founded in 2005 by animal advocate Colleen Paige to bring awareness to the plight of endangered animals. Originally celebrated only...

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Cathy Brown

Top Eight Wildlife Experiences on an East Africa Safari

Africa is a massive continent with astonishing diversity when it comes to climate, culture, flora and fauna. But if the classic safari experience is what...

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