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The Great Guano Rush of 2007–2008: “Filth,” Bats, and Food Sovereignty on Northern Pemba Island, Tanzania
The bat guano rush of 2007–2008 helped to initiate farmer experimentation with waste on northern Pemba Island.
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Mosquitopia: The Place of Pests in a Healthy World
Full book co-edited by former Rachel Carson Center fellow Marcus Hall.
Multimedia | book excerpt
Safari Nation: A Social History of the Kruger National Park
Safari Nation opens new lines of inquiry in the study of national parks in Africa and the rest of the world.
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Early Struggles to Maintain Captive Dolphins at the New York Public Aquarium
Methods for capturing and maintaining dolphins resulted not only in knowledge about captivity requirements but also in mass deaths and suffering.
Multimedia | journal article
“Erasing the Extinct: The Hunt for Caribbean Monk Seals and Museum Collection Practices”
Article from a special issue on animal history.
Multimedia | journal article
“O desaparecimento do que está extinto: a caça às focas-monge-do-caribe e as práticas de acervos museológicos”
Article from a special issue on animal history.
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A Blue-Green Oasis in the Heart of the Kazakh Steppe: The Korgalzhyn Nature Reserve
The Korgalzhyn nature reserve is a blue-green oasis of protected nature in the heart of the semi-arid Kazakh steppe.
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Of Ghost Nets and the Haunting at Nissum Bredning
This article follows “the Danish Society for a Living Sea” and their engagement with ghost nets and “local haunting dynamics.”
Multimedia | podcast
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.
Multimedia | journal article
“Hunters, Rangers, Cougars, and Jaguars: Juman and Nonhuman Territories at the Argentine-Brazilian Border, 1960s–1990s”
Article from a special issue on animal history.