In a surprising interview, the famous primatologist talks about her mystical experiences in the jungle and her ever-increasing passion for animal rights and cleaning up the "horrendous mess" of our environment.
By Steve Paulson Apr 14, 2009
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When we walk we stop killing. We take our place in nature and restore our humanity.
By Bill Bunn
April 8, 2009
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An ode to loud, stinky, filthy canines and the pathologically needy people who love them.
By Heather Havrilesky
February 10, 2009
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New research suggests that the more egalitarian and prosperous a society is, the more its men and women live up to gender stereotypes.
By Catherine Price
September 9, 2008
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Nature will do as nature does, but humans are to blame for the deadly Midwestern floods.
By Katharine Mieszkowski
July 3, 2008
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Human males have yet to evolve flesh-eating sperm like some animals, but their biological imperative for sex has made them into the creatures they are today.
By Tracy Clark-Flory
June 13, 2008
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In Burma, hundreds of thousands are without food, water or shelter in the wake of the cyclone, but the military junta prioritizes its grip on power.
By Jürgen Kremb
May 7, 2008
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April in the Sierra foothills is the cruelest month -- and the most beautiful.
By Gary Kamiya
April 22, 2008
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Witness the sentimental education of an Information Age Everyman -- and his salvation -- in Lydia Millet's beautiful new novel.
By Laura Miller
February 4, 2008
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While bird-watching is more popular than ever, competitive "listers" may not see how birds live, or that their habitat is disappearing.
By Meera Subramanian
November 16, 2007
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My grandfather started hiking in the Sierra 70 years ago. It's a tradition that keeps our clan together -- and lets indifferent nature caress our souls.
By Gary Kamiya
August 21, 2007
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First sign of fall: A Michael Strahan-New York Giants controversy. Science journal Nature on performance-enhancing drugs: Legalize 'em!
August 2, 2007
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How's this for doublespeak: "Public access equals government censorship"?
By Andrew Leonard
January 25, 2007
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A Big Book on science, technology and nature joins the blogosphere.
By Andrew Leonard
April 13, 2006
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Right-wingers point to blacks looting and see a Hobbesian war of all against all. Liberals see a failure of civilization to help the poorest among us.
By Alan Wolfe
September 3, 2005
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In "Where Mountains Are Nameless," fearless adventurer Jonathan Waterman makes a passionate, personal case for preserving the Arctic Wildlife Refuge -- and the polar bears and caribous that call it home.
By Katharine Mieszkowski
August 2, 2005
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A new book argues that children desperately need to be able to play in the woods -- and that our culture's sterile rejection of nature is harming them in body and soul.
by Sarah Karnasiewicz
June 2, 2005
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Should we battle invasive species of plants and animals? Maybe. But in his provocative new book, "Out of Eden," Alan Burdick argues that we are only doing so for ourselves.
By Andrew O'Hehir
May 27, 2005
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Six months ago, Jan Hendrik Schön seemed like a slam dunk nominee for a Nobel prize. Then some of his colleagues started to take a closer look at his research.
By Leonard Cassuto
September 16, 2002
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Venerable stroke book offers high-gloss hand candy for tree huggers.
By Jennifer Foote Sweeney
March 15, 2001
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With the Marlboro Man leading the way, our wilderness is being tamed, once and for all.
By Tom Washington
February 6, 2001
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It was lovemaking with the landscape.
By Roland Wall
April 25, 2000
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While I'm planning security for the IMF demonstrations, my husband is getting thrown in jail. He better not ask me for bail.
By Lisa Guide
April 24, 2000
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Attachment parents stick to their guns.
By Amy Brill
March 31, 2000
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Does nature make men brutes and women sluts?
By Laura Miller
January 21, 2000