![Those Dammed Salmon](/assets/image-cache/images/in-depth/Those Dammed Salmon/Little%20Redfish%20Lake%202-2.2f9bad62.jpg)
by G.R. Stahl
For thousands of years, salmon have been the beating heart of Idaho. They have fed families, boosted the economy, challenged determined anglers, nourished the bodies and spirits of Native Americans, and…
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![Amphibians](/assets/image-cache/images/galleries/Robin Moore/Tree%20Frog.17394b91.jpg)
by Jessica Gottlieb
To see a photo of a tiny glass frog, perched on a leaf peering curiously back at the viewer, one would think that Robin Moore has been a photographer all his life. In reality, Robin has only been taking…
Read more![In Africa’s Wake](/assets/image-cache/images/galleries/Beth Henry/Being%20New.bc6f3c82.jpg)
by Kathryn Pardo
Inspired by books such as Out of Africa and Flame Trees of Thika, photographer Beth Henry set out to capture the wildness of Africa through the lens of a camera. Once there, she will tell you, the continent…
Read more![Vanishing of the Bees](/assets/image-cache/images/features/Vanishing Bees/Vanishing_Bees_1.2f9bad62.jpg)
by Kira Johnson
One-third of the foods most humans eat are dependent on bees for pollination. Unfortunately, Colony Collapse Disorder is causing bee populations to decline at an alarming rate. Read more about this troubling…
Read more![For the Birds](/assets/image-cache/images/galleries/Geraint Smith/heron_7807_2_1.25a2ee8c.jpg)
by Kathryn Pardo
When asked about what inspires his art, photographer Geraint Smith smiles and pauses thoughtfully. “I like to be in the present with my photography,” he says, shading his eyes from the New Mexico sun.…
Read more![The Galapagos](/assets/image-cache/images/galleries/The Galapagos/013Galapagos.8ef4999f.jpg)
by Kathryn Pardo
Lying six hundred miles off of the coast of Ecuador, the Galapagos Islands dot the Pacific Ocean with more than one hundred islands that are home to more than nine thousand species, many of which occur…
Read more![Michael Soulé, Grandfather of Conservation Biology](/assets/image-cache/images/interviews/Michael soule/Michael_Soule_Feature.8ef4999f.jpg)
by Alexander Gilbert
Michael Soulé is considered by many to be the grandfather of conservation biology. He formed the Wildlands Project, now the Wildands Network, over a decade ago. A dozen vigorous, local ecosystem-conservation…
Read more![Lessons From Wolves](/assets/image-cache/images/in-depth/lessons_from_wolves/4Lessons-From-Wolves-.e0fb914a.jpg)
by Jami Wright
Anthropologist Jami Wright studied wolf reintroduction in Idaho by studying Idahoans. She found that many wolf complaints had more to do with people than the predator.
Read more![Student of the Horse](/assets/image-cache/images/galleries/student_of the_horse/12Student-of-the-Horse.eac2d2a4.jpg)
by Susan Ramsey
"I'm not a horse whisperer. I am a student of the horse. Our body language becomes the curious discourse of give and take, of pressure and release, direct and indirect -- a dance if you will," explained.…
Read more![Encore Career](/assets/image-cache/images/galleries/encore_career/0Elephant_Face_Tsavo_Kenya.bc6f3c82.jpg)
by Amy Carfagno
Jack Burtt left his accounting career in 2004 to begin an encore career as an independent traveler and volunteer researcher for the environmental organization Earthwatch. Through his research work with…
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