Wilderness & Resources

Wilderness & Resources

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

  • The new hotness: Bear pole dancing

    Tue, May 05, 2009 7:57 AM by Shea Gunther

    A motion triggered video camera caught a bear getting down and giving a sexy (to a bear) dance on a pole, er... I mean, tree.

  • Good news for world's rarest rhinos

    Mon, May 04, 2009 5:57 PM by PlentyMag.com

    Some small hope emerges for the planet's rarest rhinos to escape extinction

  • The answer to acedia is humility

    Mon, May 04, 2009 3:33 PM by PlentyMag.com

    A lowliness and closeness to the earth helps us have a reverence for life that the ennui of acedia blinds us to.

  • Assignment Earth: California redwoods

    Fri, May 01, 2009 11:21 AM

    Some of the world's tallest trees and oldest forests face an uncertain future as the current recession worsens.

  • Why hasn't the Puerto Rican parrot recovered?

    Thu, Apr 30, 2009 1:15 PM by PlentyMag.com

    Despite conservation efforts, the Puerto Rican parrot remains one of the world's most critically endangered birds.

  • Google Earth stops mountaintop removal in Appalachia

    Thu, Apr 30, 2009 5:27 AM by PlentyMag.com

    Using technology to expose damage from coal mining.

  • Big game hunting in America

    Thu, Apr 30, 2009 4:44 AM by PlentyMag.com

    Are big game hunting and environmentalism compatible? This huntsman says yes.

  • garbage bag on the ocean floor

    The 8th continent: Pacific Ocean garbage patch

    Wed, Apr 29, 2009 6:26 AM by Shea Gunther

    A zone of the Pacific Ocean larger than the U.S. has more plastic floating in it than sea life. It's an environmental disaster, and it's all our fault.

  • Political Habitat: Not in my backyard

    Wed, Apr 29, 2009 5:52 AM

    You'll never guess who's fighting to stop the construction of a wind farm off the shores of Cape Cod. Environmentalists.

  • Protecting penguins

    Tue, Apr 28, 2009 5:14 PM by PlentyMag.com

    Why the U.S. would protect penguins under the Endagered Species Act.

  • Animal Exploration: Forest fires

    Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:38 PM

    Video: Make sure you know what to do to prevent forest fires.

  • Animal Exploration: Sea otters

    Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:29 PM

    Video: Find out which household pet's waste could be harming sea otters.

  • Assignment Earth: Worm grunting

    Tue, Apr 28, 2009 10:21 AM

    Video: Assignment Earth travels to Florida's Apalachicola National Forest to discover how a traditional method of luring earthworms from the ground has a solid basis in science.

  • J.R. Beaver unmasked

    Mon, Apr 27, 2009 4:31 PM

    Sharing my summer as a state park mascot.

  • Brazil's endangered species list triples in size

    Mon, Apr 27, 2009 4:30 PM by PlentyMag.com

    Deforestation and illegal animal trade have done enormous damage to Brazil's wildlife

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