The Liquid Amber Tree
October 25, 2008
Bird and Conservation News
Japan: Snow Monkeys
October 23, 2008
Environmental Winners
October 22, 2008
Whoopers Whopped Again
October 22, 2008 —
Of the 289 whooping cranes brought to central Florida since 1993 under the guidance of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service only 31 have survived and just nine chicks have hatched in the wild. After meetings last month in which models were presented that
Possum Apples
October 19, 2008
Wildlife Trumps Football
October 16, 2008 —
More and more people are going into the wild. But unlike the book by Jon Krakauer, or Sean Penn’s movie, where Christopher McCandless torches his money in the desert, these wilderness seekers are spending big bucks. Wildlife watchers generated $1
When the Milkweeds Explode
October 15, 2008
Exhibiting Climate Change
October 14, 2008 —
A new climate change exhibit opens at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City before embarking on a worldwide tour. Nothing gets left out in the cold with this comprehensive, and engaging, look at the world's biggest problem.
Biofuel
October 09, 2008 —
In 1731 a Dutch commission described the shipworms that literally ate the dikes of Holland as a “horrible plague.” Almost two-hundred years later shipworms chewed their way through the piers and wharves of San Francisco. But these despised,
Lost Penguins Fly Home
October 07, 2008 —
Penguins swim too far north in Brazil but find a ride home in a military plane.
