Exciting news on the extinction front emerged last week from Indonesia: An orangutan used a rope bridge strung high between trees by humans to cross above a public road. You might think: Why should I care about an ape on the other side of the Earth? And, ... See more
There's nothing quite like being a quarter-million miles away to bring fresh perspective on the need to do more to safeguard our little planet. The Artemis II crew was the latest group of spacefarers to discover that on their journey to the moon and back ... See more
A stranger's story is vital in chain of life The train sped quietly through the Spanish countryside. It was early morning, and the farmland around us was just beginning to stir. The sun had found a foothold and was about to breach the horizon, its first r... See more
Death demands reflection and introspection. And so I found myself thinking quite a bit this past week about the passing of Richard Amper. Dick, who was 81 when he died Monday, was one of Long Island's foremost environmentalists, a man who brought to his w... See more
As a nation, we’re a mess. Hopelessly divided, forever fighting, with political leaders who throw gasoline, not water, on the fire. That’s the conventional wisdom. And there certainly is evidence in anecdotes and surveys of public opinion to support that ... See more
