Articles by Grist staff

The Daley Planet

Chicago Mayor Richard Daley (D) last week made an unusual deal with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to create new habitats in the city for migratory birds. In exchange for a $100,000 grant, Chicago will restore marshes south of the city, develop wildlife gardens along the shore of Lake Michigan, and take such simple […]

Money Can't Buy You Love — But It Can Buy an Ad Campaign

Reacting to a growing backlash against genetically modified (GM) foods, Monsanto and other biotech giants have committed to spend $50 million a year for up to five years on a campaign to convince North Americans that their products are safe and beneficial. The campaign kicked off yesterday with TV commercials on major networks, and will […]

Tusk, Tusk

Vietnam’s wild elephant population has declined dramatically in recent years and could disappear without a concerted conservation effort, according to Flora and Fauna International, a U.K.-based group. FFI’s latest research shows a mere 111 elephants in the wild in Vietnam, down from about 2,000 in 1990. The group blamed the drop on the loss of […]

Musseling In

Ecologists are getting a lesson in the dangers of exotic species as they watch the havoc being wreaked on New York’s Hudson River by the zebra mussel, a native of Eurasia that came to the U.S. aboard oceangoing ships in the late 1980s. The population of zebra mussels in the river is estimated at 500 […]