![Meeting with an Elephant](/assets/image-cache/media/images/Galleries/Meeting with an Elephant/Thumbnail.32214753.jpg)
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![Growing the Bosnian Kitchen: Sustainable Food Systems](/assets/image-cache/media/images/Feature/Growing the Bosnian Kitchen/IMG_0289_thumbnail.b2569926.jpg)
by Andrew Flachs, Ashley Glenn
Dawn in rural Bosnia breaks slowly, as the sunlight peeks through hilltops and wisps of clouds settle in the valleys. We’re drinking coffee in a village two hours northwest of Sarajevo, where the morning…
Read more![Garbage to Garden: Using Compost to Reduce Landfill Waste](/assets/image-cache/media/images/Feature/Garbage to Garden/Thumbnail.43cdb66a.2b9b4b28.jpg)
by Erika Zambello
Landfills create big problems. Toxins in electronic refuse — old cell phones, computers, televisions, etc. — can eventually leach into the soil and groundwater, causing decades of environmental health…
Read more![The Remarkable Comeback of the Channel Islands Fox](/assets/image-cache/media/images/Feature/Cooperative Conservation/Garland_6_Thumbnail.a1d5d6b3.jpg)
by Gemina Garland-Lewis
When I first set foot on Santa Cruz Island, I hadn’t yet heard the story of the island fox and its remarkable recovery. To be honest, I didn’t even know these foxes existed. The first time I saw one, I…
Read more![Environmental Justice and Hog Farming in North Carolina](/assets/image-cache/media/images/Feature/Environmental Justice and Hog Farming/Photo%201-480x400.d660d21d.jpg)
by Jaime Gordon
Duke Law professor Michelle Nowlin is making waves in North Carolina’s hog industry. Now a Supervising Attorney at Duke’s Environmental Law and Policy Clinic, Nowlin started her work in the mid 90s at…
Read more![Rescuing a Whale Shark in Koh Tao, Thailand](/assets/image-cache/media/images/Feature/Rescuing a Whale Shark in Koh Tao/GOPR4920-533x400.a1d5d6b3.jpg)
by Alyssa Vinluan
After a 5:30 a.m. wake-up call and a two-hour boat ride with Roctopus Dive, I could finally see the pinnacle of Sail Rock, considered by many as the best dive site in the Gulf of Thailand. The water looked…
Read more![The Science of Sooty Tern Migrations](/assets/image-cache/media/images/Field Notes/Science of Sooty Tern Migrations/PREVIEW%20PHOTO_Terns-400x400.1e0c446b.jpg)
by Ryan Huang
Life as a bird is hard. Life as a seabird can be really hard. Seabirds spend the vast majority of their time in a habitat that provides no drinkable water or shelter, a place that can be as vast and empty…
Read more![Peru’s Chaparrí Conservation Area: A Wildlife Reserve in the Tumbesian Dry Forests](/assets/image-cache/media/images/Feature/Perus Chaparrí Conservation Area/Chaparri%20entrance-400x400.80cd3c3b.jpg)
by Maddie Southard
Named for the mountain that dominates the landscape, the Chaparrí Conservation Area is located about 50 miles east of the Pacific coast in northern Peru.
Read more![Changing Fishing Practices in Mauritius: A Success Story](assets/media/images/Feature/Changing Fishing Practices in Mauritius/lagoon 2_FEATURE-400x400.png)
by Vanina Harel
Small island developing states around the world are the first to suffer the consequences of climate change, rapid population growth and unsustainable economic pressures. These problems can negatively affect…
Read more![Florida's Manatee - No Longer an Endangered Species](/assets/image-cache/media/images/Feature/The Florida Manatee/manatee%204.dc5991f3.jpg)
by Maddie Southard
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) just reclassified one of Florida’s most iconic endangered wildlife species to “threatened” status. This controversial decision was made despite the fact that…
Read more![Biodiversity on Organic Farms in Telangana, India](/assets/image-cache/media/images/Feature/Biodiversity on Organic Farms/Thumbnail.eec234ee.jpg)
by Andrew Flachs
Most commercial agriculture around the world comes in the form of monocultures, where whole fields are devoted to a single plant. Monocultures are stark landscapes, built around the logic of factories…
Read more![In Search of Blue Tang](/assets/image-cache/media/images/Feature/In Search of Blue Tang/ToropotFish-14-400x400.2b9b4b28.jpg)
by Shannon Switzer Swanson
When Disney’s blockbuster Finding Dory hit theaters in June of 2016, it brought an endearing fish back into the spotlight — blue tang.
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