Wilderness & Resources

Wilderness & Resources

Learn about Earth's biodiversity and natural resources. Plus: Explore national parks and state wilderness areas.

  • What's your water footprint?

    Mon, Jul 20, 2009 4:16 PM by PlentyMag.com

    The calculator -- not just for carbon anymore.

  • Assignment Earth: Indiana's Blue River

    Mon, Jul 20, 2009 11:02 AM

    Learn how this river is being protected by using a new ultraviolet treatment instead of poisonous chlorine

  • Walmart's tough sell on green

    Fri, Jul 17, 2009 5:58 PM by Shea Gunther

    The world's largest retailer is making real progress towards greening up its business, but let's not forget -- we're still talking about Walmart.

  • Video: Dog impaled by BBQ fork

    Fri, Jul 17, 2009 2:05 PM

    Smoky the Chihuahua is lucky to be alive after a barbeque fork ended up deep within his brain. But there's a happy ending.

  • Video: Jon Stewart on the water crisis

    Fri, Jul 17, 2009 11:08 AM

    Jon Stewart interviews the author of 'Unquenchable: America's Water Crisis and What to Do About It'.

  • Obama administration green lights logging in Tongass National Forest

    Thu, Jul 16, 2009 12:43 PM by Shea Gunther

    Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack gave his personal approval for a 381-acre clear-cut in America's largest stand of temperate rain forest.

  • Watch: Huge changes on Earth

    Wed, Jul 15, 2009 2:51 PM by Shea Gunther

    Time + satellite photography = amazing time-lapse video of how we're changing the world.

  • Florida seeks snake bounty hunters to cull booming python population

    Wed, Jul 15, 2009 2:31 PM

    State wildlife managers will train trappers to hunt and kill invasive pythons, which have become a deadly problem.

  • Betty the bionic goose sports metal leg brace

    Wed, Jul 15, 2009 1:29 PM

    Veterinarians couldn’t bear to put down a 2-week old gosling with a broken leg, so they chose unprecedented surgery instead.

  • Video: 24-foot shark washes ashore

    Wed, Jul 15, 2009 12:19 PM

    Long Island beachgoers get something to look at.

  • One Fish, Two Fish, Happy Fish, Blue Fish

    Tue, Jul 14, 2009 4:50 PM by PlentyMag.com

    Researchers show that fish actually have personalities and react differently in stressful situations.

  • Illegal Amazon timber passed off as eco-certified

    Mon, Jul 13, 2009 11:55 AM by Michael d'Estries

    Massive wood laundering scheme may involve more than 3,000 companies.

  • #FollowFriday: Finding good green Twitterers

    Fri, Jul 10, 2009 12:45 PM by Shea Gunther

    Here are some good greener folks to follow on Twitter.

  • Poo-Lovers Dig Igloos

    Thu, Jul 09, 2009 4:59 PM by PlentyMag.com

    The penguins natural breeding area has been scraped away by natives and used for fuel.

  • Carcass-eating burial beetle gets new life in Nantucket

    Thu, Jul 09, 2009 4:26 PM

    Biologists have helped the endangered beetles make a comeback in the Northeast.

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