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• Category: Conservation & Ecological Ethics
  • Wildlife selfies harm animals − even when scientists share images with warnings in the captions
  • 2023 EwA Conservation Digest Collection
  • 2022 EwA Conservation Digest Collection
  • Caring for Frogs and Salamanders in their Own Home
  • 2021 EwA Conservation Digest Collection
  • Environmental Worldviews Glossary
  • Over-Collecting (Mushrooms)
  • Don’t Hike so Close to Me: How the Presence of Humans Can Disturb Wildlife up to Half a Mile Away
  • ‘Bee-washing’ Hurts Bees and Misleads Consumers
  • Plant Blindness & the Extinction Crisis
  • The Need for a Global Deal for Nature
  • The Case for Forests’ Prominent Role in Holding Off Climate Change
  • Is That Selfie Really Worth it? Why Face Time With Wild Animals is a Bad Idea
  • What The Grieving Mother Orca Tells Us About How Animals Experience Death
  • Support for the U.S. Endangered Species Act Over Time and Space
  • Killing Sharks, Wolves and Other Top Predators Won’t Solve Conflicts
  • Rainforest Collapse in Prehistoric Times Changed the Course of Evolution
  • Spotting Conservation Volunteering Fakes
  • Biodiversity Extinction Rates on Steroid
  • Even Scientists Take Selfies With Wild Animals –Here’s Why They Shouldn’t
  • How Noise Pollution is Changing Animal Behaviour
  • Zoo-ing Out: A First in the Travel Industry
  • When a Bird Asks You to Back Off
  • The Red Apes of Bukit —How Ethical is Orangutan Tourism?
  • Ecological Ethics A&A —From Awareness To Action
  • My Journey to Becoming an Ethical Wildlife Volunteer
  • A Visit to a Rwandan Gorilla Family
  • When Ignorance Isn’t Bliss
  • Volunteering with Captive Wild Animals?
  • Volunteering with or for Big Wild Cats?
  • About Conservation Ethics
• Category: Environment & Sustainability
  • Dogs–The Scoop on Poop
  • The Invasion of Microplastics
  • How to Design Cities Where Both People & Nature Can Flourish
  • Shrinking Winter Snowpack Harms Northeast Forests Year-round
  • Ten Years After The Crisis, What Is Happening To The World’s Bees?
  • The Ort Reports —Thwarting Food Waste at an Early Age
  • Curbing our Addiction to Plastics
  • What are Ecosystem Services?
  • Eating Less Meat? It Matters & It’s Easy
  • An Urban Walk on the Wild Side
  • What Nature Gives Us
• Category: EwA Nature Activities
  • 🏙️ Observing Nature in the City
  • 🏞️ Forest Immersion » Going Back Home
  • 🦋 Biobliss » Documenting Species Like a Pro
  • 🌺 4 Seasons Celebration » Summer
  • 🐸 Ephemeral Living » Vernal Pool Explorations
  • 🌱 4 Seasons Celebration » Spring
  • 🌳 Embrace your Tree Community
  • ❄️ 4 Seasons Celebration » Winter
  • 🍂 Nature Journaling the Wonders of Fall
  • 📝 The Wild Listing Game
  • 👣 The No Purpose Stroll & Fox Walking
  • 🐜 Repelling Bugs while Saving Them » Make Your Own Bug Spray
  • 🖇️ Environmental Problem Solving with Legos
  • 🌷 Nature Journaling Spring’s New Beginnings
  • 🕊️ The World of Birds
  • 🦎 iNaturalism » The Magic of Biodiversity
  • 🏞️ Nature Awakening
  • 🌱 Becoming Nature Aware —How to Start
  • ⭕ Your First EwA Circle
  • 🍂 4 Seasons Celebration » Fall
• Category: Featured
  • Fresh Pond Almanac—November at the Meadow
  • Conservation Needs Ecology Participatory Science!
  • Testimonial – Kate
  • Keeping a Forest Whole
  • EwA Internship » Biodiversity and Climate Citizen Science
  • Birds in Winter, Deadwood & Collembolans
  • Testimonial – Mina
  • EwA Participatory Science Volunteering
  • Lichens, Pollution, and Us
  • Keeping the Fells Whole
• Category: Field Highligths
  • Wasps Biosurveillance and Milkweed Haven
• Category: Narratives & Opinions
  • May the Lichens Be With You
  • Joy of the Fells—Citizen Science with EwA
  • Attracting & Retaining Citizen Scientists
  • Why Men Trophy Hunt
  • The Gift of Being Wrong —How to Enjoy & Learn From It
  • The Captivity Effects Denial Phenomenon
• Category: Nature & Wildlife Conservation
  • EwA Dog Poo Data Campaign
  • EwA Conservation Reports
  • For the Love of an Ovenbird
  • Help our Insects ▹ Join the Somerville Pollinator Project!
