AWI Quarterly Term Archive

Review

The Secret Wisdom of Nature

Terrestrial Wildlife

What are the consequences of gray wolves being returned to Yellowstone National Park? How do salmon fertilize trees? Why aren’t we neck-deep in dead animals? Do trees migrate? How do...

Poached

Terrestrial Wildlife

In Poached: Inside the Dark World of Wildlife Trafficking, Rachel Love Nuwer crafts an important update to an old story of wildlife exploitation. The book is written in a flowing journalistic...

Vaquita

Marine Wildlife

In March, scientists announced that no more than 22 vaquita porpoises likely remain in the world. Vaquita are being rapidly driven to extinction—entangled and drowned by gillnets illegally set in...

Intolerable Cruelty

Terrestrial Wildlife

Of the various methods of population control inflicted on wildlife by animal damage control agents, wildlife managers, and trappers, strangling neck snares are among the most horrific tools in the...

Eager

Terrestrial Wildlife

The past 400 years were not kind to most populations of wildlife in North America. Overexploitation was rampant, forests were razed, prairies were plowed, and rivers were dammed. As concerns...

In Rigor Mortis: How Sloppy Science Creates Worthless Cures, Crushes Hope, and Wastes Billions, award-winning science journalist Richard Harris takes a harsh look at biomedical research and exposes widespread failures. Harris...

Wildlife Crime

Terrestrial Wildlife

Wildlife Crime: An Environmental Criminology and Crime Science Perspective is a timely and most welcomed book, but fair warning: It is not light reading! Rather, it is a rigorous university textbook,...

Birds of a Feather

Companion Animals

The cover of Birds of a Feather: A True Story of Hope and the Healing Power of Animals, features a photo of a veteran embracing a parrot, who rests her head...

Love and Bananas

Terrestrial Wildlife

Actress Ashley Bell’s first starring role was in a scary movie. For her directorial debut, she turns the camera around to address a real-life horror: the brutal captivity of Asian...

The Inner Life of Cats

Companion Animals

Thomas McNamee provides a window into what makes cats tick in The Inner Life of Cats: The Science and Secrets of Our Mysterious Feline Companions. Anecdotes centering on his own cats,...