When I traveled as a college student to the coalfields of Appalachia to learn from the women and men fighting mountaintop removal coal mining, I had no idea the strength … Read more
August, 2012
What’s Not Making the News
As a boy living in Pittsburgh, I watched KDKA, one of the world’s first commercial television stations, and WQED, the nation’s first community-sponsored public television station, on my family’s Crosley … Read more
Photo of the Day: A Slow Climb
Scott Nielsen was photographing butterflies in Costa Rica when he spotted a young three-toed sloth slowly descending from the tree top. Sloths live in the forest canopy, but they have … Read more
Shocking Shark Fin Soup Study Airs on Shark Week
While the Discovery Channel’s annual predator-extravaganza Shark Week decreases misconceptions of these demonized predators, the sensationalism and morbid fascination with shark attacks has often created the wrong kind of awareness. … Read more
Damselflies, Dragonflies and Unexpected Discoveries
I’ve got a new hideout. At least that’s what my son calls it—the natural area by the stream down the street. We had stopped by the other day, hoping to … Read more
Photo of the Day: March of the Avocet
American avocet wading through water at Bennetts Point, South Carolina Photo by Flickr member fins’n’feathers See more of fins’n’feathers’ photos on Flickr >> Your Photo Could Be Here We want … Read more
Photo of the Day: Hokey Pokey
Your Photo Could Be Here We want one of your nature photos to be the next Photo of the Day! Share your images with our Flickr group and tag them … Read more
Photo of the Day: Side by Side
Pair of Whooping Cranes Photo by Flickr member tomblandford See more of tomblandford’s photos on Flickr >> Your Photo Could Be Here We want one of your nature photos to … Read more
Attract These 4 Birds to Control Garden Pests
Find out how to attract birds to your backyard to keep bugs at bay. Read more
