Mother Nature

Protect America’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

This year, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will make some big decisions about the future of America’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. For the first

I took her camping; she took her iPod.

We started taking our kids camping when they were both still in diapers. They were used to playing outside anyway, so camping seemed normal, only

“Inception” and “The Adjustment Bureau” Ain’t Got Nothin’ on the New Disney Movie

Matt Damon and Leo DiCaprio move over. Sita, cheetah mother, gets my vote for “action hero” when it comes to thrillers that will keep you on

GoDaddy or NoDaddy? It’s about more than the elephant.

Does GoDaddy CEO Bob Parsons have any believable excuses for shooting an elephant in a village in Zibabwe, Africa a few weeks ago? If he

Read This Book Before You Watch Nature Porn or “Fang TV”

Films about wildlife are scary. They’re exciting. They make you ooh and aah while you cover your eyes so you don’t have to watch the really

What is the Oil Spill Doing to Flipper?

On a recent trip to Australia, I had the good fortune to spend a day scuba diving and snorkeling on the Great Barrier Reef. From

“In Wildness is the Preservation of the World”

Henry David Thoreau wrote these words in 1862. Today, almost a century and a half later, they are more true than ever before. Mining, forest clear

What impact does mining have on the environment? Duhhh…

Waste from gold and other kinds of mining pollutes the planet. Miners often use arsenic, a toxic metal, to leach gold from rock, creating a nasty slurry that contaminates

Disney’s Earth Movie Is Breathtaking – but Misses an Opportunity to Educate

Disney doesn’t often make a movie little kids shouldn’t see. But “Earth,” the nature film premiering on Earth Day April 22, falls into that category.

The Amazon is Still Burning – Are you buying tropical wood?

As I flew over the Peruvian rainforest, I kept a lookout for flames. I’d heard that, despite international outrage over the loss of millions of

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