By Natural Activist with Patricia Burke How connected are you to the natural world? Try a little experiment. Draw a honeybee, and then go find one (or a photo of one) and see how closely what you drew resembles the real thing. Does a honeybee…
By Jennifer Wood and Patricia Burke What is the true meaning of Independence? For a nation, a people, a healthcare system, a doctor, a patient, or just a human being? At the dawn of India’s Independence from the British Empire in 1947, Jawaharlal Nehru made…
By Michele Hertz, Diana Kordas, with Patricia Burke Habitat Loss Score: Amazon Fulfillment Centers 185; Nature 0 This month, my husband and I drove from NY to New Orleans and back. Along the way, I was beyond shocked at what we saw. Everywhere, there are…
By Michael Snyder Large numbers of birds are dropping dead from a “mystery disease” throughout much of the eastern half of the country, and scientists still have absolutely no idea why this is happening. They have tested the dead birds for a whole host of…
By Patricia Burke This is the second in a series of articles coinciding with Independence Day in the U.S. We are looking at themes related to industry vs. non-industry science, captured regulators, and other issues around the topics of independence and interdependence, regarding involuntary, ubiquitous…
By Michael Snyder As if we didn’t have enough weird things going on, now birds are suddenly dropping dead in large numbers all across the eastern half of the country. Before they die, a lot of these birds are exhibiting very strange symptoms. Experts are…
By Amal Jayasinghe More dead turtles washed up on Sri Lankan beaches Friday, underscoring the environmental blight caused by a container ship fire off the country’s coast. The Singapore-registered MV X-Press Pearl was carrying hundreds of tonnes of chemicals and plastics when it caught fire…
To see wildlife in the Triangle, sometimes you need go no further than your own backyard. A new study helps explain why some animals are sometimes more often found in suburban areas than wild ones: because people are feeding them – sometimes accidentally – and…
