![The Sanctity of Whales](/assets/image-cache/images/features/Impressions/Sanctity of whales/Sanctity_of_Whales_Feature.b6567f6c.jpg)
by Cyril Christo and Marie Wilkinson
Around 1855, after first sealing in California and whaling in Magdalena Bay, Baja, Charles Scammon, a captain from Maine turned his attention to San Ignacio Bay. By 1859-60 the grays had been all but eliminated.…
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by Emily Swaim
When most people hear the word farm, they think of a large red barn, a fenced-in yard, and chickens roaming freely in the sunlight. Unfortunately, that scene is hardly common in contemporary America. Most…
Read more![Teenaged Climber Takes Growing Up to New Heights](/assets/image-cache/images/features/Youth/Jordan Romero/photo_2.b6567f6c.jpg)
by Kathryn Pardo
Dating. Homework. High school dances. Where to go to college? Life for many teenagers is already full of the challenges of growing up. But at 15 years old, mountaineer Jordan Romero is taking “up” to a…
Read more![The American Landscape: The Background Story](/assets/image-cache/images/galleries/American Landscape/7.17394b91.jpg)
by Cristina Kladis
One American University student explores the untold stories of the mountains of garbage that Americans throw away every day. She sets out to photograph not only the trash we discard but also the effects…
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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![Hippotherapy: Horses and the Human Condition](/assets/image-cache/images/features/Hippotherapy/Photo_5.2f9bad62.jpg)
by Molly Marquand
To the plains Indians, horses stood for wealth and power. To ancient Arabian peoples, the horse was grace incarnate, born from the blowing of a southerly wind. Across millennia, horses have gifted their…
Read more![The Great Salmon Tour Project](/assets/image-cache/images/features/Great Salmon Tour/Photo_4.1d00087f.jpg)
by Peter Berulf Johnsen
Salmon and trout are some of the most well-known fish species worldwide. They are in grocery stores and on menus, and there are entire outfitters built around giving anglers a great salmon fishing experience.…
Read more![The Worst Hard Time](/assets/image-cache/images/features/Worst Hard Time Review/Photo_2.b6567f6c.jpg)
by Jami Wright
In The Worst Hard Time, Pulitzer Prize winning author Timothy Egan penetrates the American experience of the Dust Bowl through interviews with a soon-to-be lost generation. This era made its mark despite…
Read more![The Four Furies of the Southwest](/assets/image-cache/images/interviews/DeBuys/Photo_2.7603d9d1.jpg)
by Tara Waters Lumpkin
President of Voices for Biodiversity, Dr. Tara Lumpkin, sits down with author William de Buys to talk about the four greatest threats to the fragile Southwestern ecosystems. How are the recent fires in…
Read more![Q&A with Sean Carnell of Tigers for Tigers](/assets/image-cache/images/wpImages/2012/08/India-facebook.46980fe9.jpg)
by George Stevens
George Stevens sits down with Sean Carnell, a Senior at Clemson University and President of Tigers for Tigers, an organization which is partnering with other universities to form the National Tiger Coalition.…
Read more![Invasive Beetle Threatens America’s Ash Trees](/assets/image-cache/images/wpImages/2012/07/EAB_courtesy_USDS.4194a5b7.jpg)
by Merri Collins
A small green beetle could be responsible for the destruction of all 7.5 billion ash trees throughout Canada and the U.S. It has already ravaged 100 million ash trees across 14 states and parts of Canada,…
Read more![The Taos Youth Art & Biodiversity Project](/assets/image-cache/images/galleries/Youth Gallery/Wildlife_Photos.25a2ee8c.jpg)
by Catherine Meyer, Hari Ganesan
Through the Taos Youth Art and Biodiversity Project, Izilwane hoped to educate young children about conservation by connecting the human animal to the natural world. With simple, grassroots publicity,…
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