![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![Santa Fe Critter Cam Gallery](/assets/image-cache/media/images/Galleries/Santa Fe Critter Cam Gallery/Thumbnail.e8848ad9.jpg)
by Debra Denker
Great critter cam photos are a matter of luck rather than photographic skill — although a little bit of editing magic can turn a mediocre photo into a great one.
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![An excerpt from the cli-fi novel Weather Menders](/assets/image-cache/media/images/Fiction/An excerpt from the cli-fi novel/Thumbnail.9e8bb0dd.jpg)
by Debra Denker
I conceived Weather Menders during a very hot summer visit to the UK in 2013. I had been looking forward to escaping the heat that in recent years has become characteristic of Santa Fe summers by going…
Read more![Seeking Solace on Horseback: Riding Keeps Me Sane During Pandemic](/assets/image-cache/images/features/Seeking Solace/Thumbnail.53f99fe1.jpg)
by Debra Denker
On the first day of autumn, I’m riding through a changing forest — tall, deep green ponderosas interspersed with the butter-gold of aspens, and shrubs ranging from pale crimson to deep russet to coral…
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![Protecting the Arctic Refuge: Gwich’in People Defend the Sacred](/assets/image-cache/media/images/Voices/Protecting the Arctic Refuge/Thumbnail.a6d97ced.jpg)
by Debra Denker
It’s obvious that something is very wrong with the land before our plane even lands in Fort Yukon, Alaska, known to its indigenous Gwich’in inhabitants as Gwich’in Zhee.
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![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…
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