The Road
Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Cormac McCarthy, The Road portrays a father and son struggling to survive in a post-apocalytic world turned savage.
Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Cormac McCarthy, The Road portrays a father and son struggling to survive in a post-apocalytic world turned savage.
This film examines the rapid extinction of the passenger pigeon by 1914, its lessons for the future, and plans from the “de-extinction” movement to reverse the event using genetic science.
This film follows the filmmaker to the remote temperate rainforest of Vancouver Island, and shows how modern logging, in contrast to indigenous forestry practices, is leading to its rapid extinction.
The passenger pigeon, once one of the most abundant birds in the world, is pushed to extinction in 1914 by deforestation and the commercial consumption of its meat.
International conservationists and researchers launch a three-year action plan to address the increasing endangerment of Madagascar’s endemic lemur population.
American Bison flourished on the Great Plains of the United States before westward expansion and the practice of widespread hunting challenged the survival of the animal. Policies in the early 20th century barely saved the wild bison populations.
Wild Earth 12, no. 1, focuses on the causes, processes and recovery chances of biodiversity loss. It spotlights the Rocky Mountain locust, the passenger pigeon, wolves in Yellowstone, and the black-tailed prairie dog.
Wild Earth 13, no. 1, features essays that present contrasting views on mountain biking in the wilderness, the Clovis culture and origins of ecological awareness, as well as the National Wilderness Preservation System and wilderness abuse.
Wild Earth 13, no. 4, focuses on the National Wildlife Refuge System with essays on its history, the wildlife refuge in Southeastern Oregon, wildlands ofthe Great Plains, and pronghorn extinction in the Sonoran Desert.
Wild Earth 7, no. 4 features provocative essays on population extinction and the biodiversity crisis, how immigration threatens America’s natural environment, the costs of affluence and consumption, and a technological imperative.