By Emily Denstedt | March 10, 2023 For those of us working in conservation, public health, or veterinary medicine, you may have heard or used the term “One Health.” And if you haven’t yet, you will soon. The World Health Organization’s One Health High-Level Expert Panel (OHHLEP) has defined One…

By Emily Bernal | March 2, 2023 In 2021, I had an undergraduate college experience that afforded me an opportunity to travel the globe. Whereas in “normal times” a student like me might trade her computer for a backpack and passport for new experiences in a far-flung part of the…

By Kasper Agger | December 21, 2022 Mwamagembe, with a population of 6,500 inhabitants, comes across as a perfectly normal village in rural Tanzania. A dusty road runs through the village, lined with simple one-story buildings and a few restaurants where food is cooked on the open fire. Life is…

December 5, 2022 Sulemani Mohamed loves sharks. While most people fear the apex predators, they are a “keystone species” — an animal that helps define and maintain entire marine ecosystems. Perhaps that’s why Sulemani feels such a connection to these aquatic animals, as he too works hard to keep a…

December 2, 2022 Shabani Mkwavila is a personable person. Fittingly, he landed a tourism job at Mafia Island Marine Park right out of college. At the time, a staff shortage in the Tanzanian marine protected area allowed Shabani to work as an honorary park ranger. This was his first opportunity…

December 2, 2022 Dorje Jyal was born and raised in a rural Tibetan community. “All the memories I have about my childhood are the stories between nature, humans, and wildlife. I still remember when I was around five, my grandparents showed me all these wild animals and taught me math…

December 1, 2022 OnDecember 26th, 2004, a deadly tsunami hit Indonesia — ravaging Aceh and sparking Ina Nisrina’s conservation journey. “Since that time, I always thought that one day, I’ll grow up to do something useful for Aceh because I have seen [with] my own eyes the impact of disaster…

December 1, 2022 Growing up, Rodrigo Munzenmayer thought nature was something that happened in places other than Tierra del Fuego. His eyes were not yet opened to the beautiful birds that inhabited his home or the lush landscapes that bordered the island. So when his mother housed Daniela Droguett at…

Government of Peru’s Proposal to Protect the Matamata Accepted at CITES CoP19 — By Yovana Murillo | November 22, 2022 Many conservationists who work to protect matamata freshwater turtles found in the Amazon have never even seen one in the wild. There are two species of matamata turtles, and both are good at camouflaging themselves in streams, rivers and lakes; they look like…