No Entry
In America, whether we can swim — and whether we have access to water at all — is closely tied to race.
Hannah S. Palmer

Feature Articles

Room to Roam

What the world’s only wild horse species needs from us is the hardest thing to give — undisturbed space.

Viola Kerekes

The Finders

These rare species searchers are obsessive, observant — and, in a world where so much life is vanishing — necessary

Eric Freedman

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Vanishing Shores

Notes from a Vanishing Shore

Sigrid Marianne Gayangos

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Running Dry

Frequent droughts are swelling the flow of migrants into South Africa. They are also easing the border crossing

Nyasha Bhobo Tsitsi Bhobo

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To Our Readers

What We Do Matters

Sometimes, keeping on with the work at hand can also be a form of resistance.

Maureen Nandini Mitra

Beyond Human

A Memorial for a tree

Celebrating the life of an ancient oak

Tove Danovich

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Earth Island Reports

Saving the Oceanic Whitetip Shark

One of the ocean’s most feared fish is the one we should be most afraid of losing.

David McGuire

Kalimantan’s Grassroots Forest Keepers

Supporting Dayak women’s conservation initiatives that emphasize local expertise and place-based knowledge

Tia Merotto

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1000 Words

Immersed in Place

For Sandilya Theuerkauf, art begins with deep observation of natural spaces

Zoe Loftus-Farren

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Conversation

“Hope Embedded in Despair”

We do our best work as a people in times of extreme crisis, says “apocalyptic optimist” Dana Fisher.

Maureen Nandini Mitra

In Review

Let it Flow

In Review: Is a River Alive?

Jason Mark

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Unknown Knowns

In Review: Vanishing Treasures: A Bestiary of Extraordinary Endangered Creatures

Elisa Shoenberger

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Voices

A Wild Calling

Working for a future where coexistence is not the exception, but the norm.

Camilla Fox

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Talking Points

Climate and Environmental News in Brief: Summer 2025

News in Brief

Journal Staff