The Indian and Pacific Oceans clash through the Bass Strait, separating the island of Tasmania from the underside of the Australian mainland. Tasmania’s variety of coastlines vary from the west, wild and open to the ‘roaring forties’ that surge unchecked across the ocean, to the more protected east coast,...
This story discusses the tendency among conservation scientists to characterize endangered species as “homeless.” It uses my personal experiences living in Eugene, Oregon, and the contentious removal of a Hawaiian monk seal from the island of Moloka'i to suggest that displacement is experienced by people and species together.
This audio piece tells the story of the ongoing decline and extinction of Hawai'i's incredible land snails, exploring the diverse ways in which these often overlooked creatures matter for local people and their environments.
The sea is swallowing up coastline after coastline, until it reaches your special beach, then in the blink of an eye it is gone. Just like the Australian coastline, many other coastlines around the world are experiencing erosion.
An essay on the history of diseases in bananas in Australia, exploring questions of memory, diversity, and loss in the colonial and monocultural space of the plantation.