![Elephant Depression](/assets/image-cache/media/images/Poetry/Elephant Depression/Thumbnail.d7bf5e88.jpg)
by Tara Waters Lumpkin
"Depression is biological," The experts say. "Feel good! Take Prozac,
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by Tara Waters Lumpkin
In old Africa: Dust stirred by bare feet and lions’ paws . . . Gone now.
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by Lysander Christo
Silent steps of evolution, highest height of all the world. Of all the world a graceful trot, so fast, yet so slow through the savannah, where the elephants trumpet and blow.
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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.
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by BinBin Li
I visited Dry Tortugas National Park in 2013 and 2015 as part of a field class taught by Dr. Stuart Pimm at Duke University. Located 68 miles west of Key West, this 100 square mile national park is mostly…
Read more![Conservation Under the Pandas Umbrella](assets/media/images/Feature/Conservation under the Pandas'/Panda_Thumbnail.jpg)
by Barbara Fraser
When it comes to wildlife protection, the most photogenic species — such as polar bears, dolphins and pandas — seem to attract the most attention and conservation dollars.
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by Merri Collins
The Florida black bear, a subspecies of the North American black bear, was removed from Florida’s Endangered Species List by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission on June 27th.
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