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Scientists Call for Protection of Half of B.C. Rainforest Almost half of British Columbia’s coastal rainforest must be protected in...
What this world needs," opined the nature writer David Quammen in a 1984 column for Outside magazine, "is a good vicious 60-foot-long Amazon snake." He was kidding, thankfully; the rest of the column goes on to describe the human tendency to massively exaggerate the size of anacondas in the Amazon. Now, though, 19 years later, Quammen has written Monster of God, a book arguing that precisely what the world does need is very large, very predatory animals.
Dear Umbra, I recently turned 40 and have decided I need to pay more attention to what I eat on...
Anonymous National Park Service Employees Speak of Broad Discontent They showed up for a news conference at the National Press...
Environmental Problems Alarm Athletes Here’s a new green group you may want to join: Jocks for the Environment. Actually, that...
New Jersey Wins $17 Million Settlement in Chromium Case A 20-year battle over chromium pollution in northern New Jersey came...
A-tisket, a-tasket, an organic produce basket. Photo: USDA. Organic food has hit the big time. The Whole Foods Market chain,...
Craig Manson. Photo: USFWS. In the final days of October, Craig Manson, assistant Interior secretary for fish and wildlife and...
Mike Simpson works on international environmental projects with partners in West Africa and Latin America. He is the executive director...
