Ghana’s Sacred MonkeysArticle 04.19.2022Myth and mystery have long protected two species of monkey and the West African forests they depend on, but for how much longer?
Letters Between TreesArticle 09.09.2021With a pandemic and record-breaking fire season raging, two individuals, seemingly worlds apart, find solace in their connections with one another and within the ecosystems they call home.
From Reviled to AdoredPhoto Essay 02.23.2021How one community—and one woman in particular—have found a way to protect the rarest stork in the world simply by learning to appreciate the species and embracing it as one of their own.
Can Wild Foods Save the Amazon?Article 10.23.2018Peruvian chefs and Amazon dwellers hope the answer is yes—and that the path to salvation will be sabroso.
Borderland RebellionArticle 08.15.2018From climate change to a border wall, the oft-overlooked but critically important scrubland plants in South Texas face myriad threats. To save them, this self-taught naturalist is taking matters into his own hands.
A Noble WarArticle 05.09.2017An ex-soldier of fortune takes up the fight to protect one of the world’s most heavily persecuted creatures.
Lion GuardiansPhoto Essay 04.11.2017With human-wildlife conflicts on the rise across East Africa, Kenya’s iconic predators find some unlikely allies.
Guardian of the Cotton-topArticle 02.07.2017The landscape architect who became the unlikely steward of Colombia’s critically endangered one-pound monkey
Life After TimberArticle 12.20.2016What’s a community to do when outside forces and ecological realities threaten the very industry on which it’s built?
Gorillas on the MendPhoto Essay 04.26.2016To bring medical support to mountain gorillas, a group of veterinarians brave one of the world’s most dangerous national parks.