![Allison Argo: filmmaker, conservationist](/assets/image-cache/images/interviews/Allison Argo/Photo_2.7603d9d1.jpg)
by Mary Bates
Raised in a theatrical family, filmmaker Allison Argo learned early on the art of storytelling. And when she met Ivan, a 27-year-old gorilla held in a 14-by-14 foot concrete cell in a mall in Tacoma, Washington,…
Read more![The Impact of El Salvador’s Ban on Consumption of Sea Turtles](/assets/image-cache/images/features/Impressions/Livin la Veda/Photo_1.b6567f6c.jpg)
by Brad Nahill
In the hopes of reversing the tide of wildlife loss, the government of El Salvador enacted a ban on the consumption, sale, and possession of sea turtles, their eggs, and their parts for purposes other…
Read more![The Great Salmon Tour Project](/assets/image-cache/images/features/Great Salmon Tour/Photo_4.1d00087f.jpg)
by Peter Berulf Johnsen
Salmon and trout are some of the most well-known fish species worldwide. They are in grocery stores and on menus, and there are entire outfitters built around giving anglers a great salmon fishing experience.…
Read more![My Pantanal: The Movie](/assets/image-cache/images/features/Book Reviews/Pantanal Review/Photo%204.1d00087f.jpg)
by Catherine Meyer
Join Panthera and young cowboy Aerenilso as they explore the ranches and wetlands of western Brazil, looking for the elusive jaguar. This short film addresses some of the concerns of local ranchers and…
Read more![The Four Furies of the Southwest](/assets/image-cache/images/interviews/DeBuys/Photo_2.7603d9d1.jpg)
by Tara Waters Lumpkin
President of Voices for Biodiversity, Dr. Tara Lumpkin, sits down with author William de Buys to talk about the four greatest threats to the fragile Southwestern ecosystems. How are the recent fires in…
Read more![Q&A with Sean Carnell of Tigers for Tigers](/assets/image-cache/images/wpImages/2012/08/India-facebook.46980fe9.jpg)
by George Stevens
George Stevens sits down with Sean Carnell, a Senior at Clemson University and President of Tigers for Tigers, an organization which is partnering with other universities to form the National Tiger Coalition.…
Read more![Visiting the World Wide Fund for Nature in India](/assets/image-cache/images/interviews/WWF Interview/Photo_6.7603d9d1.jpg)
by Altaire Cambata
India is a country with incredible biodiversity and hundreds of cultures and languages, and they all have to coexist in a country with limited resources. Izilwane’s Altaire Cambata sits down with some…
Read more![Saving the African Elephants](/assets/image-cache/images/wpImages/2012/08/45.scan34-199x300.46980fe9.jpg)
by Shraddha Chakradhar
2011 marked the worst year for elephant poaching and illegal ivory trading since the height of the trade in the 1980s, according to the UK-based Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA). Following this…
Read more![SEEtheWILD and Saving the Sea Turtles Part I-VI](/assets/image-cache/images/wpImages/2012/07/web-31.4194a5b7.jpg)
by Brad Nahill
Summer in Portland, Oregon, is wonderful. Warm sunny days blend gradually into crisp nights, and even at the height of summer, it’s the perfect climate to explore the Columbia Gorge, Mt. Hood and the Oregon…
Read more![New Protection for the Heart of the Congo](/assets/image-cache/images/wpImages/2012/07/African_Forest_Elephant.4194a5b7.jpg)
by Kathryn Dixon
The Sahgha Tri-National Protected Area (TNS) bounds 10,000 square miles (25,000 square kilometers) of one of the most pristine regions of equatorial Africa, encompassing tropical forests, wetlands and…
Read more![In Sri Lanka, Efforts to Save Earth’s Largest Animal](/assets/image-cache/images/wpImages/2012/07/2048px-Blue_whale_tail-1024x682.4194a5b7.jpg)
by Kathryn Dixon
Sri Lanka, an island located off the southern coast of India, has been called “The Pearl of the Indian Ocean” due to its rich culture, tropical forests, diverse landscapes and abundant biodiversity. The…
Read more![Saving New Zealand’s Rarest Kiwi Bird](/assets/image-cache/images/wpImages/2012/06/rowi-kiwi-465.46980fe9.jpg)
by Kathryn Dixon
Twenty young flightless rowi kiwis got the chance to fly this week, as part of intense conservation efforts by the BNZ Save The Kiwi Trust to preserve this rarest of kiwi birds.
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