“In 1957, Dr. Louis Leakey applied for a grant to embark on a six-month study of chimpanzees in the wild He believed that the study might lead to new insights about the behavior of early man. Suspicious of prevailing attitudes in the scientific community, Leaky sought a researcher who could go into the field with…
Tag: Ecology
Emergency Blog Post: Trump’s Attack on Our National Parks
Let me first say that this piece will not really be political. At least, I don’t think so. What it will be is a defense of our national parks, which are badly in need of repair and are already operating on a shoe-string budget. Tonight, as America celebrates the birth of a nation, Trump plans…
The ‘Adults’ in the Room: How Children Will Save the Planet
What happens when the “adults” in the room fail us? Children step up. Will they be the planet’s salvation? It looks like that might be the case.