Israel moves forward with plans to surround prisons with crocodile-filled moats

Tired Earth

19 Jul 2026

The Israeli government has stripped legal protection from Nile crocodiles to allow their deployment around prisons holding Palestinian detainees. Rights groups denounce "sadistic brutality."

Heat deaths are a public health crisis rooted in housing inequality

Tired Earth

15 Jul 2026

Where There Is Art, There Is Hope with Birds, Butterflies, and Bunnies

Selva Ozelli

14 Jul 2026

I want to thank Hunt Slonem for giving me, giving the world his artistic vision that conveys the innate joy and healing power of the natural world, using his art to reflect the divine beauty found within everyday creatures that is rooted in the spiritual celebration of nature, biodiversity, and transformation.

'Their story is our story': Pigeons and humans, 3,500 years together

Tired Earth

12 Jul 2026

The common pigeon—or rock dove—originally came from the Mediterranean region. Genomic analysis has shown that today's city-dwellers are closely related to wild doves from the Middle East.