Black Wolf: Ernest Thompson Seton
In his lifetime no one did more than Ernest Thompson Seton to promote the idea that nature is a very good thing
Wastewater Problem? Just Plant a Marsh
For some of the toughest environmental cleanups, plants can do it better and cheaper than we can
Nature’s Own Pooper-Scoopers Keep Earth Livable for All of Us
If it were not for dung beetles, members of the scarab family, every terrestrial organism would be up to its eyeballs in you know what
The Object at Hand
From a forest that flourished 207 million years ago, the Sherman Logs bear stony witness to a general’s curiosity—and life in an age gone by
Mining the Scrap Heap for Treasure
Across America, a network of scrap-metal firms is supplying much of the raw materials, iron to aluminum, that fuel the growing global economy
Condors: Back From the Brink
Hopes for the endangered vultures’ survival soared recently after six captive birds were released on a clifftop in the Arizona wilds
Cybercops Take a Byte Out of Computer Crime
A detective working the computer crime beat still needs street smarts, but there’s a lot of uncharted legal territory out there
Phenomena, Comment and Notes
Life not only thrives in the heat and violence of Earth’s submarine volcanoes, it may have started there
Golf Gets Back to Nature, Inviting Everyone to Play
Using natural landforms and native grasses and plants, golf course designers are creating links that are environmentally up to par
Everyone Knows the Dragon Is Only a Mythical Beast
But try telling that to the people who live on a few islands in Indonesia where several thousand real dragons subsist in the wild
Traveling Light’ Has New Meaning for Jet Laggards
From light therapy to melatonin, research into our bodies’ daily rhythms has led to promising treatments for weary travelers
Mapping the Margins
It’s a violent world at the edges of our continental shelves, which could serve as a geology textbook
Smithsonian Perspectives
The Smithsonian’s gardens and greenery are things of beauty and delight as well as utility
Unearthing Secrets Locked Deep Inside Each Fistful of Soil
To scientists at the National Soil Tilth Lab in Ames, Iowa, it’s not just dirt they are probing it’s the planet’s sustaining surface
Not Your Average Backyard Gardener
Ganna Walska pursued life with a passion, from husbands to opera to plants. Her legacy is Lotusland, an exotic California garden
An Orphanage for Some Big Babies
Daphne Sheldrick has turned her Nairobi home into a nursery and rehabilitation center for infant elephants who have lost their families
Around the Mall & Beyond
An all-day Saturday seminar on spices - one of the many programs on the Mall, around the world, even in cyberspace, offered by the Smithsonian Associates
When Uncle Sam’s “Fish Cops” Reel in a Suspect, He’s Usually a Keeper
Agents of the National Marine Fisheries Service often work undercover gathering the evidence needed to make arrests stick
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