![Elephant Depression](/assets/image-cache/media/images/Poetry/Elephant Depression/Thumbnail.d7bf5e88.jpg)
by Tara Waters Lumpkin
"Depression is biological," The experts say. "Feel good! Take Prozac,
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by Tara Waters Lumpkin
In old Africa: Dust stirred by bare feet and lions’ paws . . . Gone now.
Read more![The Mighty Giraffe](/assets/image-cache/media/images/Youth/The Mighty Giraffe/Thumbnail.3f14aee3.jpg)
by Lysander Christo
Silent steps of evolution, highest height of all the world. Of all the world a graceful trot, so fast, yet so slow through the savannah, where the elephants trumpet and blow.
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by Lysander Christo
In this unprincipled time of elephant carnage in the name of ivory, my wife, son and I have come to view elephants as being on equal footing, searching for them with a guide on conservation lands.
Read more![Gorilla Tourism: Mountain Gorillas Up Close](/assets/image-cache/images/features/Gorilla Tourism/Gorilla%20thumb.2f9bad62.jpg)
by Sarah Abdelrahim
The mountain gorilla is classified as critically endangered on the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species. There are only two places to see the world’s remaining…
Read more![Allison Argo: filmmaker, conservationist](/assets/image-cache/images/interviews/Allison Argo/Photo_2.7603d9d1.jpg)
by Mary Bates
Raised in a theatrical family, filmmaker Allison Argo learned early on the art of storytelling. And when she met Ivan, a 27-year-old gorilla held in a 14-by-14 foot concrete cell in a mall in Tacoma, Washington,…
Read more![New Protection for the Heart of the Congo](/assets/image-cache/images/wpImages/2012/07/African_Forest_Elephant.4194a5b7.jpg)
by Kathryn Dixon
The Sahgha Tri-National Protected Area (TNS) bounds 10,000 square miles (25,000 square kilometers) of one of the most pristine regions of equatorial Africa, encompassing tropical forests, wetlands and…
Read more![Studying Visitors at the Gorilla Exhibit](/assets/image-cache/images/features/studying_gorillas/1WavehiBKGorillasWoodlandParkzoo201010.2f9bad62.jpg)
by Beth Kelley
At Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle, researcher Beth Kelley studies humans interacting with gorillas. Her studies tell us much about ourselves as primates, as well as illustrating what interests us about other…
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