extinction

Alexa Firmenich plunges us into the Earth's 'staggering bedlam' of complex and symbiotic relationships and asks what happens when they disappear?

First extract from the autumn special issue 20 - ABYSS: two short searing pieces on the costs of civilisation's pursuit of coal, oil and lithium

From our just published new book, Issue 17, a non-fiction litany and praise song by Jennifer Case,  with artwork by Meridel Rubenstein.

The latest in our The Vanishing series, Kim Schnuelle tells the tale of three rhinoceros encounters and reflects on the true meaning of 'extinction'

From our anniversary edition Dark Mountain: Issue 16 - REFUGE: a lament for the disappearing beauty of the coral reef by Jay Griffiths. With sea image by David Ellingsen.

On mass extinction, ecological recovery and the Rose-Garden Game

Our series on 'The Vanishing' continues with a poem by Eric Nicholson, with an image by Beatrice Forshall

For The Vanishing series, Charlotte Du Cann considers the 'right' response to Earth's disappearances, through the lens of four artists and photographers.

'The Vanishing' series continues with Wild Lens Collective filmmaker Sean Bogle on the critically endangered vaquita in the Upper Gulf of California, Mexico.

We begin 'The Vanishing', our new section about extinction and loss, with words and images about disappearing house martins by Emma Tuck.