There is a deeply appropriate resonance in the opening of “Earth Matters: Land as Material and Metaphor in the Arts of Africa” on Monday, Earth Day, at the National Museum of African Art. It is a large-scale, ambitious joining of…
There is a deeply appropriate resonance in the opening of “Earth Matters: Land as Material and Metaphor in the Arts of Africa” on Monday, Earth Day, at the National Museum of African Art. It is a large-scale, ambitious joining of…
Today, April 22, is Earth Day, a time to appreciate our planet and the two-way relationship we have with it. It’s easy to take Earth for granted, since we see it every day. It becomes—it is—part of life’s background.But when…
“Cooked,” is a powerful argument for a return to home cooking of the sort that doesn’t begin with an attempt to find the perforated opening. via ‘Cooked: A Natural History of Transformation’ by Michael Pollan – The Washington Post.
How could poachers kill an elephant just 5 kilometers 3 miles from Tanzania’s main safari highway?Conservationists have long warned of the existential danger that poachers pose to Africa’s elephants. And it’s in Tanzania, home of the Serengeti game reserve and…
The research, titled “Organically Grown Food Provides Health Benefits to Drosophila melanogaster,” tracked the effects of organic and conventional diets on the health of fruit flies. By nearly every measure, including fertility, stress resistance and longevity, flies that fed on…
GENEVA — Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev painted a dim picture of the world’s environmental progress on Thursday, two decades after he and a former Swiss lawmaker founded Green Cross International.Shortly before the Soviet Union’s demise in 1991, then-leader Gorbachev…
In the hope of reconstructing a pivotal step in evolution — the colonization of land by fish that learned to walk and breathe air — researchers have decoded the genome of the coelacanth, a prehistoric-looking fish whose form closely resembles…
The White House on Tuesday issued its final plan for managing the nation’s oceans, outlining a strategy that aims to coordinate the work of more than two dozen agencies and reconcile competing interests including fishing, offshore energy exploration and recreational…
WWF-Philippines said the global illegal wildlife trade is estimated to yield at least $19 billion per year, comprising the fourth-largest illegal global trade after narcotics, product and currency counterfeiting and human trafficking. It said the risks are low compared with…
In recent months, more than 1,000 starving baby sea lions have been found on Southern California beaches, from Santa Barbara to San Diego. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has just declared the crisis an “unusual mortality event.” On a…
