![Fighting for Survival: Lifting Up Indigenous Voices](/assets/image-cache/media/images/Dispatch/Fighting for Survival/Thumbnail.7f36d62b.jpg)
by Sarah Abdelrahim
Indigenous peoples play a crucial role in protecting and advocating for global biodiversity. According to the United Nations, there are 370 million Indigenous peoples around the world — almost 5 percent…
Read more![Touched by an Elephant, Part 3](/assets/image-cache/media/images/Field Notes/Touched by an Elephant/Elephant%20Touch%20Thumb.1900ee35.jpg)
by Jonathan Whittle-Utter
Returning to the question at hand—why a massage therapist would be interested in researching human-elephant communication? The answer relates to the primacy of touch. Touch is the primal arena of connection…
Read more![The Sanctity of Whales](/assets/image-cache/images/features/Impressions/Sanctity of whales/Sanctity_of_Whales_Feature.b6567f6c.jpg)
by Cyril Christo and Marie Wilkinson
Around 1855, after first sealing in California and whaling in Magdalena Bay, Baja, Charles Scammon, a captain from Maine turned his attention to San Ignacio Bay. By 1859-60 the grays had been all but eliminated.…
Read more![CAT in WATER](/assets/image-cache/images/in-depth/Cat in Water/Catinwater_5.e0fb914a.jpg)
by Morgan Heim
Two journalists grab cameras and head to the wilds of Thailand’s mangrove forests in search of an endangered cat with a special affinity for water.
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