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15
Mar

Planting the Seeds of Healthy Eating

Tavis Smiley recently interviewed both Judith A. Carney, coauthor of In the Shadow of Slavery, and Janet Poppendieck, author of Free for All, on his Public Radio International show. Asked about the …

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10
Mar

LIFE Premieres March 21

Planet Earth, the BBC/Discovery Channel series and companion book, traveled deep into caves and oceans, and high into the rainforest canopy and mountaintops, to reveal the majesty of our environment. On March …

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01
Mar

Michael Welland Wins John Burroughs Medal

Michael Welland has received the 2010 John Burroughs Medal for his book Sand: The Never Ending Story. The Medal honors the year’s most distinguished natural history writing. Welland joins Burroughs award recipients …

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19
Feb

Dig for Dinosaurs on your iPhone

Now you can explore hundreds of dinosaur fossils on your iPhone with the new Dinosaurs app from the American Museum of Natural History, created with Lowell Dingus, co-author of Barnum Brown: The …

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11
Feb

‘Sand’ On Virtual Tour

“Pick up a single grain from the beach, look at it through a magnifying glass, and you have embarked on a journey taken by poets, artists, and philosophers—not to mention geologists”, writes …

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23
Nov

California Natural History Survey

Calling all outdoor enthusiasts: University of California Press is conducting a survey. Your anonymous responses will enable University of California Press to advance its offerings for those interested in the natural features …

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23
Nov

The Helpful World of Insects

Many people dismiss insects as pests, but without them, as entomologist Gilbert Waldbauer puts it, “life as we know it would be impossible, and human beings would probably become extinct.” Waldbauer was …

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02
Nov

How the Dinosaurs Lived

As a dinosaur paleontologist, evolutionary biologist, author, and educator, Scott Sampson‘s work reaches into the past, present, and future. While holding a dual position at the University of Utah and the university’s …

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19
Oct

Tracking the Elusive Monitor Lizard

Dragonlike and prehistoric-looking, monitor lizards, or varanids, are uncommonly intelligent: “I dare anybody to…look a monitor lizard in the eye. It’s looking back at you”, says Eric Pianka, lizard expert and co-author …

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