![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…
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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.
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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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by Julia Osterman
Voices for Biodiversity catches up with author and conservationist Lawrence Anthony to learn more about his two books and third upcoming book. In the process, Anthony talks about the power of animals to…
Read more![The Elephant Whisperer](/assets/image-cache/images/features/Book Reviews/Elephant Whisperer/Photo%203-2.1d00087f.jpg)
by Julia Osterman
Journey into the South African bush in Lawrence Anthony’s The Elephant Whisperer: My Life with the Herd in the African Wild. This touching narrative, which delves into the transformational relationship…
Read more![Bird Calls](/assets/image-cache/images/features/Impressions/Bird Song/Glossy_Starling_Kruger_400x400.b6567f6c.jpg)
by Tara Waters Lumpkin
Bird song, I discovered, is different in southern Africa from anywhere else that I’ve traveled in the world -- louder, more melodic; an orchestra rather than a few musicians chirping. The meadow lark,…
Read more![The Human Animal and Biodiversity](/assets/image-cache/images/features/Impressions/Biodiversity/IMG_2430ZuluWeaving.b6567f6c.jpg)
by Tara Waters Lumpkin
Tara Lumpkin explores how we can protect biodiversity by becoming aware of our "humanness" -- both good and bad -- and thus change our relationship to the environment and other species.
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