Migration, Interrupted: Natureâs Rhythms at Risk
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In a new book, David Wilcove urges conservation of species and their ways, still so little understood.
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Can cruise ships and nature coexist? An experiment gets under way in Cozumel to test the idea.
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Science & environment: The fashion for new decorations every year is helping create an eco timebomb
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By Rotenberg, James A ABSTRACT.- Established parks and nature reserves may be inadequate to preserve long-term biotic diversity, especially in tropical regions of Latin America where anthropogenic disturbance and land- conversion is an ongoing problem.
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PUERTO AYORA, Ecuador -- An unremarkable day on the archipelago. A taxi honks at a meandering pedestrian. Dockworkers empty another cargo boat, while sunburned tourists listen to their guides explain how the unique fauna here inspired Charles Darwin to develop his theory of evolution.
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By Sonia Kolesnikov-Jessop  Development is not always a one-way process of environmental destruction.
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Assessing the effects of too much sun and heat, and too little moisture.
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By Janice Gaston, Winston-Salem Journal, N.C.  Feb. 11--HILTON HEAD, S.C.   Late on a misty day, when the wind sighs through trees lining a deserted road and sets their beards of Spanish moss to fluttering, nature takes center stage here.
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Researchers think our body clock could mean humans find it difficult to adapt to life in space.
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The more time people spend surfing the web and watching TV, the less time they spend in nature. And that loss of contact eventually lessens their interest in protecting the natural environment, a new study claims.
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By Mustaffa Babjee  THE tranquility of Janda Baik is shared with a variety of exotic plants, blooming flowers and chirping birds. But this village could lose its rustic charm if there is no concerted effort at conservation, writes MUSTAFFA BABJEE.
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Environmentalists are thinking ahead to the effect of tourists and investors on a landscape of crucial habitats.
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Some physicists are creating a revolution in the arcane world of ultra-precise clocks. And among them is a researcher who has trouble getting anywhere on time. &quot;I do tend to be a little bit late,&quot; said Jim Bergquist, 58.
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With Maoist attacks on the rise in Nepal, authorities apprehend large-scale displacement of people. In fact, a good indicator of this âflight of passageâ is a newspaper report on Iraq-bound Nepalese that
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Standing on the threshold of the 20th century, the world seemed so young and carefree. In the warm summer air, the songs of birds could be heard and at times drowned out by the whir of the lawn mower. The clip clop of horses' hooves could be heard along the unpaved streets where children played their games. In the cool evenings, the lamplighter made his rounds. Shadows danced off buildings and sidewalks. There were those who enjoyed swinging lazily in the hammock or lazily gliding their canoe on some moonlit lake. Everything seemed settled and comfortable in familiar patterns, but there were changes in the wind. In a little more than 15 years, there would be almost three quarters of a million Model T Fords on the roads in North America.
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By Munz, Tania  LORRAINE DASTON and GREGG MITMAN (eds.), Thinking with Animals: New Perspectives on Anthropomorphism. New York: Columbia University Press, 2005. Pp. vii+230. ISBN 0-2311.3038-4. Pounds 32.00, $49.50 (hardback).
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Is a sea change about to occur? Don't count on it.