![How Biodiversity is Helping to Revitalize Coal Country](/assets/image-cache/media/images/Dispatch/Coal Country/FEATURE_photo%203_smith_edit.7f36d62b.jpg)
by Wally Smith
It's a cold November morning as I drive from my home in rural Wise County, Virginia, to the town of Tazewell, some 80 miles away. My journey takes me across the edge of the Virginia coalfields and through…
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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…
Read more![Apalachicola National Estuarine Research Reserve](/assets/image-cache/media/images/Galleries/Apalachicola National Estuarine Reserve/PREVIEW_ap%2062-412x400.07b64810.jpg)
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.
Read more![Exploring Wells National Estuarine Research Reserve](/assets/image-cache/media/images/Galleries/Wells National Estuarine Reserves/wells23-FEATURE-400x400.32214753.jpg)
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.
Read more![The Last Unicorn: William deBuy's Search for the Elusive Saola](/assets/image-cache/media/images/Feature/The Last Unicorn/soala.dc5991f3.jpg)
by Zoe Krasney, Casey Johnson
The Last Unicorn taps into a primal human instinct — the search for pure and innocent beauty. This quest has captured our attention for hundreds of years, and is perhaps the reason unicorns are ubiquitous…
Read more![Can You Find Green Salamanders? A Community Searches in the Appalachians](/assets/image-cache/images/galleries/Green Salamanders/DSCN3579.eac2d2a4.jpg)
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…
Read more![Snowy Plovers and Citizen Science along the Florida Panhandle](/assets/image-cache/media/images/Galleries/Snowy Plover/snowy%20plover_preview%20photo.32214753.jpg)
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![From Bali: Nusa Penida](/assets/image-cache/images/wpImages/2012/10/Ibu_BeachOffering-300x198.46980fe9.jpg)
by Altaire Cambata
There exists a solemn rite that every Balinese Hindu is expected to complete at least once during this lifetime. They must make a special pilgrimage to “Nusa Penida”, the black magic island, to visit a…
Read more![China, Raw and Tender](/assets/image-cache/images/features/China Raw and Tender/Photo_3.2f9bad62.jpg)
by Paul Relis
On his fourth trip to China, energy and development specialist Paul Relis notices drastic changes in this country he fell in love with in the 1980s. Clay-roofed houses have been replaced by ubiquitous,…
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