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Christy Frank

Christy Frank is a freelance conservation and documentary photographer, writer, and filmmaker based in the Great Lakes region. She is passionate about storytelling that intersects environmental and human conditions, science communication, habitat restoration, and species recovery efforts. Her work has appeared in Audubon, National Wildlife Federation, CBS News, PBS Nature, and other outlets.

Ben Goldfarb's Latest Articles

City of Glass

By Ben Goldfarb, Christy Frank & Patricia Homonylo

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October 31, 2023

Meet the dedicated cadre of experts and volunteers working to protect birds from glass in the window-strike capital of the United States.

A Cicada calls from a plant with the Cincinnati, Ohio skyline in the background on June 12, 2021.

Signs of the Times

By Christy Frank & Jane C. Hu

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July 8, 2021

Despite their perceived abundance, the periodical cicadas that emerged across the eastern United States this summer point to a growing set of threats facing both the insects themselves and the ecosystems they help support.