![Audubon’s Nebraska Crane Festival](/assets/image-cache/media/images/Youth/Audubon Crane/cranes_thumb.a6d97ced.jpg)
by Emily Baumbach
During four to six weeks from the beginning of March and into mid-April, nearly half a million Sandhill Cranes, roughly 80% of the world population, arrive in south-central Nebraska.
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![The Bones of Extinction at the Ivory Crush](/assets/image-cache/media/images/Youth/The Bones of Extinction/Bones_of_Extinction_Feature.3f14aee3.jpg)
by Lysander Christo
In November, 2013, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service stood vigil over an unprecedented event in the United States: the crushing of six tons of illegal ivory seized from poachers and smugglers. At the…
Read more![The Bones of Contention](/assets/image-cache/media/images/Impression/The Bones of Contention/Bones_of_Contention_Feature.69b940c5.jpg)
by Cyril Christo and Marie Wilkinson
In November, 2013, photographer and poet Cyril Christo traveled to Colorado with his family to watch the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service demolish six tons of illegal ivory in hopes of delivering a message…
Read more![My life in the Naimina Enkiyio Forest, Part 2](/assets/image-cache/images/features/Impressions/Naimina/Photo_4.b6567f6c.jpg)
by Alfred Mepukori
Continue on the journey through the forests of East Africa with Maasai warrior Alfred Mepukori, who tells readers about growing up Maasai, why elephants matter, and survival in the Naimina Enkiyio Forest.
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by Alfred Mepukori
The area of land popularly known as Loita lies in southern Kenya between the Ngurman-Magadi escarpment and the Maasai Mara National Game Reserve. It covers an area of 1,700 km2 within the Loita Division…
Read more![Sculpting Nature: Memories in Stone](/assets/image-cache/images/galleries/Sculpting Wildlife/IMG_2080.eac2d2a4.jpg)
by Zoe Stoenner
Statues are ubiquitous; they stand watch in front of government buildings, adorn city towers, and are monuments to what we humans hold in high esteem. While many sculptures are a testament to our history…
Read more![The Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park](/assets/image-cache/images/features/Kgalagadi/springbuck%20thumb.1d00087f.jpg)
by Clare Helen Galloway
Geologist and journalist Clare Galloway, whose artwork illustrates the stark beauty of life in southern Africa, lives on a game farm outside Okahanja, Namibia. Join her as she takes the reader on a journey…
Read more![Unnatural in Nature](/assets/image-cache/images/galleries/Unnatural in Nature/5.eac2d2a4.jpg)
by Ross Honig
In today’s society, so many of us are unaware of the human footprint we leave on this planet. Throughout this photo essay, American University student Ross Honig tries to create simple snapshots of the…
Read more![Backyard Wildlife](/assets/image-cache/images/features/Youth/Backyard/Squirrel.b6567f6c.jpg)
by Keiran Snow Dawson
Join American University student Keiran Snow-Dawson as he goes in search of the wildlife that lives in his own backyard. In this photo essay, he illustrates that even in urban areas, wildlife can be abundant.…
Read more![Outsider Nature Art Photography](/assets/image-cache/images/galleries/J Madison Rink/eye%20of%20heart.17394b91.jpg)
by j. Madison Rink
If Rock|Stone speaks – what does it say? These fine-art, photographic, naturally-sculpted works, which underscore the magic and fluidity of perception, were chosen for inclusion in a pioneering 2010 publication.…
Read more![Lessons in Sustainable Design](/assets/image-cache/images/wpImages/2013/08/Photo_2.84cdda71.jpg)
by George Stevens
The lunar landscape of Cappadocia, a historical region in central Turkey, is truly otherworldly. It makes you stop and think, “Where the heck am I?” It is a place where humans and natural beauty have coexisted…
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