Category Archives: Nature News

Nature News in Review

While not a member of the Nature Blog Network, it is worth pointing out that the BBC has just released their online newsletter Breathing Places for December of 2008; it’s well worth a read for anyone “naturally inclined.” However if you’re living in the United States, don’t bother trying to view the videos – as [...]

Nature News in Review

Many thanks to David at the Boreal Songbird Initiative for bringing our attention to this week’s story about the Alberta, Canada oilsands development and its effect on bird populations. He sent me an e-mail message just a few days ago with some great links to information about this subject; two of which have been included [...]

Nature News in Review

The e-mail box has not exactly been bursting with suggestions of good sources of information regarding botany-related news. As I noted previously, while I am working to remedy this deficiency, the study of plants is not one of my more developed areas of understanding. Thus I will repeat my encouragement to anyone with an interest [...]

Nature News in Review

I’ll be completely honest – when it comes to ornithology, lepidoptery, ecology, and even ichthyology, I’m able to keep tabs on recent developments fairly effectively. However I am very weak in botany and its associated disciplines and tend not to always follow recent developments in those areas as closely. This is not out of disinterest [...]

Nature News in Review

Thanks very much to all who wrote in with comments and suggestions after the first week of “Nature News in Review.” The main critique thus far seems to be the level of visibility in the links out to the various stories. To remedy this, we will include more text in each link to improve its visibility. [...]

Nature News in Review

As the Nature Blog Network Blog develops, the Saturday round-up of news and events will become increasingly rich and diverse. As the editor of this feature, I will do my best to discover and include in it the most interesting, relevant, and thought-provoking stories from the previous week. However, I would also ask two things [...]