A biologist and wildlife photographer shares first-person stories from expeditions, including a frightening shipwreck-like incident in the Galápagos and a jaguar-spotting day on the Pantanal river. The newsletter pairs animal natural history with the behind-the-scenes realities of finding and photographing wildlife.
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Personal essays on wildlife, plants and wild places, written by a naturalist from Vermont with a focus on the practice of noticing. Recent issues cover AI's intrusion into nature writing, autumn foliage and small botanical details like purple holly petioles.
A bird photographer's reflective newsletter pairing wildlife images with lyrical, introspective essays about canoeing among waterfowl, a hawk encounter, and the emotional weight of a bird's death. Readers get poetic nature writing that treats predator-prey relationships and the photographer's own relationship to birds as subjects for reflection.
A conservationist's newsletter on nature and wildlife in the South Peninsula of Cape Town, covering baboon management, gardening for wildlife and fynbos species profiles. Issues offer evidence-minded commentary and practical advice for living alongside local nature.
A personal newsletter exploring Scottish and Celtic nature, folklore, seasonal customs and the spiritual sense of place through essays and journal-style writing. Readers get reflective, well-researched pieces drawing on lived experience, language and history, with accompanying photography and podcasts.
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