http://dir.salon.com/topics/nature/?source=rss&aim=nature en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Tue, 14 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT By Jacoba Charles Tue, 14 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/env/feature/2009/07/14/jon_jarvis/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/env/feature/2009/07/14/jon_jarvis/index.html?source=rss Obama says politics will no longer cloud science. But his choice for national parks director is facing that charge By Cary Tennis Tue, 14 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/09/30/plotkin_and_adulthood/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/09/30/plotkin_and_adulthood/index.html?source=rss I missed the memo on how to grow up By Jonathon Keats Tue, 14 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/env/feature/2009/07/07/balance_of_nature/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/env/feature/2009/07/07/balance_of_nature/index.html?source=rss It may drive ecologists crazy to talk about a balance in nature. But it's more necessary than ever By Steve Paulson Tue, 14 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/env/atoms_eden/2009/04/14/jane_goodall/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/env/atoms_eden/2009/04/14/jane_goodall/index.html?source=rss 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 Bill Bunn Tue, 14 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/env/feature/2009/04/08/walking/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/env/feature/2009/04/08/walking/index.html?source=rss When we walk we stop killing. We take our place in nature and restore our humanity. By Heather Havrilesky Tue, 14 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2009/02/10/havrilesky_dogs/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2009/02/10/havrilesky_dogs/index.html?source=rss An ode to loud, stinky, filthy canines and the pathologically needy people who love them. By Catherine Price Tue, 14 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2008/09/09/nature_v_nurture/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2008/09/09/nature_v_nurture/index.html?source=rss New research suggests that the more egalitarian and prosperous a society is, the more its men and women live up to gender stereotypes. By Katharine Mieszkowski Tue, 14 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/07/03/floods/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/07/03/floods/index.html?source=rss Nature will do as nature does, but humans are to blame for the deadly Midwestern floods. By Tracy Clark-Flory Tue, 14 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2008/06/13/score/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2008/06/13/score/index.html?source=rss 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 Jürgen Kremb Tue, 14 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/05/07/burma/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/05/07/burma/index.html?source=rss 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 Gary Kamiya Tue, 14 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/kamiya/2008/04/22/springtime/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/kamiya/2008/04/22/springtime/index.html?source=rss April in the Sierra foothills is the cruelest month -- and the most beautiful. By Laura Miller Tue, 14 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/review/2008/02/04/millet/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2008/02/04/millet/index.html?source=rss Witness the sentimental education of an Information Age Everyman -- and his salvation -- in Lydia Millet's beautiful new novel. By Meera Subramanian Tue, 14 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/review/2007/11/16/birding/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2007/11/16/birding/index.html?source=rss While bird-watching is more popular than ever, competitive "listers" may not see how birds live, or that their habitat is disappearing. By Gary Kamiya Tue, 14 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/kamiya/2007/08/21/buck_lake/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/kamiya/2007/08/21/buck_lake/index.html?source=rss 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. Tue, 14 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/sports/col/kaufman/2007/08/02/thursday/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sports/col/kaufman/2007/08/02/thursday/index.html?source=rss First sign of fall: A Michael Strahan-New York Giants controversy. Science journal Nature on performance-enhancing drugs: Legalize 'em! By Andrew Leonard Tue, 14 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/01/25/free_information/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/01/25/free_information/index.html?source=rss How's this for doublespeak: "Public access equals government censorship"? By Andrew Leonard Tue, 14 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2006/04/13/pulse/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2006/04/13/pulse/index.html?source=rss A Big Book on science, technology and nature joins the blogosphere. By Alan Wolfe Tue, 14 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2005/09/03/nature_vs_civilization/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2005/09/03/nature_vs_civilization/index.html?source=rss 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 Katharine Mieszkowski Tue, 14 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/review/2005/08/02/waterman/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2005/08/02/waterman/index.html?source=rss 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 Sarah Karnasiewicz Tue, 14 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2005/06/02/Louv/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2005/06/02/Louv/index.html?source=rss 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 Andrew O'Hehir Tue, 14 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/review/2005/05/27/burdick/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2005/05/27/burdick/index.html?source=rss 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 Leonard Cassuto Tue, 14 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2002/09/16/physics/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2002/09/16/physics/index.html?source=rss 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 Jennifer Foote Sweeney Tue, 14 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2001/03/15/treehouse/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2001/03/15/treehouse/index.html?source=rss Venerable stroke book offers high-gloss hand candy for tree huggers. By Tom Washington Tue, 14 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2001/02/06/moab/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2001/02/06/moab/index.html?source=rss With the Marlboro Man leading the way, our wilderness is being tamed, once and for all. By Roland Wall Tue, 14 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/health/sex/urge/2000/04/25/river/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/health/sex/urge/2000/04/25/river/index.html?source=rss It was lovemaking with the landscape.