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  • A few scientific definitions

    Terms commonly used in endangered species discussions – species, subspecies and distinct population segment – are explained

    by Jodi Peterson, Aug 07, 2006

  • A Nevada biodiversity center

    The University of Nevada will make a Great Basin ecosystem map.

    by Staff, May 31, 1993

  • An antidote to despair

    Chip Ward’s new book, Hope’s Horizon: Three Visions for Healing the American Land, takes a clear-eyed, optimistic look at the nation’s ecological problems

    by Jodi Peterson, Aug 02, 2004

  • Biology: The missing science

    Studies by Montana’s Andrew Hansen and Colorado’s Rick Knight offer some of the first scientific evidence that preserving ranch lands provides important benefits to surrounding ecosystems

    by Jon Christensen, Mar 29, 2004

  • Can science heal the land?

    An air tour of west-central New Mexico flies over the region's "sky islands" - isolated mountain ranges rich in biological diversity that activists and scientists are trying to preserve.

    by Greg Hanscom, Apr 26, 1999

  • Caught in the Headlights

    Personal obsession leads one woman into a world of scientists, wildlife rehabilitators and eccentric artists who are fascinated by the bloody relationship between wildlife and roads.

    by Eliza Murphy, Feb 07, 2005

  • Colorado program axed

    The Colorado Natural Areas Program, which has been cataloging rare animal and plant habitat and geological and fossil-rich formations, may end this summer when its state funding dries up.

    by Kirsten Bovee, Mar 12, 2001

  • History's Lesson: Build another Noah's Ark

    Paul Larmer interviews Wildlands Project biologist Michael Soule.

    by Paul Larmer, May 13, 2002

  • Is It or Isn’t It (Just Another Mouse)?

    As scientists clash over the Preble’s meadow jumping mouse's biological categorization, the complexity of endangered species science steps into the light

    by Christie Aschwanden, Aug 07, 2006

  • It's Chase who's lost in the dark wood

    A reviewer debunks the claim in Alston Chase's book, "In a Dark Wood," that "ecosystem" and "biocentrism" are only "masquerading as science."

    by Alan Pistorius, May 27, 1996
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