![From Botswana](/assets/image-cache/media/images/Impression/From_Botswana_Feature.69b940c5.jpg)
by Sophy Burnham
Thank you for joining us in reading these Field Notes from writer Sophy Burnham, an award-winning playwright, novelist, and nonfiction writer whose books have appeared on the New York Times bestseller…
Read more![The New Face of Wildlife Filmmaking: a report from the 2011 Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival](/assets/image-cache/images/in-depth/Jackso Hole Film/JHWFF%20photo%202.2f9bad62.jpg)
by Kathryn Pardo
Join Kathryn Pardo on her journey to the Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival. She explores numerous newcomer films and takes a look at one of the new, unofficial themes of the festival: conservation.
Read more![The Land of Enchantment](/assets/image-cache/images/galleries/Alan Pearlman/6-New-Subdivision%2C-west-Santa-Fe%2C-2009.25a2ee8c.jpg)
by Alan Pearlman
Join photographer Alan Pearlman as he explores the contrast between the developed and the pristine in New Mexico, the Land of Enchantment.
Read more![The Mozambique Horse Safari](/assets/image-cache/images/features/Impressions/Mozambique Horse/Lee_Photo2.b6567f6c.jpg)
by Oriane Lee Johnston
In 2010, Oriane Lee Johnston Googled the terms Africa, Horse and Volunteer, ready for a new adventure. What she found was the website for Mozambique Horse Safari, complete with some of the most beautiful…
Read more![The Spirit of Crow Creek](/assets/image-cache/images/features/Impressions/Spirit of Crow Creek/Kasik_2.b6567f6c.jpg)
by Matt Kasik
The intense poverty and complicated social issues facing the Lakota people are ominous reminders of their historical hardships. In spite of such difficulties, hope for prosperity endures. The Lakota tribe’s…
Read more![Mustangs: Icons of the American West](/assets/image-cache/images/galleries/Mustangs/mustangdonnamud.bc6f3c82.jpg)
by Altaire Cambata
Feral. Wild. Pests. The American mustang, as much as it is an iconic figure and symbol of the spirit of the American West, has always suffered a controversial relationship with the United States.
Read more![Bird Calls](/assets/image-cache/images/features/Impressions/Bird Song/Glossy_Starling_Kruger_400x400.b6567f6c.jpg)
by Tara Waters Lumpkin
Bird song, I discovered, is different in southern Africa from anywhere else that I’ve traveled in the world -- louder, more melodic; an orchestra rather than a few musicians chirping. The meadow lark,…
Read more![Amphibians](/assets/image-cache/images/galleries/Robin Moore/Tree%20Frog.17394b91.jpg)
by Jessica Gottlieb
To see a photo of a tiny glass frog, perched on a leaf peering curiously back at the viewer, one would think that Robin Moore has been a photographer all his life. In reality, Robin has only been taking…
Read more![Elephants in the Garden](/assets/image-cache/images/in-depth/Elephants in the Garden/_DSC9911-2.e0fb914a.jpg)
by Daniel Long
Writer Daniel Long speaks to farmers in sub-Saharan Africa about the human-elephant conflict. Drought and shrinking habitat have pushed elephants onto much of the same land that communities use for food…
Read more![In Africa’s Wake](/assets/image-cache/images/galleries/Beth Henry/Being%20New.bc6f3c82.jpg)
by Kathryn Pardo
Inspired by books such as Out of Africa and Flame Trees of Thika, photographer Beth Henry set out to capture the wildness of Africa through the lens of a camera. Once there, she will tell you, the continent…
Read more![The Human Animal and Biodiversity](/assets/image-cache/images/features/Impressions/Biodiversity/IMG_2430ZuluWeaving.b6567f6c.jpg)
by Tara Waters Lumpkin
Tara Lumpkin explores how we can protect biodiversity by becoming aware of our "humanness" -- both good and bad -- and thus change our relationship to the environment and other species.
Read more![For the Birds](/assets/image-cache/images/galleries/Geraint Smith/heron_7807_2_1.25a2ee8c.jpg)
by Kathryn Pardo
When asked about what inspires his art, photographer Geraint Smith smiles and pauses thoughtfully. “I like to be in the present with my photography,” he says, shading his eyes from the New Mexico sun.…
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