The next issue of the Journal of the History of Biology is a special issue on Environmental History. Libby Robin and Jane Carruthers are the guest editors, and there is a strong Australian and South African focus. Authors are Brett M. Bennett, Etienne Benson, Karen Brown, Laura Cameron & David Matless, M. Timm Hoffman & Richard Frederick Rohde, and J. Donald Hughes. The introduction and articles are available ‘online first’:

• Introduction: Environmental History and the History of Biology Libby Robin and Jane Carruthers
• Translocal Ecologies: The Norfolk Broads, the “Natural,” and the International Phytogeographical Excursion, 1911 Laura Cameron and David Matless
• Ancient Deforestation Revisited J. Donald Hughes
• A Difficult Time with the Permit Process Etienne Benson
• Rabid Epidemiologies: The Emergence and Resurgence of Rabies in Twentieth Century South Africa Karen Brown
• Rivers Through Time: Historical Changes in the Riparian Vegetation of the Semi-Arid, Winter Rainfall Region of South Africa in Response to Climate and Land Use M. Timm Hoffman and Richard Frederick Rohde
• A Global History of Australian Trees Brett M. Bennett