![Saving Snakes: An Interview with Nicolette Cagle](/assets/image-cache/media/images/Interviews and Reviews/Saving Snakes/Thumbnail.1679bba6.jpg)
by Erika Zambello
On a walk in a local park this week, I found myself scanning the trail. From the trunks of trees to the edges of the path, I was looking for signs of the small and scaly residents of my North Florida hometown:…
Read more![Elephant Depression](/assets/image-cache/media/images/Poetry/Elephant Depression/Thumbnail.d7bf5e88.jpg)
by Tara Waters Lumpkin
"Depression is biological," The experts say. "Feel good! Take Prozac,
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by Tara Waters Lumpkin
In old Africa: Dust stirred by bare feet and lions’ paws . . . Gone now.
Read more![Livable Shorelines](/assets/image-cache/media/images/Feature/Livable Shorelines/Thumbnail.381804bd.jpg)
by Erika Zambello
Choctawhatchee Bay encompasses a large estuary along the Florida Panhandle, a watershed that stretches across Okaloosa, Walton, Washington and Holmes Counties before extending into Alabama.
Read more![From Restaurant to Reef: An Oyster’s Journey](/assets/image-cache/media/images/Feature/Restaurant to Reef/baseball11-350x350.80cd3c3b.jpg)
by Erika Zambello
I sat at a high table at Half Shell Oyster House in Destin, Florida. Christmas music played softly in the background, complemented by fir boughs adorned with red bows on each table. General Manager Stephen…
Read more![Book Review: Brief Eulogies for Lost Animals](/assets/image-cache/images/interviews/Brief Eulogies for Lost Animals/Dodo-Photo-350x350.7603d9d1.jpg)
by Erika Zambello, Kira Johnson
As individuals who work in the environmental field and whose hobbies involve being outdoors, we had heard of some of the extinct species featured in Brief Eulogies for Lost Animals by Daniel Hudon before…
Read more![Birdwatching: A Growing Industry in Post-Conflict Colombia](/assets/image-cache/media/images/Dispatch/Birdwatching/Thumbnail.7f36d62b.jpg)
by Erika Zambello
In November 2016, Colombia’s congress approved a historic peace deal after a 52-year conflict with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC). For decades, the presence of armed groups prevented…
Read more![2017 International Coastal Cleanup](/assets/image-cache/media/images/Dispatch/2017 International Coastal Cleanup/Thumbnail.7f36d62b.jpg)
by Erika Zambello
On Saturday, September 16, hundreds of thousands of volunteers from across the world headed to their coastal beaches and marshes to remove trash and marine debris as part of the 2017 International Coastal…
Read more![Hurricane Impact on Wildlife](/assets/image-cache/media/images/Dispatch/Hurricane Impact on Wildlife/Thumbnail.4dad7336.jpg)
by Erika Zambello
In the United States, the news is currently dominated by storm stories, from Hurricane Harvey’s assault on Texas and Louisiana, to the incoming Hurricane Irma heading toward island nations, Puerto Rico,…
Read more![The Alternative of Real Ecology: A Review](/assets/image-cache/media/images/Interviews and Reviews/The Alternative of Real Ecology/Thumbnail.69b940c5.jpg)
by Erika Zambello
Kveldulf Gunnar Larsson offers an important critique of the modern environmental movement and a stark assessment of what people are doing to the planet.
Read more![Studying Sea Otters at Elkhorn Slough](/assets/image-cache/media/images/Field Notes/Sea Otters/Thumbnail.1900ee35.jpg)
by Erika Zambello
I stood atop Yampah Hill with Kerstin Wasson, Research Coordinator for the Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve (ESNERR). A large tidal creek wove through the marsh grass, its arms snaking…
Read more![Garbage to Garden: Using Compost to Reduce Landfill Waste](/assets/image-cache/media/images/Feature/Garbage to Garden/Thumbnail.43cdb66a.2b9b4b28.jpg)
by Erika Zambello
Landfills create big problems. Toxins in electronic refuse — old cell phones, computers, televisions, etc. — can eventually leach into the soil and groundwater, causing decades of environmental health…
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