Systems

Learning the Lessons of the Planet

As we continue to recklessly degrade the global environment, and our society starts to feel the sobering consequences, we all need to step back and quickly learn—and live by—the lessons that our living world can teach us.

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A Gathering of Giants

A photographer slips into the ocean to swim among hundreds of sperm whales—witnessing a rarely seen social spectacle.

Long leaf pine habitat in the gamelands outside Southern Pines, NC.
The Birds and the Bombs

The fate of the Southeast's longleaf pine forests, and the endangered woodpeckers that depend on them, may rest in the hands of the U.S. military.

March of the Flamingos

In the harsh, hot soda lakes of East Africa, flamingos thrive, and now scientists are beginning to understand how these birds live where other species die.

Eurasian beavers
Mealtime Swim

Back from the brink, Eurasian beavers are once again an integral part of the river ecosystem in France's Loire Valley.

Remembering the Stories of Nature

Just when it’s more important than ever to appreciate and understand the wonders of nature, Big Science and mainstream Academia are turning their backs on the living world. It’s time we turn this around, and embrace the lessons that natural history can teach us.