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by Erika Zambello
I disembarked at Guana Tolomato Matanzas National Estuarine Research Reserve (mercifully abbreviated to GTM NERR) with a group of practitioners, researchers and ecologists from around the world. The group…
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by Erika Zambello
Apalachicola Bay has long been famous around the world for its thousands of acres of oyster beds. In fact, in the past, 90 percent of Eastern oysters served in Florida were from Apalachicola.
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by Erika Zambello
Wells Reserve on the coast of Southern Maine was designated in 1984 and encompasses 1,600 acres. The reserve staff facilities sit within beautifully restored farm buildings.
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by Wally Smith
This is the case with the green salamander, one of the most unique amphibians in the salamander-rich Appalachian Mountains. The only truly green-colored salamander in eastern North America, the green salamander…
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by Erika Zambello
For those who bird on the Emerald Coast, Snowy Plovers are a relatively common sight on Okaloosa Island – once you walk away from the more crowded beach access points. Less than seven inches long and lighter…
Read more![The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History](/assets/image-cache/media/images/Interviews and Reviews/Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History/Photo_2.69b940c5.jpg)
by Georgia Woodroffe
Over the last 500 million years, Earth has experienced five mass extinctions. Each was marked by the obliteration of a significant proportion of all life on the planet within a geologically insignificant…
Read more![Marching to Save the Elephant on October 4](/assets/image-cache/images/galleries/In the Wild Plains/Christo_elephant9.eac2d2a4.jpg)
by Cyril Christo and Marie Wilkinson
The upcoming International March for Elephants will be held October 4, 2013, across three continents and 13 cities, from Melbourne to Rome, from Cape Town to New York, and is inspired by the David Sheldrick…
Read more![How Craft Beer Can Save the World](/assets/image-cache/images/wpImages/2013/06/Beer%20inside%20out%281%29.84cdda71.jpg)
by Jessica Schmonsky
Beer is an ancient beverage with roots growing as far back as the fifth millennia BC. Since malts and hops and barley were first brewed together, the recipe for this popular beverage has endured some drastic…
Read more![Food Security and Sustainable Action](/assets/image-cache/images/galleries/ODonnell/Freshly%20caught%20Saithe%20Artic%20Norway.bc6f3c82.jpg)
by Jessica Schmonsky
Climate change affects agriculture and food production both directly through changing environmental conditions and indirectly by affecting growth and the distribution of incomes. Current studies suggest…
Read more![A Brief Biodiversity Explainer](/assets/image-cache/media/images/Feature/A Brief Biodiversity Explainer/Brief_Biodiversity_Feature.eec234ee.jpg)
by Lillian Steenblik Hwang
You have probably read a lot of articles that mention biodiversity, but sometimes it can be unclear exactly what biodiversity is and how biodiversity loss impacts your life. As we enter the new year, here…
Read more![The Growing Importance of Ecofeminism](/assets/image-cache/images/features/Ecofeminism/Photo_4.b6567f6c.jpg)
by Jessica Schmonsky
In a world of growing pollution, increasing climate change and dramatic biodiversity loss, ecofeminism can offer humans a new lens through we which we can view our role in conservation. These new ideas…
Read more![The Future of Life](/assets/image-cache/images/features/Book Reviews/Future of LIfe/Photo_3.1d00087f.jpg)
by Altaire Cambata
E.O. Wilson’s highly influential work The Future of Life begins where one would imagine: the present. Half of all species thrive in tropical rainforests, though any locale with liquid water, organic molecules…
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