![My Pantanal](/assets/image-cache/images/features/Book Reviews/Pantanal Review/Photo%204.1d00087f.jpg)
by Kathryn Pardo
In this simple yet stirring short film about life in the Pantanal, the big cat conservation organization Panthera reaches out to the people of Brazil in an attempt to discuss with them the importance of…
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by Jim O’Donnell
In this stunning photo gallery, photographer Jim O’Donnell explores the connections between food and our natural environment. With these images, he illustrates the ways in which our food system is fragile…
Read more![Expedition: Fossa](/assets/image-cache/images/galleries/Expedition Fossa/ilz-beeeater.25a2ee8c.jpg)
by Kathryn Pardo
Join photographer Joel Quimby as he ventures to Madagascar to find a carnivore and to experience life among the Malagasy people.
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by Narisa Bhanji
We humans like to think of ourselves as superior beings that have control over the fates of other species. We have given ourselves the power to define how the environment and other species around us live.
Read more![Exploring Ecuador](/assets/image-cache/images/galleries/Ecuador/Galap_Izilwane_Sept_201116.17394b91.jpg)
by Tannyr Carnes
In January 2011, Voices for Biodiversity’s Tannyr Carnes had a wonderful opportunity to travel to Ecuador and Galapagos and to observe firsthand the incredible biodiversity and vast beauty of this fragile…
Read more![Australia: A Gallery of the Micro](/assets/image-cache/images/galleries/Carnes Australia/Australia_Closeups_Izilwane_Sept201107.eac2d2a4.jpg)
by Tannyr Carnes
Australia is home to some of the most unique landscapes in the world. Join Voices for Biodiversity’s Tannyr Carnes as she explores the country through its smallest details.
Read more![The Wayfinders](/assets/image-cache/images/features/Book Reviews/The Wayfinders/Photo%202.1d00087f.jpg)
by Julia Osterman
Inside all technology-addicted Westerners is the capability to adapt to some of the world’s most desolate landscapes and to transcend their own worldviews to open their minds. Join author Wade Davis as…
Read more![Hidden World: Photography of Mark Lightfoot](/assets/image-cache/images/galleries/Lightfoot/BEARDED_FIREWORM.bc6f3c82.jpg)
by Mary Bates
Approximately 70 percent of the Earth is covered by water. For most people, the creatures that inhabit this alien world are hidden from view. Diver and photographer Mark Lightfoot wants to bring them into…
Read more![Saving Big Cats: an interview with Dr. Laurie Marker](/assets/image-cache/images/interviews/Laurie Marker/RUNS0123.7603d9d1.jpg)
by Altaire Cambata
Dr. Laurie Marker is the co-founder and executive director of the Cheetah Conservation Fund, which helps protect these charismatic big cats worldwide. She helped develop international captive breeding…
Read more![Q&A with Spencer Wells, author of Pandora’s Seed](/assets/image-cache/images/interviews/Spencer Wells/SW%20Interview%20Photo%202RTP.8ef4999f.jpg)
by Julia Osterman
Izilwane interviews eminent population geneticist and National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence Spencer Wells to discuss his most recent book, Pandora’s Seed. He talks about the need to consider the long-term…
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by Julia Osterman
In this stirring study of how civilization has strained the human relationship with the natural world, author Spencer Wells examines issues such as obesity, global warming, the rise of mental illness,…
Read more![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…
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