Wilderness & Resources

Wilderness & Resources

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

  • Monkey business

    Thu, Apr 23, 2009 1:50 PM by PlentyMag.com

    A conservation program succeeds by embracing trial and error.

  • SC wildfire spreads near tourist beach; homes burn

    Thu, Apr 23, 2009 1:37 PM by Bruce Smith, Associated Press

    Natural disaster scorches 23 square miles and forces thousands to evacuate.

  • Give a bird a break with native plants

    Thu, Apr 23, 2009 12:51 PM by PlentyMag.com

    Planting indigenous plants can help stop the decrease of migratory bird populations.

  • The Army's "green" ammo causes cancer

    Thu, Apr 23, 2009 11:19 AM by Shea Gunther

    The U.S. Army has stopped the production of ammunition made with tungsten -- a dense metal that has replaced lead -- after finding it may cause cancer.

  • Tired reef

    Wed, Apr 22, 2009 2:18 PM by PlentyMag.com

    Scientists know that sunken ships attract marine life, but tires just don’t have the same draw.

  • Assignment Earth: Community forests

    Wed, Apr 22, 2009 11:58 AM

    Video: New federal funding will support protection of private forest lands threatened by development.

  • Assignment Earth: Worm grunting

    Wed, Apr 22, 2009 11:33 AM

    Video: Why are these earthworms running for their lives? Assignment Earth has the answer.

  • The Unlikely Environmentalist

    Tue, Apr 21, 2009 4:07 PM by PlentyMag.com

    Chad Pregacke's passion for the Mississippi River is as strong as his passion for skateboarding, and he's turning it into action.

  • How we killed off the woodrat

    Tue, Apr 21, 2009 4:00 PM by PlentyMag.com

    Thanks to humans, the once-rampant species is now endangered.

  • Cell phone service coming to Mt. Everest

    Tue, Apr 21, 2009 3:28 PM by Shea Gunther

    This summer Nepal Telecom will be rolling out cell phone service on the top of Mt. Everest. We've officially run out of places to "get away from it all".

  • Going batty

    Tue, Apr 21, 2009 2:07 PM by PlentyMag.com

    The world’s only flying mammals are an all-natural form of pest control.

  • Climate change could kill off the tuatara

    Tue, Apr 21, 2009 1:07 PM by PlentyMag.com

    Rising temperatures affecting tuatara populations.

  • Saving endangered deer from inbreeding

    Fri, Apr 17, 2009 3:49 PM by PlentyMag.com

    Researchers hope to save India's critically endangered Brow-Antlered deer from inbreeding, which could cause harmful genetic defects.

  • How do trees reduce noise pollution?

    Fri, Apr 17, 2009 2:30 PM by PlentyMag.com

    Trees benefit us in more than just the ways that you already knew.

  • Increased noise pollution harms polar bears

    Fri, Apr 17, 2009 12:07 PM by PlentyMag.com

    Human population growth in arctic areas negatively impacts polar bears.

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