Some of the ladies at KnitPro's factory in Jaipur, India. Admittedly, I have never stopped to think about how knitting needles are made....

A collage of Crossman's netted sea creatures. Photo: Luke Eder Photography   My aunt is the family’s reigning matriarch and is therefore...

Street dogs always sleep with one eye open. Photo: Linda Cortright

On the day of Ganesha Chathurti, it is fair to ask who gets the final vote: man or god?

Cooper is an accidental farmer. More than a decade ago, she traveled from her home in England to Scotland’s Orkney Islands and fell in love. It was there that she met her first Boreray sheep, a majestic-looking breed with horns that spiral in Fibonacci perfection, and a history as old as time itself.

Sheep shearing demonstration - R.A. Rooney, shearing contractors, Sydney, Australia. circa 1916

We have all had those experiences where a single decision, one that seems wholly insignificant in the moment, can alter the course of our lives. We have all had those experiences where a single decision, one that seems wholly insignificant in the moment, can alter the course of our lives. For Amanda Kievet, co-founder of Junction Fiber Mill, the fateful decision came down to a beanie.For Amanda Kievet, co-founder of Junction Fiber Mill, the fateful decision came down to a bea

Peggy Allen (standing) and Amanda Kievet Photo: Linda Cortright

Flock of Merinos, Powerhouse Museum.

Filmed and narrated by Stanzin Dorjai Gya, "Behind the Mirror" follows twenty-six students from India's High Himalayas to a village in France where they will live with a French family for three months.

A Uros woman standing on one of the floating islands in Lake Titicaca. Photo: Linda Cortright During my research about the effects of...

the Indigenous offer thanks to the Apus (mountain gods) to secure the earth’s bounty. It has always been their weapon against climate change, long before the concept existed on a global scale.  

A vicuña in front of a glacier on Hatun Rit'i mountain, Peru. Photo: Lee Fitzgerald The list of words that mean poop include fecal...

There were many moments during my interview with award-winning filmmaker Stanzin Dorjai that I found shocking, humbling, and often oddly...

More than 2 billion people, including many Indigenous Peoples, rely on melt from glaciers and snow for their freshwater.

Ice Stupa in Ladakh. Rolex/Sonam Wangchuk What is the average person willing to give up for a few precious ounces of cashmere? Whether...

Because of the Silk Route, the award for the oldest LGD breed is somewhat of a mystery.

At the very end of the English Channel just before it dumps into the Atlantic Ocean lies a five-mile mass of inhospitable rock and fearsome

For the wild and the wooly, stilts—at one time—represented the mode of travel for the French shepherds of Landes

A view of Óli Kristian á Torkilsheyggim's farm in Toftir. When most people refer to a frightening incident at sea, they typically mean...