Paleoanthropologist Tim White is one of the 2010 Time 100, Time Magazine’s annual list of the most influential people in the world. As one of the leaders of the Middle Awash Project …
Read More >While ash from the volcano in Iceland eclipsed the sky in much of Northern Europe, David and Janet Carle explored the volcanic Azores islands in the Atlantic, looking at worldwide water issues …
Read More >“We are the first generation that can predict the future of the world…We can also choose to shape the future.”—The Atlas of Global Conservation Today, 40 years after the first Earth Day, …
Read More >“People look at ants as little mindless specks, and of course, from the top of a mountain…people look the same way”, says Mark Moffett, author of Adventures Among Ants, in this podcast. …
Read More >Nature is full of surprises. Last week, researchers working in the Philippines confirmed that a giant tree-dwelling monitor lizard is a newly discovered species, Varanus bitatawa—a cousin of the Komodo dragon. Quietly …
Read More >Last year, David and Janet Carle traveled the United States along the 38th parallel, investigating water issues from the Chesapeake to California for their upcoming book. Yesterday, the Carles embarked on the …
Read More >To stay alive, animals must eat and avoid being eaten. This means they must develop hunting and escape strategies, many of which they learn from their parents: “Youngsters who learn from their …
Read More >UC Press Science Publisher Chuck Crumly recently interviewed Eugenie C. Scott, author of Evolution vs. Creationism, about science, religion, and the evolution-creationism controversy. Scott is Executive Director of the National Center for …
Read More >With the series premiere coming up on Sunday on Discovery, Life has gotten lots of attention this week. Today, Linda Holmes of NPR’s Monkey See blog called the series “stunning and beautiful” …
Read More >Ecologist, photographer, and award-winning explorer Mark Moffett has been bitten by the hooked mandibles of many an army ant, but the “Indiana Jones of Entomology” takes it in stride. In his book …
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