![How Do Dams Fall? Conversations with the Colorado River](/assets/image-cache/media/images/Feature/How Do Dams Fall/Thumbnail.b2569926.jpg)
by Will Falk
When I joined Colorado River Ecosystem v. Colorado, the first-ever federal lawsuit to seek personhood and the rights of nature for a major ecosystem, my intentions were not completely sincere. The truth…
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![Sunny Day Flooding](/assets/image-cache/media/images/Feature/Sunny Day Flooding/Thumbnail.a1d5d6b3.jpg)
by Melissa Papp
Flooding and storm surges are dangerous threats that became all too real for the entire state of Florida when Hurricane Irma struck on September 10, 2017. Living on the west coast of Florida, I was frantically…
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![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![A New Way of Living in the World](/assets/image-cache/media/images/Dispatch/A New Way/Thumbnail.7f36d62b.jpg)
by Marilyn Clement
Susan Eirich created the Earthfire Institute Wildlife Sanctuary & Retreat Center in 2000 with an important goal in mind: changing the way that people see, and therefore treat, wildlife and nature.
Read more![Wildlife of Akagera](/assets/image-cache/media/images/Galleries/Wildlife of Akagera/Thumbnail.32214753.jpg)
by Jean Marie Twambaze
Jean-Marie Twambaze is a safari guide at Akengara National Park in Rwanda whose photos showcase the beautiful and diverse wildlife of Rwanda.
Read more![Taos Environmental Film Festival](/assets/image-cache/media/images/Galleries/Taos Environmental/Thumbnail.07b64810.jpg)
by Jean Stevens
“Seeking Harmony and Happiness in an Unsettled World” is the theme of the fourth edition of the Taos Environmental Film Festival, which will take place between April 18 and April 22 this year.
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![Urbanites Go Wild: City Nature Challenge 2018](/assets/image-cache/media/images/Dispatch/Urbanites Go Wild/Thumbnail.7f36d62b.jpg)
by Marilyn Clement
Which urban center will discover and share the most pictures of nature within its city limits? Back in 2016, the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County and San Francisco’s California Academy of Sciences…
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,…
Read more