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Paradise in Progress: On Creating a Natural Refuge in the Blue Ridge Mountains

Paradise in Progress: On Creating a Natural Refuge in the Blue Ridge Mountains

“The more I learned, the more I had to face that, in this job I’d volunteered myself for, total control was impossible.”

By Paula Whyman | January 6, 2025

Taking the Long View: Why There Might Still Be Hope For the Earth’s Oceans

Taking the Long View: Why There Might Still Be Hope For the Earth’s Oceans

Helen Scales on How Best to Mitigate the Anthropocene’s Negative Impact on Marine Ecosystems

By Helen Scales | August 19, 2024

How a Multitude of Voices Can Broaden Our Understanding of the Natural World

How a Multitude of Voices Can Broaden Our Understanding of the Natural World

Rebecca Kormos on the Changing Face of Nature and Climate Narratives

By Rebecca Kormos | May 2, 2024

For the Love of Plants: 11 Books on Nature and Conservation Coming Out in 2024

For the Love of Plants: 11 Books on Nature and Conservation Coming Out in 2024

Amy Brady Recommends Erika Howsare, Miriam Darlington, Zoë Schlanger, and More

By Amy Brady | January 12, 2024

What the Marabou Stork Taught Me About Writing in an Era of Mass Extinction and Waste

What the Marabou Stork Taught Me About Writing in an Era of Mass Extinction and Waste

Ashia Ajani on Figuring Out How to Thrive During an Apocalypse

By Ashia Ajani | November 6, 2023

The World's Most Beautiful Bird Lives in Yellowstone National Park

The World's Most Beautiful Bird Lives in Yellowstone National Park

Behold the Peregrine Falcon

By Douglas W. Smith, Lauren E. Walker, Katharine E. Duffy and David Haines | October 12, 2023

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David Quammen’s Conservationist Manifesto From Landscapes of Wonder, Peril and Hope

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Naira de Gracia Explores the Importance of Species Conservation in Antarctica

By Naira de Gracia | April 7, 2023

How the Resurgence of Whale Populations Impacts Our Ecosystem

How the Resurgence of Whale Populations Impacts Our Ecosystem

Christopher J. Preston on the History and Future of Whale Conservation

By Christopher J. Preston | February 22, 2023

How a Scientist’s Dire Climate Warning Was Left Unheeded

How a Scientist’s Dire Climate Warning Was Left Unheeded

Benjamin von Brackel on Migrating Species and Earth’s Future

By Benjamin von Brackel | July 7, 2022

The Pervasive Problem—and Far-Reaching Impact—of Tree Poaching

The Pervasive Problem—and Far-Reaching Impact—of Tree Poaching

Lyndsie Bourgon on the Theft of Our Deepest Connection to History

By Lyndsie Bourgon | June 22, 2022

To Abandon Civilization with Glee: Tracking Tigers in the Russian Wilderness

To Abandon Civilization with Glee: Tracking Tigers in the Russian Wilderness

Jonathan Franklin on a Rafting Trip in the USSR with Tom Brokaw and the "Do Boys"

By Jonathan Franklin | August 19, 2021

Contemplating the Devotions of W.S. Merwin in the Wilds of North Jersey

Contemplating the Devotions of W.S. Merwin in the Wilds of North Jersey

Nick Ripatrazone on the Renowned Poet and the Wilderness He Loved

By Nick Ripatrazone | May 20, 2021

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