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Animals

The Creative Lives of Animals: Understanding the artists around us

November 25, 2022 by John Yunker

Creativity is something that is easier to identify than to explain. And one person’s definition of creativity may vary from your definition. For proof, you need only enter the modern …

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Categories Animal Behavior, Animal Rights, Birds, Book Reviews, Conservation, Endangered Species, New York University Press, Nonfiction, What we're reading

Fuzz, When Nature Breaks the Law

November 13, 2022 by JoeAnn Hart

By Mary Roach W. W. Norton & Co, 2021 Review by JoeAnn Hart “Like a deer in the headlights,” we say about someone who freezes in the face of impending …

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Categories Animal Behavior, Birds, Book Reviews, Conservation, Nonfiction, Trees, W. W. Norton & Company, Wolves

Halcyon Journey: Searching for Kingfishers

June 30, 2022June 28, 2022 by John Yunker

Kingfishers are birds more often heard than seen. Walk next to Bear Creek here in the Rogue Valley and you will probably hear them, though seeing them is not so …

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Categories Animal Behavior, Birds, Book Reviews, Conservation, Ecology, Nonfiction, Oregon State University Press

Book Review: The Dolphin House by Audrey Schulman

June 1, 2022 by Midge Raymond

Audrey Schulman’s The Dolphin House, inspired by a true story about dolphin research in St. Thomas in the 1960s, is a beautiful, thought-provoking read, at times as heartbreaking as it …

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Categories Book Reviews, Europa Editions, Fiction

Eco-Activism 101: Not on My Watch

January 26, 2022January 8, 2022 by John Yunker

Not on My Watch: How a Renegade Whale Biologist Took on Governments and Industry to Save Wild Salmon by Alexandra Morton Guest book review by Gene Helfman. A colleague of mine, …

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Categories Book Reviews, Conservation, Endangered Species, Nonfiction, PNW, Sustainability

Deer America: Rewilding begins outside your front door

July 30, 2021 by John Yunker

Deer are a common sight here in Ashland, Oregon. And a common source of conflict between residents. Some want to see the deer killed and others (like us) want to …

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Categories Animal Behavior, Animal Rights, Climate Change, Conservation, Ecology, Essays, Hunting, Journals and Magazines, Rewilding, Sustainability, What we're reading

Bear Markets and Beyond: A Bestiary of Business Terms

May 18, 2021 by John Yunker

Why do animals lend themselves to economic and financial jargon? Perhaps it’s because we need visual and tangible ways or relating to concepts that are so vague, confusing or downright …

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Categories Birds, Book Reviews, History, Nonfiction, What we're reading

Book Review: Touching Creatures, Touching Spirit by Judy Grahn

May 6, 2021 by Lillie Gardner

The stories and essays of Touching Creatures, Touching Spirit: Living in a Sentient World form a beautiful tapestry of communications across species and consciousness. From grateful dragonflies to fatherless strawberries to companionable …

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Categories Animal Behavior, Birds, Book Reviews, Ecology, Essays, Insects, Nonfiction, Pets, Plants, Trees

Book Review: Irreplaceable by Julian Hoffman

March 29, 2021 by Midge Raymond

In Irreplaceable: The Fight to Save Our Wild Places, Julian Hoffman shows us endangered habitats and the creatures who inhabit them—as well as the humans who are fighting to save …

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Categories Anthropocene, Birds, Climate Change, Conservation, Ecology, Endangered Species, Essays, History, Nonfiction, Oceans, Plants, Sustainability, Trees, University of Georgia Press

Maverick: A life among animals, reconsidered

October 16, 2020 by John Yunker

At the opening of the essay collection Maverick, Laura Jean Schneider writes: I’m in the third generation of butchers in my family. As a family, we slaughtered and butchered most …

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Categories Animal Behavior, Animal Rights, Book Reviews, Hunting, Nonfiction, Pets, Veganism

New and upcoming book releases

September 15, 2020 by John Yunker

Sadly, we cannot review everything we receive here at EcoLit Books — but I did want to highlight a few new and newly republished works… The Lives and Deaths of …

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Categories Animal Rights, Book Publishers, Conservation, Ecology, Ecomedia, Endangered Species, Fiction, History, Nonfiction, Pets, Poetry, Trees, What we're reading
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