Wilderness & Resources

Wilderness & Resources

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

  • Assignment Earth: Endangered bats in India

    Wed, Jul 08, 2009 5:39 PM

    A critically endangered bat species is threatened by the planned construction of a dam

  • Coal Country documentary debuts this week despite opposition from Big Coal

    Wed, Jul 08, 2009 2:28 PM

    Documentary on coal mining’s effect on Appalachian communities premieres in West Virginia this Saturday.

  • Walk through a plastics factory

    Wed, Jul 08, 2009 9:16 AM by Shea Gunther

    Take a photo tour of a factory churning out all the plastic stuff we can't live without.

  • How to: Make a composting worm bin

    Mon, Jul 06, 2009 12:26 PM by Shea Gunther

    For a few bucks you can make your own worm composting bin, turning your food scraps into soil gold.

  • Assignment Earth: Aleutian geese migration

    Mon, Jul 06, 2009 10:57 AM

    While previously endangered Aleutian geese have made a spectacular recovery, they are now causing problems in northern California

  • Happy 4th o' July!!!

    Fri, Jul 03, 2009 2:59 PM by Shea Gunther

    Have a great (and safe) Independence Day.

  • Invasion of the forest snatchers

    Thu, Jul 02, 2009 4:54 PM by Shea Gunther

    A new program at the State Botanical Gardens of Georgia will teach you how to find and kill invasive species.

  • Just one word: Plastics

    Thu, Jul 02, 2009 10:24 AM by Shea Gunther

    It's hard to know what to do with a material that at once makes our modern lives possible while at the same time polluting the bleep out of the environment.

  • The Sierra Club helps Mark Sanford find the AT

    Wed, Jul 01, 2009 5:12 PM by Shea Gunther

    South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford ended up a few thousand miles away from the Appalachian Trail. The Sierra Club wants to help him find it.

  • Assignment Earth: India's polluted Yamuna River

    Thu, Jun 25, 2009 5:32 PM

    India's government has spent millions to clean up the Yamuna River, but it remains one of the world's most polluted waterways

  • Jerk kills dogs to go on vacation

    Thu, Jun 25, 2009 1:38 PM by Shea Gunther

    David Santuomo, an Ohio firefighter, has been sentenced to 90 days in jail for the basement killing of his two dogs. He didn't want to put them in a kennel.

  • As Las Vegas spreads into the desert, water gets even more scarce

    Wed, Jun 24, 2009 2:08 PM

    NASA photos reveal 25 years of explosive growth, but it comes at a price.

  • The difference between green and greener

    Mon, Jun 22, 2009 11:23 PM by Shea Gunther

    There's a big difference between green and greener. We have a long way to go to get to green.

  • Video: Surfer dogs hit the waves

    Mon, Jun 22, 2009 10:15 AM

    A few four-legged friends are catching waves at a California dog surfing competition.

  • Assignment Earth: Coal slurry

    Fri, Jun 19, 2009 11:17 AM

    Public health threatened by coal waste

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