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  • Life in a doomed dome

    In Dreaming the Biosphere, Rebecca Reider looks into the story behind the failed Arizona experiment.

    by Stephanie Paige Ogburn, Jun 20, 2010

  • Of wolves and willows

    Yellowstone's wolves are once again at the center of a debate. But this time, they're not pitted against hunters or ranchers; they're at the heart of a scientific controversy about the balance of nature.

    by Kinna Ohman, Jan 16, 2008

  • An ecosystem wanting for wolves

    With the elk population at Colorado’s Rocky Mountain National Park out of control, wildlife managers are considering bringing in four wolves to restore the balance

    by Joshua Zaffos, Jan 23, 2006

  • The difficulties of cohabitation

    Despite its problems and failures – many of them arising from the conflict between the United States’ growing population and our declining wildlife habitat – the Endangered Species Act is a necessary law

    by Paul Larmer, Feb 20, 2006

  • The Efficiency Paradox

    Water efficiency has long been touted as a silver bullet for the West’s water problems, but too much efficiency can cause problems of its own, especially in the fragile Colorado River Delta.

    by Matt Jenkins, Feb 05, 2007
  • Science under glass

    Science under glass

    Researchers are using Arizona’s Biosphere 2 to study how plant communities affect the movement of water.

    by Tim Hull, May 22, 2009

  • A massive restoration program may have nothing left to save

    Fish populations are plunging in the California Delta even as the CalFed Bay-Delta Authority considers exporting yet more water

    by Matt Weiser, May 30, 2005

  • Bringing back the wolf = bringing back the habitat

    In Decade of the Wolf: Returning the Wolf to Yellowstone, biologist Douglas Smith and nature writer Gary Ferguson seek to separate myth from reality in the long and turbulent saga of the wolf

    by Gail Binkly, May 30, 2005

  • Wild Echoes: Encounters With the Most Endangered Animals in North America

    In Wild Echoes, Charles Bergman describes his up-close experiences with endangered creatures that range from black-footed ferrets and California condors to the manatees of Florida

    by Staff, May 30, 2005

  • The Weed-wackers

    Botanist Sue Rutman has had surprising success just yanking up buffelgrass, but herbicides remain the first line of defense

    by Michelle Nijhuis, Aug 20, 2007
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