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Saving Places Never Seen

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Why is it important to care about places we might never see? Or do you?

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Added by Candice Gaukel Andrews on March 29, 2011 at 12:12pm — No Comments

Blaming Animals for Our Bad Behavior

Recent news headlines tell us that a woman was "attacked" by a buffalo in Yellowstone National Park and a crocodile caused an airplane crash in the Congo. Is wildlife on the rampage, or are we the ones who are behaving badly?…

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Added by Candice Gaukel Andrews on March 8, 2011 at 4:19pm — No Comments

Choosing the Sea

Perhaps the only difference between us and the whales is in the choices we make.

Are whales just the result of our common wolf-like ancestor's great sea adventure? Read more, and then let…

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Added by Candice Gaukel Andrews on March 1, 2011 at 12:33pm — No Comments

Should There Be a National Tiger Registry?

There are some statistics that you hear that knock your socks off, and you just can’t quite believe them. You think they’re concocted purely to get attention and for shock value. Here’s one I recently came across that fits that category: there are more tigers in American backyards than there are left in the wild…

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Added by Candice Gaukel Andrews on February 21, 2011 at 11:33am — No Comments

It's Raining Birds

When thousands of birds rained from the sky over Beebe, Arkansas, on New Year's Day 2011, scientists theorized it was due to noise pollution created by celebratory fireworks. This article asks the question: Do you think we need…