  • How Birders Helped Pinpoint Hotspots for Migratory Bird Conservation
  • Cub Petting: Cute and Harmful…
  • Wild Encountering with the Last “Man’s Messengers to the Gods”
  • Being a Grebe Guardian in Patagonia
  • The Plight of the Great Green
  • Why The Habit Of Wanting To Own A Piece Of Nature’s Beauty Needs To Be Broken
  • When Science “Discovers” What Traditional Knowledge Has Known All Along
  • Mangroves –A Muddy Affair!
  • Esteros del Iberá —Rewilding & Inspiring
  • Captive Breeding Programs: Which Shade of Grey?
  • Protecting the Elusive Peruvian Bear
  • Orangutan Health Field Research in Sumatra
  • EwA Field Work: Reporting from The Corridor of Life
  • EwA Field Work: The Corridor of Life
  • The Travelling Giraffe – Protecting a Species
  • A Good Sample of Volunteer Projects
  • A Sea Turtle Love Story
  • Kindness for a Lost Soul…
  • Where the Wild Things Were…
  • Tican Puma Squad in Pics
  • The Fight for Saving Hope…
• Category: Nature Education
  • Fresh Pond Almanac—October at the Meadow
  • Fresh Pond Almanac—September at the Meadow
  • Fresh Pond Almanac—August at the Meadow
  • Fresh Pond Almanac—July at the Meadow
  • Fresh Pond Almanac—June at the Meadow
  • Fresh Pond Almanac—May at the Meadow
  • Fresh Pond Almanac—April at the Meadow
  • Fresh Pond Almanac—February at the Meadow
  • Fresh Pond Almanac—January at the Meadow
  • Fresh Pond Almanac—December at the Meadow
  • Fresh Pond Almanac—March at the Meadow
  • Forest Explorations — April in the Fells
  • Forest Explorations — May in the Fells
  • EwA at Horn Pond
  • Forest Explorations — March in the Fells
  • 2021 City Nature Challenge
  • Forest Explorations — February in the Fells
  • Forest Explorations — January in the Fells
  • Forest Explorations — December in the Fells
  • Forest Explorations — November in the Fells
  • Forest Explorations — October in the Fells
  • Forest Explorations — September in the Fells
  • Forest Explorations — August in the Fells
  • Forest Explorations — July in the Fells
  • 2020 City Nature Challenge
  • Forest Explorations — February in the Fells
  • Forest Explorations — January in the Fells
  • Forest Explorations — November in the Fells
  • Forest Explorations — October in the Fells
  • Forest Explorations — September in the Fells
  • EwA at Fresh Pond » Pollinator Science & Nature Journaling
  • 🌱 Seasonal Nature Program for All
  • EwA at the Fells » Citizen Science & Naturalist Program
  • Together, Celebrating Biodiversity All Year Long at The Fells
• Category: News and Whatnot
  • Wildlife Volunteering — Expectations, Reality, Responsibility
  • Empowerment through Citizen Science
  • Volunteering in Kenya – Choosing the Right Programme
  • There’s a Bat in My House! What Do I Do?
  • Shilpa’s Wildflower Highlights » Self-heal
  • Shilpa’s Wildflower Highlights » Buttonbush
  • Shilpa’s Wildflower Highlights » American White Waterlily
  • Shilpa’s Wildflower Highlights » Common Milkweed
  • When Snapping Do Help Captive Animals
  • Wearing a Face Mask when Visiting Great Apes
  • My Profits from Trading Elephant Ivory
• Category: Notes from the Field
  • Never Fear to Ask —It Could Spare a Life…
  • Get your ‘Bear’ings & Keep your Distance
  • The Rescues of Jogja
  • The Bats of Lubee
  • A Herd of Elephants and a Gaggle of People
• Category: Republication
• Category: Responsible Travel & Tourism
  • Should I Worry About Shark Attacks?
• Category: Testimonial
  • Testimonial – Colleen
  • Testimonial – Kathy
• Category: Tips
  • Not ALL Zoos Are Bad… But How Do You Know?
• Category: Volunteering & Citizen Science
• Category: Wildlife Captivity & Welfare
• Category: Wildlife Traffic & Crime
• Category: Youth Voice