Wilderness

In the Green Room: Noreen Clough talks about the wildlife refuge service

January 19, 2010, 11:16 a.m. by Mike Lindsay

Video: Chuck Leavell, keyboardist for The Rolling Stones and co-founder of MNN, learns about the importance of having a single national wildlife refuge service.

In the Green Room: The national wildlife refuge system

January 5, 2010, 11:14 a.m. by Mike Lindsay

Video: Chuck Leavell, keyboardist for The Rolling Stones and co-founder of MNN, explores the national wildlife refuge system.

Former brothel site now giving pleasure to conservationists

December 17, 2009, 6:27 p.m. by Jeffrey Davis

Former home of the famous Mustang Ranch brothel is now being returned to its natural state ... and the ladies of the brothel don't have to worry about floodwaters rising at inopportune times.

In the Green Room: Touring the Okefenokee Swamp

December 15, 2009, 10:15 a.m. by Mike Lindsay

Video: Chuck Leavell, keyboardist for The Rolling Stones and the cofounder of MNN, takes a tour of the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge.

Petunias and potatoes added to list of carnivorous plants

December 9, 2009, 4:36 a.m. by Bryan Nelson

New review on carnivorous flora suggests that a number of plants previously thought innocent may actually be murderous.

World's smallest orchid discovered with petals only one cell thick

December 2, 2009, 5:28 a.m. by Bryan Nelson

The tiny plant, discovered growing inside the root of another small orchid, is just 2.1 mm wide from petal tip to petal tip.

Teddy Roosevelt: The Wilderness Warrior

November 3, 2009, 10:52 a.m. by Jessica Knoblauch

Douglas Brinkley's new book,<i>The Wilderness Warrior: Theodore Roosevelt and the Crusade for America,</i> covers the 26th president's vast conservation accomplishments.

Travel with Buddy the Bison

October 1, 2009, 8:59 p.m. by Karl Burkart

Where's Buddy Bison campaign from the National Parks Trust hopes to get kids excited about the great outdoors with a cute stuffed travel companion named Buddy.