The best Wildlife newsletters

An independent newsletter covering U.S. public lands, national parks, wildlife and conservation policy through news-driven, reported articles. Readers get context on controversies such as corporate donations to Yellowstone, border construction in Big Bend and park incidents.

A literary nature newsletter of personal essays that use encounters with birds and animals, such as a blind goat, a rescue-centre hawk and moulting garden birds, to reflect on death, surrender and humility. Each issue is a short, lyrical reflection by a named guest or author drawing on wildlife rescue and landscape.

Personal essays on wildlife, plants and wild places, written from a naturalist's perspective in Vermont and beyond. Readers get reflective, lyrical writing on noticing the natural world, plus commentary on issues like AI in nature writing.

Illustrated, personal essays by artist Amy Jean Porter about encounters with local wildlife, from warblers and turtles to cormorants, mixed with reflections on seasons and nature. Readers get gentle natural history and a reminder to notice the animals around them.

A Substack by a writer with 26 years of rainforest conservation and Indigenous community experience, covering nature, wildlife, Indigenous cosmology, consciousness and planetary health. Issues mix long-form place and culture essays, art and cultural features, and personal updates on the newsletter's structure and archive.

Campaign newsletter from Protect the Wild arguing for an end to bird shooting in the UK, covering Defra's gamebird consultation and undercover findings from game farms. Readers get advocacy-driven updates and calls to action on gamebird welfare policy.

A witty weekly-ish roundup of recent news and science, covering labor organizing at Wizards of the Coast, a butterfly-catching study, a newly discovered Bolivian cat species, and US federal deployments, with a conversational, joke-laden voice. Readers get brief, opinionated takes on stories they may have missed, framed with humor.

A weekly roundup of good-news environmental and climate developments, such as battery and electric truck growth, wildlife population data and conservation successes. It also includes longer interviews, such as with a Kazakh rewilding expert.

Hunting newsletter covering whitetail deer strategy, trophy buck stories and gear recommendations, with a focus on bowhunting. Readers get detailed accounts of recent hunts, seasonal tactics such as pre-rut calling, and product notes.