![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…
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by Terence Hyland
Renewable energy provides an abundance of benefits: few carbon dioxide emissions, improved air quality, and the economic promise of new jobs. But even the most well-intentioned technologies can have unintended…
Read more![The Crow that Knows Us](/assets/image-cache/media/images/Feature/The Crow that Knows Us/Photo8.a1d5d6b3.jpg)
by Jennifer Calkins
The American crows in my Seattle neighborhood recognize me. I know this because they follow me, call when they see me, and peer at me through my window. They know me, because I have fed them before. They…
Read more![The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History](/assets/image-cache/media/images/Interviews and Reviews/Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History/Photo_2.69b940c5.jpg)
by Georgia Woodroffe
Over the last 500 million years, Earth has experienced five mass extinctions. Each was marked by the obliteration of a significant proportion of all life on the planet within a geologically insignificant…
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by Julia Osterman
A dog with a sunburnt nose. A circus baboon on the run. A rabbit with a ball in hand. A buffed-up, vengeful squirrel. These are some of the creatures brought to life by Santa Fe-based artist Geoffrey Gorman.…
Read more![Critical Time for Elephants in the Wild](/assets/image-cache/images/features/Critical Time for Elephants/Photo_2.b6567f6c.jpg)
by Patty Shenker
In Africa, an elephant is killed every 15 minutes for his/her ivory. A normal day in countries like Rwanda or Zimbabwe ends up with about 96 elephants killed, all illegally, as the international trade…
Read more![Coyote Killing Contests: The Truth](/assets/image-cache/images/features/Coyote Killing Contests/JonJacobsCoyote.2f9bad62.jpg)
by Georgia Woodroffe
Since Europeans first set foot on the American continent, war has been waged against predators, with bounties and other lethal programs put on their heads. But, when a predator is no longer a threat, when…
Read more![Hunting in National Parks in Australia](/assets/image-cache/images/features/Hunting Australia/Photo_1_Burning_Palms_Beach_Royal_NP.2f9bad62.jpg)
by Anne Kreller
Like other former British colonies, Australia has been part of the long international movement to create national parks. The first in Australia was created in 1879, and by 1967, the NSW Government had…
Read more![In Predatory Light](/assets/image-cache/images/features/Book Reviews/In Predatory Light/InPredatoryLightPhoto_1.1d00087f.jpg)
by Zoe Krasney
The photography and text filling the pages of In Predatory Light: Lions and Tigers and Polar Bears haunt like the dissolving edges of a gripping dream. This new book by art and conservation power couple…
Read more![Nina Simons: Women, Leadership and Conservation](/assets/image-cache/images/interviews/Nina Simons/Photo_5_Indian_Family.8ef4999f.jpg)
by Zoe Krasney
Nina Simons is the co-founder of Bioneers, a gathering of social and scientific innovators that focuses on furthering a cooperative global culture while fostering sustainability and collaboration.
Read more![Las Nutrias de Río](/assets/image-cache/images/features/Las Nutrias/Las%20Nutrias_Feature.2f9bad62.jpg)
by Teresa Dovalpage
La nutria de río (Lontra canadensis) es un mamífero semi acuático grande y fuerte, que pertenece a la familia Weasal. Son muy sociables, juguetonas y tienen una energía aparentemente ilimitada, así que…
Read more![Films for Kids: Wild and Scenic Film Festival](/assets/image-cache/images/features/Youth/KIds Film/FilmsforKids_EricSchlenker-Goodrich400x400.b6567f6c.jpg)
by Tara Waters Lumpkin
Formed in 1993 in Eugene, Oregon, the Western Environmental Law Center (WELC) states its mission as using “the power of the law to defend and protect the American West’s treasured landscapes, iconic wildlife…
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