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  • Voice of the Butterfly

    John Nichols' new novel, "The Voice of the Butterfly," is an environmental morality play that pulls no punches.

    by Renee Guillory, Sep 10, 2001

  • The death of the Super Hopper

    The disappearance of the Rocky Mountain locust -- which once swarmed the Plains like a biblical plague, only to die out entirely within decades --- holds serious lessons for humanity

    by Jeffrey Lockwood, Feb 03, 2003

  • A creeping plague of crickets is hitched to everything in the world

    Writer's love of nature is put to the test during a Mormon cricket plague.

    by Dena Leibman, Oct 17, 1994

  • The buzz business

    The problem of controlling Africanized bees is now widespread, and some are taking advantage of the frightening invasion to earn a good living.

    by Ray Ring, Jun 24, 2002

  • 2,997 ... 2,998 ... 2,999

    Among other tasks, research entomologist Justin Schmidt counts bee stings in dead animals at the Carl Hayden Bee Research Center in Tucson, Ariz.

    by Ray Ring, Jun 24, 2002

  • Bees under siege

    Honeybees across the West - and the nation - are dying in huge numbers, and some think a pesticide, methyl parathion, may be the primary killer.

    by Paul Larmer, Jan 20, 1997

  • Natives emerge from the shadows

    Gary Nabhan of the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum believes the "forgotten pollinators" - native bees and other insects - have been ignored too long in favor of the non-native honeybees most people are familiar with.

    by Paul Larmer, Jan 20, 1997

  • Miles County

    Beekeeper Miles County, in his own words, explains why he thinks a pesticide is killing his hive.

    by Paul Larmer, Jan 20, 1997

  • When dead bees don't make a case

    Beekeeper Tom Theobald pushes hard to get federal and state officials to address bee kills he is convinced are caused by the pesticide Penncap-M.

    by Paul Larmer, Jan 20, 1997

  • The bees' needs

    Golfers are working with conservationists to encourage bees and other native pollinators to inhabit golf courses.

    by David Williams, Jul 31, 2000
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