![Santa Fe Critter Cam Gallery](/assets/image-cache/media/images/Galleries/Santa Fe Critter Cam Gallery/Thumbnail.e8848ad9.jpg)
by Debra Denker
Great critter cam photos are a matter of luck rather than photographic skill — although a little bit of editing magic can turn a mediocre photo into a great one.
Read more![An excerpt from the cli-fi novel Weather Menders](/assets/image-cache/media/images/Fiction/An excerpt from the cli-fi novel/Thumbnail.9e8bb0dd.jpg)
by Debra Denker
I conceived Weather Menders during a very hot summer visit to the UK in 2013. I had been looking forward to escaping the heat that in recent years has become characteristic of Santa Fe summers by going…
Read more![Seeking Solace on Horseback: Riding Keeps Me Sane During Pandemic](/assets/image-cache/images/features/Seeking Solace/Thumbnail.53f99fe1.jpg)
by Debra Denker
On the first day of autumn, I’m riding through a changing forest — tall, deep green ponderosas interspersed with the butter-gold of aspens, and shrubs ranging from pale crimson to deep russet to coral…
Read more![Protecting the Arctic Refuge: Gwich’in People Defend the Sacred](/assets/image-cache/media/images/Voices/Protecting the Arctic Refuge/Thumbnail.a6d97ced.jpg)
by Debra Denker
It’s obvious that something is very wrong with the land before our plane even lands in Fort Yukon, Alaska, known to its indigenous Gwich’in inhabitants as Gwich’in Zhee.
Read more![Stolen Lives: Meeting Rescued Primates in Vietnam](/assets/image-cache/media/images/Field Notes/Stolen Lives/Thumbnail.7f36d62b.jpg)
by Caroline Jeffery
Despite protective laws, thousands of primates are taken from the wild every day. They are then illegally sold for the exotic pet trade or roadside tourism. And because they are no longer getting the correct…
Read more![When a Tourist Meets Nature: A Story from a City-Dwelling Brit](/assets/image-cache/media/images/Field Notes/When a Tourist Meets Nature/Thumbnail.87c19665.jpg)
by Caroline Jeffery
"What about there?" I point at a green patch on the computer screen. My partner and I are planning the next route of our journey through Southeast Asia. And by planning, I mean deciding one day in advance.
Read more![In the Wake of Dolphins](/assets/image-cache/media/images/Field Notes/In The Wake of Dolphins/Thumbnail.87c19665.jpg)
by Debra Denker
The pod of five dolphins gracefully, effortlessly, swims past me, perhaps a dolphin-length away. Entranced, I simply follow. Dolphins swim with powerful vertical thrusts of their tails, and for a few moments…
Read more![Bobcats in the Hood](/assets/image-cache/media/images/Feature/Bobcats in the Hood/Thumbnail.b2569926.jpg)
by Debra Denker
As I open my garden gate on an uncharacteristically sultry Southwest summer afternoon, I hear a growl, a thump and then scrabbling in the Russian olive tree above me. I round the corner and come face to…
Read more![Peaceful Coexistence: Snow Leopards and Humans Share Pakistan’s Mountains](/assets/image-cache/media/images/Feature/Peaceful Coexistence With Snow Leopards/FeaturePhotoLeopard400x400.b2569926.jpg)
by Debra Denker
Confession: I am a lifelong lover of snow leopards. So, a couple of months ago, when I was sick of politics, I was happy to follow a Facebook-suggested link to Snow Leopard Trust. I eagerly read their…
Read more![Animal Kindness Beyond Borders](/assets/image-cache/media/images/Feature/Animal Kindness/preview-image.dc5991f3.jpg)
by Debra Denker
“Kindness to animals has no boundaries” is both the tagline of Animal-Kind International (AKI) and the kernel of its mission statement. The New Mexico-based nonprofit was founded in 2007 to support partner…
Read more![Brilliant Baboons Screened at Taos Shortz Film Festival](/assets/image-cache/images/wpImages/2013/04/Prayer%20Flags.1d00087f.jpg)
by Tara Waters Lumpkin
For the second year in a row, Izilwane—Voices for Biodiversity had one of its films accepted by the Taos Shortz Film Festival, a growing film festival that focuses specifically on films shorter than 28…
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