![The Power of Pets](/assets/image-cache/images/wpImages/2012/05/Pet_3.df55dde7.jpg)
by Sandra Lumpkin
National Capital Therapy Dogs Inc. is a non-profit, completely volunteer organization that specializes in providing animal therapy to patients in locations such as health facilities, schools, shelters…
Read more![Dancing with Horses](/assets/image-cache/images/features/Impressions/Equus Project/EquusProjectRTP-7.b6567f6c.jpg)
by Catherine Meyer, JoAnna Mendl Shaw
In 1997, choreographer JoAnna Mendl Shaw developed a unique collaboration between equestrianism and dance, a new connection between horse and human. By partnering natural horsemanship with elaborate choreography,…
Read more![Belonging to the Land, Part 3: We’re Still Here](/assets/image-cache/images/features/Belonging to the Land/Photo%209.2f9bad62.jpg)
by Zoe Krasney
Legal battles among Hopi, Navajo, government and private organizations over fragile natural resources now threaten to completely destroy the traditions of many people still living on the land near Black…
Read more![Belonging to the Land, Part 2: Big Mountain](/assets/image-cache/images/features/Belonging to the Land/Photo%204.2f9bad62.jpg)
by Zoe Krasney
For hundreds of years, the Navajo and Hopi thrived in the high, arid deserts of Arizona. Throughout recent history, these people have faced numerous assaults on their ways of life: war, forced relocation,…
Read more![Belonging to the Land, Part 1: The Elders of Black Mesa](/assets/image-cache/images/features/Belonging to the Land/Photo%202.2f9bad62.jpg)
by Zoe Krasney
For decades, the struggle over traditional lands on the Navajo and Hopi reservations has unfolded, steeped in history, myth, prophecy and the inevitability of greed – indigenous peoples set against each…
Read more![Food, Culture and Conservation](/assets/image-cache/images/galleries/ODonnell/Wild%20Rapberries%20New%20Mexico.bc6f3c82.jpg)
by Jim O’Donnell
In this stunning photo gallery, photographer Jim O’Donnell explores the connections between food and our natural environment. With these images, he illustrates the ways in which our food system is fragile…
Read more![Venus Flytrap Poachers Arrested in North Carolina](/assets/image-cache/images/wpImages/2012/02/Venus%20Fly%20Trap.df55dde7.jpg)
by Kathryn Pardo
RALEIGH, NC—Venus flytrap poaching may not seem like the most lucrative crime for those looking for an easy buck, but the uprooting of these plants to sell in roadside stands and markets is threatening…
Read more![Wolf Culling Enacted by Government](/assets/image-cache/images/wpImages/2012/02/Wolves.df55dde7.jpg)
by Kathryn Pardo
WASHINGTON, DC—The Idaho Department of Fish and Game plans to implement aerial hunting of wolves this year, using federal funds to support the culling. The ultimate goal of this plan is not to effectively…
Read more![Children and Conservation: An art gallery from nature](/assets/image-cache/images/galleries/Youth Gallery/Ceramic_Project.25a2ee8c.jpg)
by Camille Cruse
Izilwane helps teach children about the importance of conservation through artistic expression. In the summer of 2011, Izilwane interns Carolyn Lopez and Anne Da Silva developed and conducted a series…
Read more![Universities Turn to Green Energy](/assets/image-cache/images/wpImages/2011/07/3-300x199.eac2d2a4.jpg)
by Kathryn Pardo
WASHINGTON, D.C. — At least seven colleges and universities now receive 100 percent of the electricity they use from green power sources, according to the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
Read more![Revisiting Gay Bradshaw’s Work](/assets/image-cache/images/interviews/Gay Bradshaw/Revisiting_Feature.7603d9d1.jpg)
by Zoe Krasney
Gay Bradshaw, founder of The Kerulos Center and of trans-species psychology, discusses animal forgiveness, extinction and genocide with Voices for Biodiversity’s Zoe Krasney.
Read more![The New Face of Wildlife Filmmaking: a report from the 2011 Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival](/assets/image-cache/images/in-depth/Jackso Hole Film/JHWFF%20photo%202.2f9bad62.jpg)
by Kathryn Pardo
Join Kathryn Pardo on her journey to the Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival. She explores numerous newcomer films and takes a look at one of the new, unofficial themes of the festival: conservation.
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