![Fieldwork in Namibia](/assets/image-cache/media/images/Poetry/Fieldwork in Namibia/Thumbnail.5c8cf848.jpg)
by Tara Waters Lumpkin
In old Africa: Dust stirred by bare feet and lions’ paws . . . Gone now.
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by Zoe Krasney
As I write this, I just learned about the horror of 87 elephants slaughtered for their ivory in Botswana in early September.
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by Michael Washburn
At dawn on my first morning in Namibia, I joined a small-plane flyover of the NamibRand desert and Sossusvlei sand dunes. Despite my extensive travels, I could never have imagined what was unfolding below…
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by Cyril Christo and Marie Wilkinson
We walked among the armored behemoths in total awe, mesmerized by the sands and giant green euphorbia bushes that seemed to be from a primeval time. My wife Marie and I came within 40 feet of a single…
Read more![Forecasting a Future for Cheetahs](/assets/image-cache/media/images/Interviews and Reviews/Forecasting a Future for Cheetahs/Cheetah-1.c2ef37d6.jpg)
by Sarah Abdelrahim
Ecoreporter Sarah Abdelrahim interviews Dr. Laurie Marker of the nonprofit, A Future for Cheetahs, to gain insight on the global cheetah population, the key drivers in their decline, and recent successes…
Read more![Desert Lion Tourism](/assets/image-cache/media/images/Dispatch/Desert Lion Tourism/Desert_Lion_Feature.7f36d62b.jpg)
by Clare Helen Galloway
I attended a presentation last night by Dr. Flip Stander, who is the leading lion expert in Namibia. It was a fascinating look at the last 15 years of his life spent with the desert lions in the Kaokoveld…
Read more![Saving Big Cats: an interview with Dr. Laurie Marker](/assets/image-cache/images/interviews/Laurie Marker/RUNS0123.7603d9d1.jpg)
by Altaire Cambata
Dr. Laurie Marker is the co-founder and executive director of the Cheetah Conservation Fund, which helps protect these charismatic big cats worldwide. She helped develop international captive breeding…
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