![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![Las Nutrias de Río](/assets/image-cache/images/features/Las Nutrias/Las%20Nutrias_Feature.2f9bad62.jpg)
by Teresa Dovalpage
La nutria de río (Lontra canadensis) es un mamífero semi acuático grande y fuerte, que pertenece a la familia Weasal. Son muy sociables, juguetonas y tienen una energía aparentemente ilimitada, así que…
Read more![Lleva una Llama a Almorzar](/assets/image-cache/images/features/Impressions/Lleva una llama/Photo_2.b6567f6c.jpg)
by Teresa Dovalpage
Take a Llama to Lunch (Lleva una Llama a Almorzar) es una de las excursiones que ofrece Wild Earth Llama Adventures, una compañía que lleva veinte años haciendo senderismo con llamas en Nuevo México. La…
Read more![Rat Island](/assets/image-cache/images/features/Book Reviews/Rat Island/Rat%20Island%20Photo%203.1d00087f.jpg)
by Julia Osterman
The battles of island conservation come to life in Will Stolzenburg’s riveting tale. He recounts the efforts of determined conservationists to bring scores of wildlife back from the brink of extinction…
Read more![Q&A with Luke Dollar](/assets/image-cache/images/interviews/Luke Dollar Interview/Photo%205.8ef4999f.jpg)
by Julia Osterman
Luke Dollar, a conservation biologist whose work on the fossa in Madagascar has revealed much about an otherwise esoteric species, speaks about the importance of involving people in conservation, his research…
Read more![Searching for the Fossa](/assets/image-cache/images/features/Impressions/Searching for the fossa/Photo%204.b6567f6c.jpg)
by Julia Osterman
Voices for Biodiversity’s Julia Osterman takes readers on a journey to the mysterious island of Madagascar, where she spent time researching the rare fossa, the largest native predator on the island. Julia…
Read more![Q&A with Will Stolzenburg](/assets/image-cache/images/interviews/Will Stolzenburg/Stolzenburg%20Photo%204.8ef4999f.jpg)
by Julia Osterman
Julia Osterman speaks with conservationist and author Will Stolzenburg, author of Where the Wild Things Were and the recently published Rat Island: Predators in Paradise and the World’s Greatest Wildlife…
Read more![The Wayfinders](/assets/image-cache/images/features/Book Reviews/The Wayfinders/Photo%202.1d00087f.jpg)
by Julia Osterman
Inside all technology-addicted Westerners is the capability to adapt to some of the world’s most desolate landscapes and to transcend their own worldviews to open their minds. Join author Wade Davis as…
Read more![Q&A with Spencer Wells, author of Pandora’s Seed](/assets/image-cache/images/interviews/Spencer Wells/SW%20Interview%20Photo%202RTP.8ef4999f.jpg)
by Julia Osterman
Izilwane interviews eminent population geneticist and National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence Spencer Wells to discuss his most recent book, Pandora’s Seed. He talks about the need to consider the long-term…
Read more![Pandora’s Seed: The Unforeseen Cost of Civilization](/assets/image-cache/images/features/Book Reviews/Pandoras Seed/Pandoras%20Seed%20Photo%201.1d00087f.jpg)
by Julia Osterman
In this stirring study of how civilization has strained the human relationship with the natural world, author Spencer Wells examines issues such as obesity, global warming, the rise of mental illness,…
Read more![A Conservation Conversation with Dr. Stuart Pimm](/assets/image-cache/images/interviews/Stuart Pimm/Pimm_4.7603d9d1.jpg)
by Julia Osterman
Stuart Pimm discusses the ethics behind conservation and the importance of involving local peoples in protecting their own local biodiversity.
Read more![Q&A with Lee Berger](/assets/image-cache/images/interviews/Lee Berger/Berger%20photo%202-2.7603d9d1.jpg)
by Julia Osterman
Voices for Biodiversity speaks with paleoanthropologist and National Geographic Explorer Lee Berger about his newest research and revelations regarding the newly discovered hominid species, Australopithecus…
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