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Dreamlike Narratives Arise from Alefes Silva’s Fantastic Illustrations

“My work arises from the interplay between memory and the present,” says Bogotá-based illustrator Alefes Silva. Themes of stillness and solitude, growth and death, and love and heartbreak recur in Silva’s drawings, which fuse fantastic plants and animals with human details. In one piece, a nude figure slumps over while trees and small shrubs grow […]

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4 Million GPS Data Points: WWF Study Reveals Elephant Migration Corridors

A new study co-authored by World Wildlife Fund, Ecoexist, and Elephant Connection, reveals the largest ever GPS tracking database of elephant movement across Southern Africa. Published September 9, 2024, in the Journal of Applied Ecology, the analysis is based on approximately 4 million GPS locations logged from nearly 300 tagged elephants and their associated herds […]

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Drippy, Feathery, and Spiny Growths Spring from Hannes Hummels’ Otherworldly Flowers

Cologne-based artist and designer Hannes Hummel has long been interested in the intersection of digital tools and nature. Previously collaborating on an elaborate collection of artificial specimens, Hummel’s latest project pushes the boundaries of floral design to a bizarrely beautiful place. Eighty unearthly botanical renderings comprise Hybrid Species, a vast herbarium of imagined organisms. Translucent […]