![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…
Read more![Children's Book Author Crusades for Tibetan Wildlife](/assets/image-cache/images/features/Youth/Snow Leopard/Photo_1.b6567f6c.jpg)
by Lauren Neville
Author Naomi Rose talks with Izilwane about her new children’s book, Where Snow Leopard Prowls, Tibet’s rare wildlife, and the importance of protecting Tibet’s fragile ecosystems.
Read more![Lysander’s Song](/assets/image-cache/images/galleries/In the Wild Plains/Christo_elephant12.eac2d2a4.jpg)
by Sarah Bennett
You know that feeling, looking back on childhood memories, when you aren’t sure whether the memory is actually yours? Perhaps you extrapolated from a photo you saw or drew from stories you were told. Like…
Read more![Elephants in the Refuge](/assets/image-cache/images/features/Impressions/Wasara Elephants/Photo_2.b6567f6c.jpg)
by Oriane Lee Johnston
Wasara Ranch and the Chiredzi River Land Conservancy in Zimbabwe is theoretically a place of refuge. But the flood of new settlers continues unchecked and has decimated the original Wasara ranch land,…
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,…
Read more![The Bear Whisperer](/assets/image-cache/images/features/Bear Whisperer/Bear_whisperer.2f9bad62.jpg)
by Zoe Krasney
What happens to the unwanted, the injured, the lost animals of New Mexico when they have nowhere else to go? For more than 10 years, Dr. Kathleen Ramsay has been taking in injured and problem animals –…
Read more![My Pantanal](/assets/image-cache/images/features/Book Reviews/Pantanal Review/Photo%204.1d00087f.jpg)
by Kathryn Pardo
In this simple yet stirring short film about life in the Pantanal, the big cat conservation organization Panthera reaches out to the people of Brazil in an attempt to discuss with them the importance of…
Read more![Saving Big Cats: an interview with Dr. Laurie Marker](/assets/image-cache/images/interviews/Laurie Marker/RUNS0123.7603d9d1.jpg)
by Altaire Cambata
Dr. Laurie Marker is the co-founder and executive director of the Cheetah Conservation Fund, which helps protect these charismatic big cats worldwide. She helped develop international captive breeding…
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![Taos Youth Biodiversity Art Project: Giving Children a Global Voice](/assets/image-cache/images/features/Youth/Taos Youth Art Festival/Taos_Youth2.b6567f6c.jpg)
by Carolyn Lopez
Join our eager interns as they work to educate children about the natural world and the need to protect it through art.
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![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.
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