The deadline for National Wildlife Federation fellowship applications is fast approaching! We are looking for undergraduate and graduate students committing to finding global warming solutions. Deadline for submissions is January … Read more
Conservation
Polar Bears on Thin Ice
Last week I stated that U.S. Fish & Wildlife did the right thing by officially declaring that the polar bear deserves protection as threatened under the Endangered Species Act. This … Read more
Polar Bear Deserves Protection
This is a wake up call. It’s haunting to visualize polar bears literally drowning from global warming, unable to swim the increasingly longer distances between declining sea ice and land. … Read more
Polar Bears Threatened by Global Warming?
The Bush administration is continuing to “look into” the potential problem of global warming, announcing today that polar bears might need to be listed as threatened under the Endangered Species … Read more
Global Warming Cutting Into Bear Naptime
Apparently global warming hasn’t heard the phrase “let sleeping bears lie.” Spain’s balmy winter is affecting the animals’ hibernation cycles: Climate Change vs Mother Nature Scientists reveal that bears have … Read more
The Best Gift You Can Give to Your Children
During the holidays, we encounter wildlife in all “the old familiar places” as the popular song would have it…in department store displays…greeting cards…decorated homes and even a few rooftops. There … Read more
Tribes speak out on Global Warming
With thousands of years of traditional knowledge and a deep connection to nature, native Americans are important eyewitnesses to our changing planet. We believe native people can play a significant … Read more
Beach House for Sale—Cheap
The historic trend of rising sea-levels during the period of the industrial revolution and into modern times is unmistakable. For beach lovers, let me make just one suggestion, don’t buy … Read more
