![Voices for Biodiversity: An Interview with Wildlife Biologist Joan E. Berish](/assets/image-cache/media/images/Interviews and Reviews/An Interview with Wildlife Biologist Joan E. Berish/Thumbnail.0aefaeaf.jpg)
by James Beiny
Joan E. Berish is a wildlife biologist and gopher tortoise expert who has made significant contributions to wildlife conservation in the state of Florida over the course of her remarkable career.
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by Michael Washburn
Here on my sliver of Covid-cleared beach, among the tracks of crabs and the prints of plovers and scattered scraps of human carelessness, a larger story of wonder and waste is opening. It’s one we live…
Read more![La Terre Vue Par Les Enfants](/assets/image-cache/media/images/Galleries/Children's Eyes on Earth/Thumbnail.ace03f03.jpg)
by Reza Visual Academy
En 2012, le photojournaliste Reza Deghati a collaboré avec IDEA (International Dialogue for Environnemental Action) pour lancer le concours international de photographie, festival et exposition «Children's…
Read more![Livable Shorelines](/assets/image-cache/media/images/Feature/Livable Shorelines/Thumbnail.381804bd.jpg)
by Erika Zambello
Choctawhatchee Bay encompasses a large estuary along the Florida Panhandle, a watershed that stretches across Okaloosa, Walton, Washington and Holmes Counties before extending into Alabama.
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by Georgia Woodroffe
Africa’s lion population has decreased by an estimated 50 percent in the last 50 years. Due to habitat loss, depletion of wild prey, poor livestock management and conflict with humans, it is believed that…
Read more![Sunny Day Flooding](/assets/image-cache/media/images/Feature/Sunny Day Flooding/Thumbnail.a1d5d6b3.jpg)
by Melissa Papp
Flooding and storm surges are dangerous threats that became all too real for the entire state of Florida when Hurricane Irma struck on September 10, 2017. Living on the west coast of Florida, I was frantically…
Read more![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![From Restaurant to Reef: An Oyster’s Journey](/assets/image-cache/media/images/Feature/Restaurant to Reef/baseball11-350x350.80cd3c3b.jpg)
by Erika Zambello
I sat at a high table at Half Shell Oyster House in Destin, Florida. Christmas music played softly in the background, complemented by fir boughs adorned with red bows on each table. General Manager Stephen…
Read more![The Long Run](/assets/image-cache/media/images/Dispatch/The Long Run/Thumbnail.4dad7336.jpg)
by Georgia Woodroffe
The Long Run is a nonprofit organization that supports a global community of nature-based tourism destinations committed to achieving the highest level of sustainable business practice.
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by The Kids of the Field Institute of Taos
Susie Fiore founded the Field Institute of Taos (FIT) in 1996, blending her background in archaeology and her experience as a youth ski instructor to create an organization that provides local children…
Read more![Nature in the Camp](/assets/image-cache/media/images/Galleries/Nature in Camp/Thumbnail.07b64810.jpg)
by Reza Visual Academy
Many Syrian refugees, fleeing the war in their home country, are living in Kawergosk Camp near the city of Erbil in Iraqi Kurdistan.
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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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