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Sandy Solomon: Grief

I move back and forth
down the supermarket aisles,
the way I move back and forth
through grief’s famous stages.

November 13, 2024 · 17 Comments

Michael Daley: Ground Work

swan, coyote, wolf, swallow, butterfly will multiply and prosper,
wilderness sprout through pavement and skylines

October 10, 2024 · 6 Comments

Video: Isabella Kirkland | The Beauty of Wildlife — And an Artistic Call to Protect it

Investigating humanity’s relationship to nature, she shares work that takes a creative stand against ecological despair — and quietly urges climate action through permanent images of vanishing wildlife.

April 7, 2024 · 2 Comments

Christopher J. Preston: Wolf restoration in Colorado shows how humans are rethinking their relationships with wild animals

Recovering animals encounter a world that is markedly different from the one in which they declined, especially in terms of how people think about wildlife.

February 28, 2023 · 4 Comments

Matthew J. Parker: The Howling Resurrection of Ninemile

Until very recently, the score stood at Cows, 99,200,000, Wolves 0…. It took a lot of money to kill every last wolf out of the West. We behaved badly doing it: setting them on fire, feeding them ground up glass, et cetera.

January 13, 2023 · Leave a comment

Veronica Frans, Jianguo Liu: Protecting 30% of Earth’s surface for nature 

A biodiversity crisis is reducing the variety of life on Earth. Under pressure from land and water pollution, development, overhunting, poaching, climate change and species invasions, approximately 1 million plant and animal species are at risk of extinction.

December 9, 2022 · Leave a comment

Jake Johnson: Climate Crisis Pushes Migratory Monarch Butterflies Onto Endangered List

“Decisive action to tackle climate change and restore ecosystems” is badly needed to rescue the beloved subspecies, experts say.

July 22, 2022 · Leave a comment

Danielle DeTiberus: Selection Pressures

Only a man, 
standing in line at Lowe’s, red leaf blower and blue 
electrical tape in his cart. Unlike the lizard, 
we can imagine his dreams.

May 23, 2022 · 1 Comment

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