This essay examines the history of venomous snake research conducted by the Boston-based United Fruit Company starting in the 1920s.
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Historic transportation reliant on unpredictable rivers and underfunded railways contributed to the long-term economic fortunes of Malawi.
Severe winter weather in 1917–1918 paralyzed New York Harbor impacting logistical operations for the Allies in World War I.
The Japanese port city Hachinohe plans to reintroduce commercial whaling, but the city’s troubled past challenges the official narrative.
Could the Crooked Creek Flood of 1846 be the reason we cannot find George DeBaptiste’s house?
The 1096 Earthquake and Tsunami extensively damaged coastal communities, but it was the shock to the capital that mattered more.
When the mystical marketing of Himalayan medicines elides the social and ecological worlds of Himalayan meadows.
What can we learn from human responses to epidemics and pandemics in history? What insights can ecological and environmental humanities perspectives provide? This new and growing collection of annotated links to open-access media (analyses, primary sources, and digital resources) helps put pandemics in context.
This article briefly retraces the history of a Florentine botanical museum as a reflection of changes in people-plant relations.
This article discusses forest beekeeping in the Russian Far East and its unique role in protecting primary forests in the context of Aristotelian ethics.