Ecology
Invasion of the Snakeheads
The voracious "Frankenfish" has turned up in the Potomac River, Lake Michigan and a California lake, sparking fears of an ecological Armageddon. But is the Asian import a monster—or the victim of monster hype?
February 2005 |
By Helen Fields
John James Audubon: America's Rare Bird
The foreign-born frontiersman became one of the 19th century's greatest wildlife artists and a hero of the ecology movement
December 01, 2004 |
By Richard Rhodes
Baywatch
Smithsonian scientists' study of the Chesapeake may benefit a wider world
August 2003 |
By Lawrence M. Small
Net Gains
A California biologist discovered a new insect species and then caught evolution in the act
October 2002 |
By Deborah Franklin
Prince of Tides
Before "ecology" became a buzzword, John Steinbeck preached that man is related to the whole thing
January 2002 |
By Bil Gilbert
Hunting Slime Molds
They're not animals and they're not plants, and biologists want to know a lot more about them.
March 2001 |
By Adele Conover
New Light on Diversity
Holes in the canopy mean opportunity for new trees, but only if they are already waiting in the wings
May 1999 |
By John P. Wiley, Jr.
