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The Tragedy of the Paradise Parrot
The tragic story of the Paradise Parrot is haunted by both the spectre and the reality of extinction.
Mosquitopia: The Place of Pests in a Healthy World
Full book co-edited by former Rachel Carson Center fellow Marcus Hall.
Interview with Jeff Sebo, author of Saving Animals, Saving Ourselves: Why Animals Matter for Pandemics, Climate Change, and Other Catastrophes
In this episode from the New Books Network podcast, Jeff Sebo is interviewed on his book, Saving Animals, Saving Ourselves: Why Animals Matter for Pandemics, Climate Change, and Other Catastrophes.
“Weltnaturschutz”: Global Protection of Nature
The text “Weltnaturschutz” (World nature protection) by Paul Sarasin (1856–1929) is a key document in the history of the global nature conservation movement.
Interview with Alice Crary and Lori Gruen, authors of Animal Crisis: A New Critical Theory
In this episode from the New Books Network podcast, Alice Crary and Lori Gruen are interviewed on their recent book, Animal Crisis: A New Critical Theory.
The Colonial Roots of the Kangaroo Controversy
This article situates contemporary debates over kangaroo-population management within Australia’s violent history of settler-colonial occupation and attendant environmental transformations.
Boar-der Fencing: Human-Animal Conflicts in the Danish Borderlands
Fencing for biosecurity reasons is a contentious topic among pig farmers, environmental organizations, politicians, and borderland communities.
The Bishnoi: Revisiting Religious Environmentalism and Traditional Forest and Wildlife Management in the Thar Desert
This article traces how Bishnoi religious beliefs have informed environmental activism as well as present-day forest conservation and wildlife-protection strategies in the Thar Desert, India.