![Voices for Biodiversity: An Interview with Wildlife Biologist Joan E. Berish](/assets/image-cache/media/images/Interviews and Reviews/An Interview with Wildlife Biologist Joan E. Berish/Thumbnail.0aefaeaf.jpg)
by James Beiny
Joan E. Berish is a wildlife biologist and gopher tortoise expert who has made significant contributions to wildlife conservation in the state of Florida over the course of her remarkable career.
Read more![The Passing of Courage: An Homage to E.O. Wilson and Thomas Lovejoy](/assets/image-cache/media/images/Poetry/The Passing of Courage/Thumbnail.9d8087c9.jpg)
by Joel I. Cohen
What was inevitable came far too quickly, when for Wilson and Lovejoy, their time on earth ceased, as their days collapsed, falling silently on the snowcapped peaks made tall by their own achievements.
Read more![The Durrell Effect: How Animals Define Humanity](/assets/image-cache/stick-insect-scorpion-pxby-resized.0c05f31a.jpg)
by Elliot Connor
Jane Goodall speaks of her dog Rusty as her greatest teacher; Gerald Durrell wrote of his dog Roger as his constant companion. Although I don’t have a dog, I do have a menagerie of other animals that inspire…
Read more![Restoring Habitat in Indonesian Borneo](/assets/image-cache/media/images/Voices/Restoring Habitat/Thumbnail.a6d97ced.jpg)
by Farquhar Stirling
Farquhar Stirling is a retired corporate executive who lives in Indonesia. He is also a volunteer with the Friends of the National Parks Foundation (FNPF), an NGO working in habitat restoration in Kalimantan…
Read more![Guarding Lions](/assets/image-cache/media/images/Dispatch/Guarding Lions/Thumbnail.7f36d62b.jpg)
by Georgia Woodroffe
Africa’s lion population has decreased by an estimated 50 percent in the last 50 years. Due to habitat loss, depletion of wild prey, poor livestock management and conflict with humans, it is believed that…
Read more![Fighting for Survival: Lifting Up Indigenous Voices](/assets/image-cache/media/images/Dispatch/Fighting for Survival/Thumbnail.7f36d62b.jpg)
by Sarah Abdelrahim
Indigenous peoples play a crucial role in protecting and advocating for global biodiversity. According to the United Nations, there are 370 million Indigenous peoples around the world — almost 5 percent…
Read more![Terralingua and Biocultural Diversity](/assets/image-cache/media/images/Interviews and Reviews/Terralingua/Thumbnail.5b22e5d8.jpg)
by Nejma Belarbi
Terralingua is an international nonprofit organization devoted to protecting and sustaining the biocultural diversity of life, which is the diversity of life in nature, culture and languages. All three…
Read more![La Cocina de Bosnia: cultivo y crecimiento](/assets/image-cache/media/images/Feature/Growing the Bosnian Kitchen/IMG_0289_thumbnail.b2569926.jpg)
by Andrew Flachs, Ashley Glenn
El amanecer en la Bosnia rural comienza lentamente mientras la luz del sol se asoma a través de las colinas y retazos de nubes se posan sobre los valles. Estamos tomando café en una aldea que queda dos…
Read more![Biodiversity Awareness: A Story of Hope](/assets/image-cache/media/images/Dispatch/Biodiversity Awareness/Thumbnail.4dad7336.jpg)
by Godelive Ayinkamiye
I am a young Rwandan woman, born and raised in southern Rwanda. As children, my friends and I enjoyed killing bees, birds, butterflies and other small animals. We cut branches off trees and muddied fresh…
Read more![From Restaurant to Reef: An Oyster’s Journey](/assets/image-cache/media/images/Feature/Restaurant to Reef/baseball11-350x350.80cd3c3b.jpg)
by Erika Zambello
I sat at a high table at Half Shell Oyster House in Destin, Florida. Christmas music played softly in the background, complemented by fir boughs adorned with red bows on each table. General Manager Stephen…
Read more![The Long Run](/assets/image-cache/media/images/Dispatch/The Long Run/Thumbnail.4dad7336.jpg)
by Georgia Woodroffe
The Long Run is a nonprofit organization that supports a global community of nature-based tourism destinations committed to achieving the highest level of sustainable business practice.
Read more![Giraffes Await the World's Protection](/assets/image-cache/media/images/Feature/Giraffes Await/Thumbnail.80cd3c3b.jpg)
by Rina Herzl
Picture an animal enrobed in a fiery, jigsaw-patterned coat, a creature of such majestic height that it towers amongst the trees. As your eyes make their way up its long neck that appears to defy gravity,…
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